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Shariba Rivers

A group of people sit on chairs in a room bathed in intense red light; one person in the foreground holds up a smartphone, seemingly taking a photo or recording.

by Mary Wisniewski | March 30, 2026

“Theater of the Mind” Is an Interactive Trip Through a Memory Palace David Byrne and Mala Goankar's show explores the science of perception, taking audience members through experiments involving sight, vision and taste, while telling a story of a life from its end to the beginning.

Man looking into a closed barbershop while enshrouded by fog.

by Mary Wisniewski | July 25, 2025

The Ghost in the Barbershop: Gavin Dillon Lawrence on “The Death of Chuck Brown” at American Players Theatre

by Newcity | January 7, 2025

Players 50 2025: Theater

A man walks through a doorway on a stage set with smokestacks in the background.

by Hugh Iglarsh | April 30, 2024

Secrets Not Revealed: A Review of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at the Goodman Theatre

Three actors sitting on stage evenly spaced out in different colored suit jackets – red, green and blue.

by Mary Wisniewski | February 12, 2024

Grace and Power: A Review of “Notes from the Field” at TimeLine Theatre

A woman in a fancy white dress balances a book on her head while two older women observe.

by Hugh Iglarsh | October 4, 2023

Too Much Goes Unmentioned: A Review of “The Nacirema Society” at Goodman Theatre

by Newcity | January 6, 2023

Players 2023: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now in Theater

by Hugh Iglarsh | November 15, 2022

Wanting to Be Seen: A Review of “Trouble in Mind” at TimeLine Theatre

by Nathaniel Fishburn | March 23, 2022

The Industrial Lower Depths: A Review of “Sweat” at Paramount Theatre

by Hugh Iglarsh | January 27, 2020

Something to Chew On: A Review of The Tasters at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

by Amanda Finn | November 6, 2019

Love is in the Cards: A Review of Hoodoo Love at Raven Theatre

by Kevin Greene | March 9, 2018

Endless Voyage: A Review of Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea at First Floor Theater

by Irene Hsiao | November 7, 2017

Giveth and Taketh: A Review of J.B. at City Lit Theater Company

by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom | October 20, 2015

Review: The Terrible/The New Colony

by Hugh Iglarsh | February 5, 2015

Review: Dividing the Estate/Raven Theatre

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