LOOKING FORWARD: The Top Ten Shows We're Excited to See in 2017
Terri Lynne Hudson is an actor, improviser and performance artist living and working in Chicago. She has spina bifida. She wanted to point out that she's fairly sad to see a lack of disability representation outside of Vanya...She's wondering if she just doesn't know where to look, still being relatively new in town?
Vanya (or, That's Life): Rasaka Theatre
Adapted from Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya By Lavina Jadhwani
Directed by Kaiser Ahmed Presented at The Edge Theater 5451 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Men on Boats: American Theatre Company
Written by Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Will Davis
Presented by American Theater Company
1909 W Byron St, Chicago, IL 60613
Picnic: American Theatre Company
Written by William Inge
Directed by Will Davis
Presented by American Theater Company
Great Expectations: Silk Road Rising
Adapted from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations By Tanika Gupta
Directed by Lavina Ladhwani and Nick Sandys Presented at The Edge Theater 5451 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
By Association: MPAACT
Written by Shepsu Aakhu
Directed by Lauren Wells
Presented by MPAACT
at The Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
Force Continuum: Eclipse Theatre
Written by Kia Corthron
Directed by Michael Aaron Pogue
Presented by Eclipse Theatre at The Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave.
Megastasis: Eclipse Theatre
Written by Kia Corthron
Directed by Aaron Todd Douglas
Presented by Eclipse Theatre at The Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave.
Cymbeline: Strawdog Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Kauzlaric
Presented by Strawdog Theatre at The Factory Theatre
1623 W. Howard1st FloorChicago, IL 60626
Gloria: Goodman Theatre
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Evan Cabnet
Presented by Goodman Theatre
170 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60601
Earthquakes in London: Steep Theatre Co.
Written by Mike Bartlett
Directed by Jonathan Berry
Presented by Steep Theatre
1115 W Berwyn Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
(and mentioned separately since they're solo autobiographical pieces)
No Hay Mal (storyteller Lily Be's solo show): Free Street Theatre
Presented by Free Street Theatre
1419 W. Blackhawk Street Chicago, IL 60642
Beautifully Broken (Ashley Jeanette Hicks' solo show): Greenhouse Theatre/MPAACT Solo Jams
Presented by MPAACT Solo Jams at The Greenhouse Theatre
2257 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
