A clash between a grad student and the dean of a theater department takes center stage in Omer Abbas Salem's One Party Consent.

In the world premiere of Susan Soon He Stanton's Cygnus at Gift Theatre, a young woman's trauma meshes with mythology.

Indiana Jones and video games combine in Factory's latest pastiche, Kitty James and Destiny's Trail to Oregon.

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Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including releases by Nestor Arriaga, Facs, Oux, and Traxman.

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The upcoming Trans Portraiture series at Block Cinema presents contemporary and restored films exploring trans history and ...

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Sam Shepard's drama about the aftermath of a horrific incident of domestic violence gets a stirring revival at Raven.

If you need to watch the timeless tale of an empire other than your own crumbling from its rotten core, then this is the show ...