Paramount Theatre s new play project kicks off with dramas by women of color Lanise Antoine Shelley s first full-length play Pretended was one of the works chosen for The Inception Project, Paramount Theatre s new play development program. Paramount Theatre s artistic associate Paul-Jordan Jansen describes the Healing Illinois grant as a blessing. Amber Mak, Paramount Theatre s new works development director, says that The Inception Project creates a space for BIPOC and marginalized voices.
Updated 1/8/2021 12:51 PM
Had everything gone according to plan, director Lanise Antoine Shelley would be in previews for a revival of Rabbit Hole this week at Aurora s Copley Theatre. The multihyphenate actress/writer/director/artist was to direct David Lindsay-Abaire s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama as part of Paramount Theatre s inaugural Copley series.
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Two new plays by Chicago writers ‘Pretended’ and ‘Bull: a love story’ to be developed by Paramount’s New Works Department in January
Paramount Theatre in Aurora will launch next month “The Inception Project,” a new play development initiative designed to create artist-driven, courageous, thought provoking new work in a radically inclusive environment. This is part of a bold new statewide initiative to address and heal the harms caused by racism thanks to a $40,000 Healing Illinois grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with The Chicago Community Trust.
Following an eight-day rehearsal process, each play will be recorded and presented as a virtual staged reading open to Paramount subscribers, supporters, the local community, the state of Illinois and theater professionals interested in new work.