Listen to Your Mother is an annual event that in 2014 extended to 32 cities. The Listen to Your Mother shows have the same common goal: "giving motherhood a microphone" by giving a chance for anyone who is a mother, has a mother, or knows a mother to read an essay about motherhood in front … Continue reading Listen to Your Mother: The beauty of backstage
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I am honored to have been selected for the cast of Listen to Your Mother Chicago 2014. I'm honored and nervous but perhaps not for the reason others in the cast may be nervous. I'm not nervous about being on stage. I've been doing theatre on and off for more than 30 years. I'm more … Continue reading Listen to Your Mother Show: Be careful what you wish for
I've been reading Fosse by Sam Wasson. This biography of acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and director Bob Fosse includes several chapters about his childhood years in Chicago. Bob Fosse grew up very near to where I live now, and I felt a little tinge of something (joy? pride? recognition?) whenever a familiar landmark or intersection was … Continue reading Bob Fosse grew up in Chicago, but why should I care?
I started blogging because I no longer had time to write plays. Even though blogging may seem like an ideal fit for someone who has spent most of her lifetime writing and working on computers I held a long disdain for blogging. (I even included "blog" in my list of the least sexy words.) But … Continue reading Five reasons why blogging is like theatre
Two unique, dark and captivating shows are being performed at the Pivot Multi-Arts Festival through June 16, and they are conveniently paired together in as a single ticket. Manual Cinema's Ada/Ava and Theatre Oobleck's Possession: Baudelaire in a Box, Episode #5 each utilize methods of manual animation giving both shows an old-school cinematic feel. This is … Continue reading Manual Cinema and Theater Oobleck animate at the Pivot Arts Festival
Kim Z. Dale 