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David Greig might very well be the most prolific contemporary playwright Americans have never heard of. The 43-year-old Scot has written over 40 plays, adaptations and experimental pieces to this point in ... Read More ›

On May 20, 2013, at the League of Chicago Theatres‘ Annual Gala, Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam was presented with the 2013 Artistic Leadership Award.

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Actress Tiffany Topol will be making her Writers’ Theatre debut this winter playing the title role in Sweet Charity. Back at the end of October, two months before rehearsals began, Producing ... Read More ›

Writers Theatre is one of 7 Chicagoland recipients of the $10,000 Chase Community Giving grant for 2012.

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Writers Theatre receives a 2012 Our Town grant of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for a new theatre center.

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Question #1: Ian was as complex a character as Trevor.  How did Colburn manage to make him at once seductive, sad, manipulative, lonely, heartless and frightened?

Randall: “Trick and Ian are both human ... Read More ›

Anish Jethmalani is currently appearing on the Books on Vernon stage as Aston in The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. Jethamalani–who was last seen at Writers’ in 2005’s To the Green Fields Beyond–chatted with ... Read More ›

The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights is Writers’ Theatre’s one-woman education outreach production that tours Chicago and suburban schools every January and February. The show follows a young Chicago student’s ... Read More ›

In the days leading up to the first rehearsal, Ron OJ Parson, Director of Writers’ upcoming production of The Caretaker, sat down with Associate Artistic Director Stuart Carden to talk about play ... Read More ›