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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of seven new members to Court Theatre's Board of Trustees. New appointees include<strong> John Culbert, Felicia Davis, Andre Guichard, Frances Guichard, Tracie Hall, Nicole Robinson,</strong> and <strong>Lise Spacapan</strong>. The addition is the largest expansion of Court’s Board of Trustees to date.

Executive Director <strong>Angel Ysaguirre</strong> shares, “I am thrilled that such a committed and skilled group of Chicagoans have agreed to join Court Theatre's board. This group represents remarkable passion for the artform, impressive networks of relationships, and the highest levels of expertise in their fields. That they have decided to serve the theatre in this way is invigorating."

Reflecting on these changes, Court Theatre Board Chair <strong>Gustavo “Chip” Bamberger</strong> echoes Ysaguirre’s enthusiasm, saying, “I am incredibly proud of the hard work members of this Board have done together over these past few months to nominate our largest and most diverse slate of Trustees ever, and so thankful to each of our nominees for sharing their talents and enthusiasm for Court Theatre with the Board. Each of the nominees brings valuable skills, experience and perspective to the Board.”

New members will be officially welcomed to the Board on July 1, 2021 and will serve a three-year term.

<strong><u>About the New Trustees:</u></strong>

<strong>John Culbert (Scenic Designer and Lighting Designer)</strong> is an award-winning Chicago based scenic and lighting designer. In Chicago, John has designed scenery and/or lighting for the Buckingham Fountain, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Garfield Conservatory, Field Museum of Natural History, Drury Lane Theatre, Timeline Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and more than forty productions at Court Theatre. Recent Court Theatre productions include <em>Oedipus Rex, The Adventures of Augie March, All My Sons, The Hard Problem, Iphigenia at Aulis, Agamemnon, Man in the Ring, Invisible Man, Satchmo at the Waldorf, The Secret Garden, Misanthrope, Tartuffe</em> and <em>Porgy and Bess</em>.   Highlights from past years include <em>The Triumph of Love, Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Caroline or Change, The Year of Magical Thinking, Travesties, and Hamlet.</em> Other recent Chicago productions include Writers Theater’s <em>Twelfth Night</em> and <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>, Goodman Theatre’s <em>Objects in the Mirror, Having Our Say</em>, and <em>Two Trains Running</em>, Northlight Theatre’s <em>Faceless</em> and <em>White Guy on the Bus</em>, Timeline Theatre’s <em>Chimerica</em> and <em>Juno</em>. He has received Jeff Awards for the lighting of Court Theatre's <em>The Illusion</em> and for the Goodman Theatre's <em>Mirror of the Invisible World</em>. In June Mr. Culbert stepped down as dean of The Theatre School after 21 years in the role and 33 at DePaul.

<strong>Felicia Davis (President and CEO, Chicago Foundation for Women)</strong> is a self-described “girl from the South Side.” She is deeply committed to community through inclusive service to others. As president and CEO of Chicago Foundation for Women, she leads its strategic efforts in investing in women and girls as catalysts, building stronger communities for all. Felicia is passionate about transforming lives and serves as an educator and mentor through a variety of networks, participating on numerous boards and committees, including as a member of Governor JB Pritzker’s Inauguration Committee, the Board of Regents for Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, an appointee to the Illinois Senate Sexual Discrimination, Harassment Awareness and Prevention Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and iHeartMedia Chicago’s Local Advisory Board. She has been in public service for the majority of her career. As a member of the Chicago Police Department, she served with distinction for a decade, as a police officer and then as a violent crimes detective. As Interim President of Olive-Harvey College, appointed by City Colleges of Chicago’s Chancellor Juan Salgado, Felicia led the College’s efforts in developing, maintaining, and evaluating academic programs and enhancing the student learning experience for optimum achievement. She served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Office of Public Engagement in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, where she led efforts to connect communities to resources. As Mayor Emanuel’s First Deputy Chief of Staff, she implemented community-focused strategies to increase public safety across Chicago.  Felicia exemplifies leadership in all she sets out to do. She is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a founding member of the Chicago Foundation for Women’s South Side Giving Circle, where she has blazed a trail for supporting Black women and girls through philanthropy and collective giving.

