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Founded in 1974, with a mission to program original work and support playwrights. Won the 2001 Tony for best regional theater. Comprised of Victory Gardens at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. -- the company's primary home in a landmark building since 2006 -- and the Victory Gardens Theater Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., for producing works from outside companies. Dennis Zacek is artistic director.
Founded in 1974, with a mission to program original work and support playwrights. Won the 2001 Tony for best regional theater. Comprised of Victory Gardens at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. -- the company's primary home in a landmark building since 2006 -- and the Victory Gardens Theater Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., for producing works from outside companies. Dennis Zacek is artistic director.
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A history of genocide, as intriguingly told by imperfect actors
Oral histories are only as good as their sources. So the amateur actors researching the systematic extermination of the Herero tribe of Namibia by German colonial occupiers in and around 1907 have a crippling problem. These well-meaning thespians,...
Tags: Namibia, Genocide, Arts and Culture, Hate Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Facets of Africa, now on Chicago stages
The Midwest is often accused of parochialism — and Chicago theater assumed to be preoccupied with dysfunctional American families. But there has been the distinct flavor of Africa in the air these last few weeks. Chicago theaters have offered a...
Tags: Goodman Theatre, Arts and Culture, Kirk Douglas, Music, Music Theater
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New season, era at Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens Theater has announced its 2012-13 season, the first under new artistic director Chay Yew and featuring several directors making their debuts at this long-standing Chicago company. The 2012-13 begins with the Chicago premiere of...Tags: Arts and Culture
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A new season at American Blues
American Blues Theater has announced an intriguing new season. The 2012-13 slate of plays at the Biograph Theatre begins with the world premiere of a new James Still work called "Illegal Use of Hands," to be directed by Victory Gardens associate...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Chay Yew announces new slate of Victory Gardens playwrights
In case it wasn't clear by now, it's a new era at the Victory Gardens Theater. On Wednesday morning, artistic director Chay Yew announced a new slate of ensemble playwrights. It's a much smaller group, made up of Philip Dawkins, Marcus Gardley, Samuel D....Tags: Arts and Culture, Sundance Film Festival
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With 'Ameriville,' a new artistic director makes a statement at Victory Gardens
The Chay Yew era at the Victory Gardens began in earnest Monday night with "Ameriville," an intensely politicized and energetic performance collage that starts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and ends up as a poetic indictment of all manner of...Tags: Humana Incorporated, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Arts and Culture, Music
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Welcome to Printers Row!
Dear Members of Printers Row,
What a nice ring to that phrase!
On behalf of my colleagues here at the Chicago Tribune, I'm delighted to welcome you to this great new adventure: Printers Row.
This is the first of your weekly newsletters, and a step in...Tags: Amy Chua, Elizabeth Taylor, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune
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New hire from NYC at Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens Theater said Monday that it has hired Geoffrey Jackson Scott as its new director of new play development.
Although he has a background in Chicago (he was associated with the old Roadworks Productions), Jackson Scott has spent the last... -
'Ameriville' now a union show at Victory Gardens
Maria Somma, a spokeswoman for the Actors' Equity union in New York, said Friday morning that the Victory Gardens Theater production of "Ameriville" was now being produced under an Equity contract. Cathy Taylor, a Victory Gardens spokeswoman, confirmed... -
Hometown 'Grease' and Rahm in the house: The big theater stories of 2011
Phew, 2011 was quite a year in Chicago theater. As the year comes to a close, ready for a quick tour back through the newsworthy highlights?
The Black Ensemble Theater bowed a gorgeous, $19 million new home on the North Side. Stage 773 on Belmont...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Next to Normal (musical), Cirque du Soleil, Arts and Culture, Oprah Winfrey
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At Hypocrites and Victory Gardens, two different ways to take charge
Tribune criticWithin 24 hours last weekend, I watched two artistic directors make their debuts at the artistic helm of two Chicago theater companies: Halena Kays at The Hypocrites and Chay Yew at the Victory Gardens Theater Company. Their opening salvos were striking...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Luigi Pirandello, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Harry Houdini
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January 31: Midday Fix - The People Speak, Live
WGN NewsRick Kogan The performance this evening is sold out. To view clips: www.peopleshistory.us Since 2003, Voices of a People's History -- the national non-profit that runs education and performing arts programs based on primary source materials has...Tags: Robert Redford, Alfre Woodard, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Film Festivals
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