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Director Kimberly Senior discussed with Literary Manager Bobby Kennedy her experience with the original diary and the unique features of this production of the play.

Bobby Kennedy: When Artistic Director Michael Halberstam first ... Read More ›

Today we kick off the 9th annual tour of the The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights with a free performance for all at the Chicago History Museum! For an inside perspective, here’s ... Read More ›

Our audience and cast alike have enjoyed inhabiting the space between fact and fiction during Isaac’s Eye; trying to keep the facts written on the chalkboard in mind while also exploring the what-could-have-been fiction of ... Read More ›

GENIUSES AT ODDS

As of the mid-fifteenth century, human understanding of the universe and its workings on a scientific level had progressed little since the Ancient Greeks.

Conceptualized portrait of Robert Hooke by Rita Greer, ... Read More ›

The cast of Isaac’s Eye discusses how their characters’ experiences in the play resonate with their own lives.

LaShawn Banks – Actor/Dying Man The Actor/Dying Man character is an interesting journey to track. I ... Read More ›

The Journey of Isaac’s Eye

November 2008  Lucas Hnath submits a one-page proposal for the play to the EST/Sloan Project, sponsored by Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The initiative is ... Read More ›

Pictured: Lucas Hnath. Photo by Caleb Savage, NYU Local

In preparation for the Midwest premiere of Isaac’s Eye, Literary Manager Bobby Kennedy discussed with playwright Lucas Hnath his inspiration for the play and fresh ... Read More ›

I am often asked about what goes into putting together a season for Writers Theatre; why we choose the plays we do and why this is a good time to produce them.

As ... Read More ›

“Oh, well, love. No wonder it’s so complicated. These days especially. With what we all know now what we’ve come to know.” – Summertime by Charles Mee

America has changed dramatically over the past 50 years, as anyone ... Read More ›

THE LIFE OF DAYS LIKE TODAY, FROM CONCEPTION TO PREMIERE

June 2009 – While performing in the world premiere of A Minister’s Wife at Writers Theatre, Alan Schmuckler begins exploring the works of playwright Charles Mee in the ... Read More ›