<strong>Andre Guichard (Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC., Guichard Project LLC., &amp; Building Community Foundation Inc.) </strong>With over 28 years of experience painting professionally, Andre Guichard is the visionary behind a diverse portfolio of work that can be found in over 2,500 corporate and private collections globally.  He is the co-owner of The Guichard Project which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. Guichard was the international curator and spokesperson for the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series for a decade, an international art contest with 6,000 artists’ submissions annually created to provide a platform for artists to connect with collectors. For the years 2011 to 2016, the Chicago Urban League commissioned Andre to create paintings of the prestigious Bill Berry honorees - presented to Louis Gossett Jr., Jessie Jackson Sr., Rev. Willie Burrows, Phylicia Rashad, Patti LaBelle, Timuel Black and Isobel Wilkerson. Six of his original paintings were featured on canvas totes as part of Walgreens Community Corner program in 7,000 stores nationwide, while another two were used to design fine art totes for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Andre created a jazz-inspired installation in the Bronzeville Jazz McDonald’s restaurant. He was the official featured artist for the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2012 and 2014. In 2012, music legend Prince and Rebuild the Dream Village tapped Andre to create Thirty 8’ x 4’ abstract paintings for the “Share Your Story Booth” during their Welcome 2 Chicago concert. The concert provided a fun, interactive place to learn about how people can all rebuild vibrant and sustainable communities. In September 2016, Andre became the Mayor of Bronzeville. Under his leadership, the benefits of art will continue to be spread globally, with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party to bring awareness to the pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing a donation each year to a worthy nonprofit making a difference in the lives of our youth. He currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Frances Guichard (</strong><strong>Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC, Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation Inc.)</strong>, is co-owner of Gallery Guichard LLC, fine art gallery and event space, the Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation, Inc. Also known as the artist Marlene Campbell, she is an entrepreneur and fine artist. Frances received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1996 and worked in government for over 20 years before she ventured into business with her husband. First with Gallery Guichard, in 2005 and then with the Guichard Project, as co-developer of the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, in 2013. Co-owner of The Guichard Project, which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live-work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru, featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. As an artist her works have been collected both nationally and internationally.  Her works can be found in corporate and private collections. As a gallerist, with her keen attention to detail, Frances provides artful experiences to future visionaries and collectors. She specializes in aligning artists’ works with collectors looking for a specific piece. As a curator and moderator for the Bombay Sapphire’s Artisan Series, she is responsible for coordinating and judging over 3,000 submissions. Frances’s vast knowledge of art has drawn the attention of dignitaries worldwide. She’s the international bridge that inspires global talent and exposes local patrons to art from Senegal, South Africa, and the Caribbean Islands. Influenced by her travels and husband, Frances began painting in 2004 under the pseudonym Marlene Campbell. She received a business certificate from Northwestern University through the Chicago Urban League NextOne program. In September 2016, Frances and her husband organized the nonprofit, Building Community Foundation, Inc. Through the nonprofit, they are able to give back with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party, the Bronzeville Art District Tour, cofounders of the largest African American art districts in the country. The BCF helps to bring awareness to the community pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing donations each year to worthy nonprofits making a difference in the lives of our youth. She currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Tracie D. Hall </strong>was appointed the <strong>American Library Association</strong>’s 10th executive director in its 143-year history in February 2020. In her new role, Hall oversees the oldest and largest library association in the world, made up of 57,000 members and more than 200 staffers. Hall is the first female African American executive director in ALA’s history. Upon Hall’s appointment, ALA President Wanda K. Brown observed that “Her unique combination of philanthropy and library know-how position her to be the leader ALA needs today. She is optimistic, energizing, and innovative, qualities that will serve the association well as it continues its investments in advocacy, development, and information technology.” Hall is no stranger to libraries, or to ALA. Over the years she has worked at the Seattle Public Library, the New Haven Free Public Library, Hartford Public Library, and Queens Library. In 1998, she was among the first cohort of ALA’s Spectrum Scholars, a grant program to diversify librarianship, and she served as the director of ALA’s Office for Diversity in the early 2000s and has served on advisory councils for the Institute of Museum and Library Services and written for the field’s major publications. She was highlighted as a “Mover and Shaker” in the field by <em>Library Journal </em>early in her career. Most recently, Hall directed the culture portfolio at the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, developing new grant programs designed to foster greater equity and diversity in arts administration, catalyze and scale neighborhood-based arts venues, cultural programming and creative entrepreneurship. Prior to that she worked as Deputy Commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and as community investment strategist in Global Corporate Citizenship at The Boeing Company. A civic leader in Chicago, Hall was appointed to serve on the City of Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council at the beginning of 2020. Hall has also served in multiple roles in academia, including as assistant dean of Dominican’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, IL and as visiting professor at Wesleyan, Southern Connecticut State, and Catholic Universities among others. In addition to her MLIS from the Information School at the University of Washington, Hall holds an MA in International and Area studies with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa from Yale University and dual bachelor’s degrees in Law and Society and Black Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Hall has also studied at the Universities of Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in East Africa. Hall was born and raised in Los Angeles.

