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).
Rula Gardenier
Podtalk: Rula Gardenier of ‘Breaking Fast,’ Available Thru Video-On-Demand, Jan. 22, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 24, 2021 - 7:34pmCHICAGO – After a successful festival run, the film “Breaking Fast” – a heartwarming gay romantic comedy – was released through Video-On-Demand on January 22nd, 2021. One of the key screenings previously was at REELING, the international Chicago LGBTQ+ film fest, and during that time an actor from Chicago with a vital role, Rula Gardenier, talked about “Breaking Fast” and her move to Los Angeles.
Podtalk: Actor Rula Gardenier of ‘Breaking Fast,’ screening at the 38th REELING Virtual Film Fest
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 27, 2020 - 11:17amCHICAGO – The 38th edition of Chicago’s REELING LGBTQ+ fest – virtual and online in 2020 – kicked off on September 24th with the film “Breaking Fast.” Portraying the mother of main character Mo is Rula Gardenier, a former Chicago actor who now lives in Los Angeles.
Theater Review: Collaboraction Exposes the ‘Gender Breakdown’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 4, 2017 - 10:01am- Aimy Tien
- Brianna Buckley
- Carolyn Sinon
- Collaboraction Studios
- Dani Bryant
- Erica Vannon
- Gender Breakdown
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jazmin Corona
- Kamille Dawkins
- Kate Hawbacker-Krohn
- Mia Vivens
- Patrick McDonald
- Priya Mohanty
- Rula Gardenier
- Siobhan Marguerite Reddy-Best
- Theater
- Wicker Park
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – In a spectacular original work, the power of the theater comments upon the inequity of “types” for women performers in the theater and other media. Collaboration’s “Gender Breakdown” is a performance piece on how women are subject to many cattle calls just based on how they look, and how certain women – especially those of color and ethnicity – will not even be considered for roles that involve romance or portraying a lead protagonist, for example…even when doing scene training in college. The stories are direct and authentic, and burst from the hearts of the storytellers. It runs in Chicago through March 19th, 2017 (see link below).
