In his three decades as artistic director, Newell has taken the company to a series of heights, marked by a number of Jeff Awards, growth in audiences and engagement with its local South Side community, and, in 2022, the Tony Award for Regional Theater.
Hot tickets, indeed. There's much to choose from this summer, including a return for Steep Theatre and a musical "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" at the Goodman.
As the theater’s resident playwright steps into a new role and a new season begins, the Dallas Theater Center adds a member to its Brierley Resident Acting.
Definition Theatre and Timeline Theatre Company were each awarded $180,000; Chicago Children’s Theatre received $100,000 and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company $50,000.