<strong>Nicole R. Robinson</strong> serves as <strong>Chief Partnerships and Programs Officer for the Greater Chicago Food Depository,</strong> a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people to food, while striving to end hunger. Nicole builds bridges with communities, individual advocates and organizations all seeking to make nutritious food accessible, while tackling the root causes of poverty, unemployment, and racial inequity. In her role, she is responsible for the partnerships and innovations related to food access, public policy, workforce development and our community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining the Food Depository, Nicole led domestic and international philanthropy for Kraft Foods and Mondelez International. She supported award-winning programs spanning the globe, touching five continents, while reaching underserved and underrepresented neighborhoods. She has worked with the United Nations World Food Programme and variety of multinational NGOs, including CARE, Save the Children and INMED Partnerships for Children. Nicole resides in Bronzeville on Chicago’s South Side and is the founding leader of Chicago’s first ever South Side Giving Circle focused on reducing inequities faced by Black women and girls.

<strong>Lise T. Spacapan (Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP)</strong> has practiced law in Chicago for over 30 years. Currently she is Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP, one of the largest woman-owned firms in Illinois. Lise enjoyed many years as a volunteer serving on the Board and in leadership of the not-for-profit nationwide legal association, DRI.  She is a Master of the Bar, Chicago Inn of Court. She serves on the advisory Board of the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul College of Law, where she earned her J.D. and, later, returned in the evenings to earn an LLM in Health Law. From 2017 – 2019, Lise served as General Counsel, Office of the Governor, where she advised both the Governor and members of his senior staff on wide-ranging matters of ethics and compliance, employment, internal investigations, personnel, litigation, and regulatory and legislative initiatives. Lise also served as the General Counsel to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, where she was a member of the Executive Staff and briefly served as Interim Director of the Agency. Before joining state government, Lise was a partner at three national law firms: Kirkland &amp; Ellis, Jenner &amp; Block, and Husch Blackwell where she managed litigation throughout the country for her clients, who were predominantly Fortune 50 companies. While an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, and in high school, Lise performed in theater and in singing groups. She and her husband Ed have enjoyed attending theater in Chicago, and for many years were season ticket holders with Chicago Shakespeare theater. More recently they are thrilled to have become active patrons of Court Theater, where she is a Producers Circle member. Lise and Ed live in Hinsdale, Illinois. They have two grown sons. Lise was most pleased when, after graduating from Vanderbilt, her son John earned his M.A. at the University of Chicago, Center for International Relations in 2019.  Her son Ben attended Princeton and Harvard and now lives in Manhattan with his wife Casey."
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          string(4875) "<span style="font-weight: 400;">In many depictions of the events surrounding </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the people shown are white and many assume there was nobody of color on the ship. The story of the sole black passenger and his family has been brought to light as an overlooked </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">reality in the past few years.</span>

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="181"]<img class="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Joseph_Laroche_et_sa_famille.jpg" width="181" height="256" /> <em>Joseph Laroche and family</em>[/caption]

