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Paramount Theatre offering free virtual reading of new play The Paramount Theatre in Aurora presents an online reading of playwright Nancy García Lozas new play "BULL: a love story" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.   Updated 1/25/2021 5:38 PM Auroras Paramount Theatre presents a free virtual reading of "BULL: a love story" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. The new play by Nancy García Loza follows a young Mexican American man who returns to his Chicago home, only to be confronted with eno...

Auroras Paramount Theatre will present a free virtual reading of BULL: a love story, a new play about a young Mexican American mans path to self-actualization, written by Nancy García Loza, Thursday, January 28, at 7 p.m. CT. Tickets are free but reservations are required. Reserve online at ParamountAurora.com/Inception-Project. BULL: a love story is the second new work to be developed via Paramounts new Inception Project, a new works development initiative designed to support and amplify BIPO...

Paramount Theatre to Present Free Virtual Reading of PRETENDED by Lanise Antoine Shelley The reading will take place on Thursday, January 14, at 7 p.m. CT.by BWW News Desk Auroras Paramount Theatre will present a free virtual reading of Pretended, a new play about a Haitian adoptee in search of truth and identity, written and directed by Chicago actor, playwright and director Lanise Antoine Shelley, Thursday, January 14, at 7 p.m. CT. Tickets are free but reservations are required. Reserve onl...

Paramount Theatres new play project kicks off with dramas by women of color Lanise Antoine Shelleys first full-length play "Pretended" was one of the works chosen for The Inception Project, Paramount Theatres new play development program. Paramount Theatres artistic associate Paul-Jordan Jansen describes the Healing Illinois grant as a blessing. Amber Mak, Paramount Theatres new works development director, says that The Inception Project creates a space for BIPOC and marginalize...

Two new plays by Chicago writers ‘Pretended’ and ‘Bull: a love story’ to be developed by Paramount’s New Works Department in January Paramount Theatre in Aurora will launch next month “The Inception Project,” a new play development initiative designed to create artist-driven, courageous, thought provoking new work in a radically inclusive environment. This is part of a bold new statewide initiative to address and heal the harms caused by racism thanks to a $40,000 Healing Illinoi...