CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Jake Fruend
Theater Review: Nothing Without a Company Builds a ‘Cornerstone’ in Downtown Chicago
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 16, 2018 - 11:44amCHICAGO – We all need some help. The stage play group Nothing Without a Company realizes that, and has collaborated with the organization “Cornerstone” to provide that assistance. Cornerstone is a seminar and a happening in downtown Chicago, facilitated by “experts” to generate your potential. The presentation has a Thursday-Sunday run at Michigan Avenue’s Artspace 8 through May 6th, 2018. Click here for more details, including ticket information.
Podcast Interview: Anna & Hannah Ii-Epstein of Nothing Without a Company’s ‘The Kid Thing’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 9, 2017 - 6:12pm- Alaina Moore
- Anna Rose ii-Epstein
- Berger Mansion
- Down the Moonlit Path
- Gabriel Fries
- Hannah Ii-Epstein
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- Ike Holter
- Interview
- Jake Fruend
- LGBTQ
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- Patrick McDonald
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- Samantha Michelle Nava
- Sarah Gubbins
- Shalyn Welch
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- The Kid Thing
CHICAGO – Proving that creating vibrant theater is a methodical step-by-step process, Anna and Hannah Ii-Epstein – of Nothing Without a Company theater troupe – have taken a ten-plus year journey to their latest production, “The Kid Thing.” The show has a Thursday-Sunday run at the Berger Mansion in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood through April 15, 2017. Details are below. In the following podcast, they talk about the origins of the company, and how they balance couplehood with creativity, among other topics.
Theater Review: Nothing Without a Company’s ‘The Kid Thing’ is Fulfilling & Authentic
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 18, 2017 - 11:35am- Alaina Moore
- Anna Rose ii-Epstein
- Berger Mansion
- Donor
- Gabriel Fries
- Hannah Ii-Epstein
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jake Fruend
- LGBTQ
- Nothing Without a Company
- Patrick McDonald
- Samantha Michelle Nava
- Sarah Gubbins
- Shalyn Welch
- Taylor R. Craft
- The Kid Thing
- Theater
- Theater Review
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Like the awesome Engine Who Could, the mighty Nothing Without a Company stage crafters have constructed another triumph at their new home in Berger Mansion on Chicago’s north side. “The Kid Thing” – written by Sarah Gubbins – is a terse, convincing and emotional play about fear, identity and breeding, and it is performed by its cast of five with utter authenticity. The show has a Thursday-Sunday run at the Berger North Mansion through April 15th, 2017. Click here for more details, including ticket information.