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in 1886 in Haiti. At the age of 15, he went to France to study engineering. He spoke French, Creole, and English fluently. After obtaining a degree in engineering, he married Juliette Lafargue, a white French woman with whom he was fast friends when they first met through a mentor. Due to rampant racial discrimination, he had difficulty finding a job despite his qualifications. When he did get jobs, he received poor pay from racist employers. He decided to look outside of France for new opportunities to support his two young daughters and his pregnant wife. The couple decided they would move to Haiti, where Laroche’s uncle, Cincinnatus Leconte, was the President of Haiti and who promised he would appoint his nephew to a professorship in mathematics.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Juliette Lafargue, a new widow, pregnant, with her two young daughters at her side, was left alone in New York after the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Carpathia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> picked up <em>Titanic</em> survivors and transported them there. She did not speak English and had no money as it drowned with her husband. After spending a difficult 3 weeks in the city, she finally began her journey back to France on a ship.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Months later, Juliette gave birth to a son, who she named Joseph after his father. She never healed from the trauma of her husband’s death and her experience as the ship sank. She disliked telling the story of her survival and instructed her children to never speak of the event or of their father. She managed the lives of her daughters, never letting them out of her sight until the moment of her death.</span>

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          string(4575) "<span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to know more about the famous ship before you view our production of Owen McCafferty's <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><em>Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)</em></a>? Here is a list of facts about the vessel itself and the passengers:</span>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It took around 26 months to build the ship. Approximately 3,000 people helped with the construction, some of whom died in the process. Key features of its construction include 10 decks; 3 main engines; a 100-ton rudder; and 2,000 hull plates of rolled steel. The hull was held together by three million iron and steel rivets. </span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Titanic under construction</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">2. The estimated cost of building the ship was $7.5 million in 1912 (around $198 million today).</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">3. There were only 20 lifeboats, which could fit around 1100 people total compared to the actual number of over 2200 onboard (numbers are estimates as sources disagree on the exact amounts). </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">4. <em>Titanic </em></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">was also a mail carrier, setting sail with 3364 bags of mail. Five workers sorted through the mail and handled letters posted on the ship by the passengers. When the ship began to sink, they went back to retrieve 200 sacks of mail. They all died.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">5. A first-class parlor suite cost $4,350 ($100,000 today); a first-class cabin cost $150 ($3,500 today); a bunk bed in a second class cabin cost $60 ($1375); a bunk bed in a third-class cabin cost between $15-$40 ($350-$900). Many third-class passengers were immigrants looking to move to the US.</span>

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Titanic-third-class-cabin.jpg/78px-Titanic-third-class-cabin.jpg" width="166" height="256" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Third class cabin</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">6. 62% of first-class passengers survived; 41% of the second class survived; 25% of the third class survived; 20% of the crew survived. Overall, only 32% of the total number of all those aboard the ship survived. There were also numerous animals of different species aboard—only three dogs survived. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">7. 8 musicians played until the end. All died, and their families were later charged the price of their uniforms that sank with them by the firm that booked the musicians to play on the ship. The families refused to pay.</span>

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/RMS_Titanic_Musician%27s_Memorial%2C_Southampton.jpg/793px-RMS_Titanic_Musician%27s_Memorial%2C_Southampton.jpg" alt="File:RMS Titanic Musician's Memorial, Southampton.jpg" width="328" height="248" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Southampton memorial to musicians on </em>RMS <em>Titanic</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">8. A prized copy of the Rubáiyát, purchased for 405 pounds, was onboard the ship when it sank.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">9. The remains of the wreck were first located on September 1, 1985. The ship was found in two main pieces: the bow and the stern. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">10. In 2012, the wreck became a UNESCO cultural heritage site. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">11. Bacteria </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halomonas titanicae</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are eating away at the ship’s iron. Coupled with that destructive factor are corrosion and the force of eddies/undercurrents. All of these tied together have led scientists to expect the shipwreck will be completely disintegrated within 30 years.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a megalith of human hubris, tragic loss, and significant class disparity,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">lives on in collective memory and artistic representations, reminding people of a tragedy that reverberated through the centuries to still be discussed in modern times. </span>"
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<p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. A name that has gone down in infamy as a sensationalized nautical tragedy. Due to its persistence in public imagination, particularly of the US, many people have some inkling of what happened, but here is a quick summary of the details concerning the ship’s voyage and the resulting investigation of its fatal collision:</span></p>

