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 A Red Orchid Theatre
Mistakes Were Made
By Craig Wright
directed by Dexter Bullard
Photo credit: Michael Brosilow
MistakesWereMade.jpg - Ensemble members Mierka Girten and Michael Shannon
Broadway in Chicago
Wicked
Photo credit: Joan Marcus
 ChicagoWicked.jpg - Kate Reinders and Ana Gasteyer. Original Wicked Chicago cast.
Spamalot
Spamalot.jpg - Captions are included on the photo
The Addams Family
TheAddamsFamily.jpg - Captions are included on the photo
Chicago Dramatists
A Steady Rain
by Resident Playwright Keith Huff
Photo credit: Johnny Knight
ASteadyRain.jpg - From left, Randy Steinmeyer and Peter DeFaria
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
By William Shakespeare
Directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines
Photo by Stewart Hemley
HenryIV.jpg - Pictured are cast members in the production's run at the RSC
The Q Brothers' Othello: The Remix
Commissioned by Chicago Shakespeare Theater now appearing in London's Globe to Globe Festival
Photo by Michael Brosilow
OthelloRemix.jpg - Pictured (top left, clockwise) Postell Pringle, Jackson Doran, and the Q Brothers, GQ and JQ.
The Three Musketeers
A Musical adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Music by George Stiles, lyrics by Paul Leigh, book by Peter Raby and original concept by Bill Hobbs
Directed by David H. Bell
Photo by James Steinkamp
Three Musketeers.jpg
Court Theatre
The Illusion
By Tony Kushner
directed by Charles Newell
Photo credit: Michael Brosilow
Illusion.jpg - Michael Mahler and Hilary Clemens
KushnerNewell.jpg - Tony Kushner and Charles Newell: On the set of The Illusion
Caroline, or Change
Book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori
directed by Charles Newell
Photo credit: Michael Brosilow
 Caroline.jpg—E. Faye Butler, Harriet Nzinga Plumpp, Byron Glenn Willis;
Goodman Theatre
Chinglish
By David Henry Hwang
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Photo Credit:: Charles Osgood
Chinglish.jpg - Jennifer Lim and James Waterston.
Death of A Salesman
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Robert Falls
Photo Credit: Eric Y. Exit
 Salesman1.jpg – Brian Dennehy
Salesman2.jpg – (l-r) Kevin Anderson, Brian Dennehy and Ted Koch
The Iceman Cometh
By Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Robert Falls
Photo Credit: Liz Lauren
Iceman.jpg - (L-R) Salvatore Inzerillo, Brian Dennehy, Nathan Lane, Lee Wilkof and Stephen Ouimette.
Ruined
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
 Photos by Liz Lauren
Ruined1.jpg – (l to r) Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Cherise Booth and Kevin Mambo
Ruined2.jpg – (l to r) Saidah Arrika Ekulon and Russell G. Jones
The Hypocrites
Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Cromer
Hypocrites1.jpg - David Cromer and Jennifer Grace, photo credit: Margaret Lakin
OurTown.jpg - Samantha Gleisten and Jennifer Grace, photo taken by Emily Coughlin
Lookingglass Theatre
 Rick Bayless in Cascabel
Co-created by Rick Bayless, Tony Hernandez, and Heidi Stillman
Photo Credit: Sean Williams
Cascabel.jpg.
Cascabel2.jpg.
Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro and Jessica Thebus
Photo Credit: Sean Williams
OurTown.jpg - Ensemble Members David Schwimmer and Heidi Stillman
Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale
Created by Tony Henandez, written by Tony Hernandez and Heidi Stillman
 Directed by Artistic Associate Tony Hernandez and Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman
Co-Produced by Lookingglass Theatre and Silverguy Entertainment
Photo Credit: Sean Williams
Hephaestus.jpg
Million Dollar Quartet at the Apollo Theatre
Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by Eric Schaeffer and Floyd Mutrux
Produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions and Northern Lights Inc.
Photo credit: Sara Van
MDQ.jpg - Gabe Bowling, Chuck Zayas, David Lago, Sean Sullivan
MDQ1.jpg - Gabe Bowling, Chuck Zayas, David Lago, Sean Sullivan
MDQ3.jpg - The cast of Million Dollar Quartet
Northlight Theatre
A Life
directed by BJ Jones
Photo credit: Michael Brosilow
ALife1.jpg - John Mahoney
ALife2.jpg - John Mahoney, Matt Schwader, Robert Belushi, Melanie Keller, Joanne Dubach
The Second City
SecondCity1.jpg – (left to right) Steve Carell, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, David Razowsky
 Barack.jpg – (back row, left to right) Craig Taylor, Robin Hammond, Andrew Alexander, President Barack Obama, Amber Ruffin, Brian Gallivan, Alison Riley (middle row, left to right) Joyce Sloane, Ruby Streak, Brad Morris (bottom row, left to right) Molly Erdman, Ithamar Enriquez, Kelly Leonard, Joe Canale, Kirk Hanley, Monica Wilson
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
August: Osage County
By ensemble member Tracy Letts
Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
AugustOsage.jpg - Ensemble member Amy Morton (back) with Deanna Dunagan (front) in the original Chicago production of Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County
 Superior Donuts
By Ensemble member Tracy Letts
Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
SuperiorDonuts.jpg (left to right) – Ensemble member Jon Michael Hill with Michael McKean in the original Chicago production
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By Edward Albee
directed by Pam MacKinnon
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
VirginiaWoolf.jpg (left to right) – Ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton
 Victory Gardens Theater
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
By Kristoffer Diaz
directed by Edward Torres
Photo Credit:Liz Lauren
ChadDeity1.jpg - Kamal Angelo Bolden and Desmin Borges
ChadDeity2.jpg - Kamal Angelo Bolden
Blackbird
By David Harrower
Photo Credit: Liz Lauren
Pictured: William Petersen, Mattie Hawkinson
Blackbird1.jpg
Blackbird2.jpg
Writers’ Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
directed by David Cromer
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
Streetcar.jpg - Natasha Lowe (Blanche), Matt Hawkins (Stanley), Stacy Stoltz (Stella)
A Minister’s Wife
a new musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Candida
conceived and directed by Michael Halberstam with musical direction by Richard Casey
adapted by Austin Pendleton with music by Joshua Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
AMinistersWife.jpg - pictured: Kate Fry, Kevin Gudahl
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