Can a True Scientist Believe in God?

In The Hard Problem, Hilary is a young psychologist who struggles with questions of faith. She is mocked by fellow scientists for her… Read More

Do You Identify with Hilary?

Court Theatre has unique and valuable resources as the resident professional theatre of the University of Chicago. We have the privilege of calling on world-renowned… Read More

Q&A: Tom Stoppard

Do you think science will ever find the magic key to consciousness? If the key is a matter of “science,” then undoubtedly the mystery will… Read More

Charles Newell on Directing Stoppard

This is the sixth piece written by Tom Stoppard that you’ve directed. What keeps bringing you back to his work? It’s the challenge of… Read More

The Hard Problem: Where Life and Art Intersect

For much of his life, Tom Stoppard knew relatively little about his family’s origins and the events of his early childhood. The established details… Read More

Donors Make A Difference: Chip Bamberger & Martha Van Haitsma

Chip Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma, Producers’ Circle members and long-time subscribers, are firm believers in the transformative power of arts in education. In addition… Read More

Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson has the Blues

As director of Court’s current production, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Ron has spent the last few months immersed in the Harlem… Read More

In Conversation with Playwright Pearl Cleage & Director Ron OJ Parson

Best-selling novels, plays, and poetry—Pearl Cleage has written it all. Her 1995 play Blues for an Alabama Sky thrusts audiences into the… Read More

The Harlem Renaissance

Actress Toya Turner who portrays Angel in Blues for An Alabama Sky (Joe Mazza). Looking back on the Harlem Renaissance in 1940, the… Read More

Director’s Note: Ron OJ Parson

“That’s one of the secrets of life … Don’t forget it. Learn to spot the romance.” These lines, spoken by the character Guy in… Read More