Christopher Durang is still Christopher Durang, more or less. A generation after skewering religious hypocrisy (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You), theatrical pretensions (The Actor’s Nightmare), and pop psychology (Beyond Therapy), Durang brings his wacky situational humor tinged with the dark and surreal to Miss Witherspoon, a reincarnation fairy tale now playing at the Next Theatre. Durang fans may be relived to know the playwright is still feeding his inner 16-year-old drama geek:... more ›

September is traditionally the start of Chicago’s theater season. But since there’s no real off-season, we can simply take heart that local houses big and small are rolling out their big guns and, for the next few months, we’ll never have an excuse not to get our butts in the seats. The theater community has all sorts of personalities, here are just a few: This weekend The Grand Dame: Shakespeare Theatre Hamlet by You Know... more ›

Success hasn’t been easy for the creators of Late Night Catechism, the long running hit show that regresses its audiences back to their Catholic school days. Twelve years after a burst of creativity in a Logan Square living room birthed an international hit, the show’s creators Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan are in court fighting for ownership of the play and its main character, Sister. more ›