Why Revisit FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE?

Five Guys Named Moe is a celebration of music and friendship during times of stress and anguish. It is… Read More

6 Key Takeaways from Session 2 of LES BLANCS + Racial Injustice

On January 20, Professor Tina Post and dramaturg Gabrielle Randle-Bent discussed the play’s one Black female character, the Woman, the significance of her… Read More

5 Key Takeaways from Session 1 of LES BLANCS + Racial Injustice

On January 13, UChicago Assistant Professor Tina Post and dramaturg Gabrielle Randle-Bent provided an overview of Lorraine Hansberry and her work. Read More

11 Takeaways from Session 1 of FEN + The Dramaturgical Process

On November 30, dramaturg and UChicago lecturer Derek Matson and Dr. Siân Adiseshiah talked about dramaturgy and where to begin with Caryl Churchill’s… Read More

Dramaturgy at Court

During our Deep Dive and Theatre & Thought series, audiences got… Read More

What is a Dramaturg?

Dramaturgy, the concept as we know it today, formally originated in Germany with G.E. Lessing’s Hamburgische Dramaturgie,… Read More

5 Key Takeaways from Session 6 of DEEP DIVE: LEOPOLDSTADT

On November 16, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director Charles Newell and Professor David Levin held a digital talkback about the cast’s previous reading… Read More

10 Key Takeaways from Session 4 of Deep Dive: LEOPOLDSTADT

On October 26, Professor Tara Zahra and Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director Charles Newell discussed 20th century anti-Semitic laws in Central Europe and… Read More

9 Key Takeaways from Session 3 of Deep Dive: LEOPOLDSTADT

On October 19, Professors Leora Auslander, Christine Mehring, and David Levin provided lectures from the perspectives of memory, art, and performance to examine… Read More

8 Key Takeaways from Deep Dive: LEOPOLDSTADT, Session 2

On October 12, Dean John Boyer, the founder of the University of Chicago’s Vienna Center and Vienna Study Abroad Program, provided an in-depth lecture on… Read More