Content warning: This story contains mentions of PTSD and addiction. The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts premieres a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Water by the Spoonful” Thursday through Sunday. The show tells the story of American war veteran Elliot Ortiz, who suffers from PTSD after returning from Iraq, and his.
Kelsey Ervi discovered “Late, A Cowboy Song” as an undergraduate at Baylor University in a book of collected plays. More than a decade later, they will direct the play as a student in Northwestern’s MFA theatre program this weekend at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. “When I read it, it really stayed with.
From Feb. 17 to 27, Chicago Theatre Week returns for the first time since 2020 with in-person performances. This year, the lineup includes several partnering productions putting on shows that range from musicals and comedies to family theatre. Now in its 10th year, the annual celebration of Chicago area theatre is a collaboration between the.