Torture and theater: Peas in a pod

May. 16, 2012
What fascinates contemporary theater about torture is precisely what Medieval, Elizabethan and Jacobean theater didn't question: the moral ambiguity of it.

Which hits harder in 'My Kind of Town'?

May. 15, 2012
In our conversation yesterday about My Kind of Town, Steve Edwards raised the question why the staged version of Chicago’s police torture scandal affected audiences so much more, and more viscerally, than written accounts of the scandal.  There’s the physical presence of theater, of c

Daily Rehearsal: Is it a comedy exodus if just one comic leaves?

May. 15, 2012
Cameron Esposito is leaving Chicago; another one bites the dust. She's described by Matt Byrne as "arguably the best stand-up comic in Chicago, but not for long."

Financial implications of wrongful convictions in Illinois

Jun. 20, 2011
A wrongful conviction is a horrible cost to the person who goes to prison for a crime they did not commit. But they're also a huge burden for taxpayers. That’s according to a new report out from the Better Government Association and the Center on Wrongful Convictions.