FROM AROUND Edgewater
Read News First!
-
Edgewater Theatre Awarded $150K Becoming Third Local Company Recognized By Rick Bayless
December 13, 2019It was announced this week that Jackalope Theatre will be one of two recipients of the largest funding to date to a single theater from the Bayless Family Foundation. Since…
Read more -
Steep Theatre To Open Cabaret Lounge In Adjoining Storefront
April 20, 2018Steep Theatre Company at 1115 W Berwyn Ave is capitalizing on its continued success by expanding into the adjacent storefront to the East of the venue offering an additional space for…
Read more -
Anticipating Their Andersonville Debut, Chicago Magic Lounge Names New Managing Director
October 9, 2017What was once a bland storefront at 5050 N. Clark Street, is expected to get a total overhaul into the city’s newest stage featuring Chicago’s best magicians. Chicago Magic Lounge’s Andersonville debut, which was…
Read more -
After Starting Raven Theatre 35 Years Ago, Co-Artistic Directors To Step Down
July 18, 2017Since founding Raven theatre in 1983, co-artistic directors Michael Menendian and JoAnn Montemurro have developed their company into a champion for small, local theatre. In that time, they have racked up 23 Jeff Awards…
Read more -
Edgewater Theaters Sell Over 51,000 Tickets In 2016, Panel Discussion Created To Talk About Local Impact
April 4, 2017Edgewater has become a vibrant community focused on the arts. With many companies choosing the area as their home, the storefront theater scene here has evolved into 22 different stages…
Read more -
Raven Theatre’s Daring New Play Tackles Sensitive Racial Themes In 19th Century London
October 21, 2016If the shortest connection between two points is a straight line, then consider the complexities that can ensue if more than two well-drawn points are allowed to exist on the…
Read more -
Steep’s Ambitious New Play Focuses On Murder In A Small Town
October 13, 2016Stories told in reverse may be worth reviewing. But it’s the handling that matters most of all. When Bobbie Clearly, the main character of the Steep Theatre play with the…
Read more -
Feminism, Politics And A Sarah Palin Type Candidate Clash In Rivendell’s “Grizzly Mama”
October 3, 2016Contrasts aren’t always depicted starkly. Sometimes they take time to become clear. “Grizzly Mama,” Rivendell Theatre Ensemble’s latest play, may aptly address a past political election, starting its first act…
Read more -
New Punchcard Earns Edgewater Theater Attendees Free Award-Winning Performances
July 27, 2016With all the diverse opportunities Edgewater offers its residents, theater has played an important part. As the arts flourish in the neighborhood, Edgewater has become nationally known for its iconic storefront theaters.…
Read more -
Edgewater Gets New 119-Seat Theatre On Broadway
March 29, 2016A highly anticipated new theatre has transformed the storefront at 5451 N. Broadway Ave. Its debut show, The Hound of the Baskervilles presented by Idle Muse Company kicked-off the new theatre on…
Read more -
Timeline Theatre Awarded Huge $625,000 Grant
February 18, 2016It has been quite an amazing and successful year for Timeline Theatre. It was back in August that the announcement was made about the theater’s future home at the old…
Read more -
Jackalope Theatre Announces Big Changes Including New Artistic Director
January 22, 2016A number of changes have been announced at Jackalope Theatre Co., 1106 W. Thorndale Ave., in Edgewater. Gus Menary, one of the theatre’s founding members, will be its new artistic…
Read more -
Edgewater Theater Hero! Steep’s Peter Moore.
December 8, 2015After New Jersey native Peter Moore graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, he decided to move to Chicago to pursue his love of acting. What attracted him to our city was its substantial…
Read more -
Andersonville’s Most Curious Places: the Calo Theater
December 2, 2015The next building in our series is the Calo Theater at 5404 N. Clark St. Readers with a good memory might recall that it came up during our discussion of Swedish…
Read more -
New Raven Play Focuses On Survival During Hurricane Katrina
November 5, 2015“There was a time when tens of thousands of New Orleans homes were stewing in fetid floodwaters.” The destruction, according to The Times-Picayune Editorial Board, was the result of Hurricane Katrina,…
Read more
