Welcome to Theatre in Chicago for 2005.  We hope that you will find the course to be both enlightening and entertaining. 

Please feel free to contact any of the team if you have questions before the class begins.

Immersion week will run from Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 2.  Keep your evenings open.  We'll be out late on Friday night so don't make any weekend plans that start before Saturday.

Here's a copy of the welcome letter you should have received with more details.

 

REQUIRED READINGS:

(to be completed before the first class meeting)

    #1 - Season on the Brink - 11.28.1999

    #2 - The Plot Thickens - 11.29.1999

    #3 - The $86,020 Questions - 11.30.1999

    #4 - Point of No Return - 12.2.1999

    #5 - Ending - 5.12.2000

 

OPTIONAL READINGS:

    GHETTO review - 11.1.1999

    Best of the Year - Richard Christiansen - 12.27.1999

    Best of the Year - Chris Jones - 1.7.2000

    Jeff Nominations - 9.12.2000

    Jeff Awards - 10.31.2000

If you want to do some extra reading and get a great historical background of Chicago Theatre, check out A Theatre of Our Own by Richard Christiansen.  It's a great read gives a great perspective on the ecological connection between theatre artists, theatre institutions, audiences, communities and government.

 

See you soon.  Enjoy the rest of the summer.  Looking forward to meeting you.