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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912; operated by White Star Line (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company); going from Southampton, UK to New York, US. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incurred damage from iceberg collision in North Atlantic late on April 14; went down early morning of April 15; around 710 survivors in lifeboats rescued by </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Carpathia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Repeated warnings from other ships in the vicinity that iceberg was in the <em>Titanic</em>’s path. Ice warning by the ship </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mesaba </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">never made it to the bridge; its contents told the crew that ice was directly in the path of the <em>Titanic</em>, not just near it.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inquiries were held in Britain between May 2 and July 3, 1912. Twenty-six questions were handed down to the commission to ask the witnesses. Inquiries were also held in the U.S. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of the inquiry was to gather facts about the tragedy to figure out what went wrong and prevent it from happening again. The inquiries also further spurred public interest in the event.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lord Mersey headed the British inquiry alongside a court of people who knew naval architecture and shipbuilding. They mostly listened to testimonies of witnesses from first class.</span><i><img class="alignleft" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Cosmo_Duff_Gordon_at_Titanic_inquiry.jpg/512px-Cosmo_Duff_Gordon_at_Titanic_inquiry.jpg" width="335" height="288" /></i></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. inquiry blamed British Board of Trade for approving a too-small number of lifeboats on the ship as the organization was responsible for maritime regulations. British Board denied the accusation but the event shaped the future of ship travel as installing an appropriate number of lifeboats corresponding with the number of people onboard was made a new priority. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both inquiries denounced the actions of the captain of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">SS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Californian</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a ship that did not help </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">as it sank even though they were in close proximity.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Final report published July 30, 1912. Concluded that the sinking was the sole result of the collision with the iceberg, not because any fault in the way it was built (since then, technical problems with the construction have been pinpointed as contributing factors as well); marked officers as complacent and lookout inadequate; too few lifeboats.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People involved continually blamed everyone but themselves, saying their duties came from superior officers and they were only following orders. Lack of an answer has led to the story being even more sensationalized than it was at the time, morphing it into mythic proportions.</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The inquiry was flawed and people today continue to take interest in the unresolved details surrounding the collision. Still interested in the proceedings? Purchase tickets for in-person or digital viewing of Owen McCafferty's <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><em>Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)</em></a> here!</span>"
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          string(4110) "<span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting ready for the premiere of our production of Owen McCafferty's </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? As you prepare to view the play, which will be performed and filmed on Court's stage and made available to stream on-demand digitally, you may find yourself wondering how our design team created such a beautiful set during a global pandemic. Well, you’re in luck, because scenic designer Arnel Sancianco was gracious enough to share some insight into his process. Check out his statement and some accompanying pictures below!</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>From Arnel Sancianco</strong>: The design voyage of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been quite the odyssey. Designing during a pandemic is quite challenging as we tried to navigate schedule shifts and safety protocols. Our #1 priority was everyone’s safety, both on and off stage. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Our initial design was a great exploration of these audio pods for each witness or lawyer. Vanessa’s driving force for the production was giving audiences an auditory, almost podcast-like experience. So, this array of pods created this visual track list of actors with cables spilling out of their booths and connecting to headphones that the audience would wear or plug into. But as COVID cases spiked in the winter, we pulled the plug on this design and pursued a digital streaming experience. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">disaster serves as a perfect metaphor for our current pandemic. What happens when danger approaches and we do nothing? Who’s responsible for the deaths of thousands when we could’ve easily steered away from disaster? Who gets to dictate who lives and who dies in times of crisis? With that in mind, we decided to embrace the safety protocols and put them on full display. We wanted the space to reflect what it takes to put on theatre and what the handling of this pandemic has forced us into. There are lines and messages on the floor dictating where a mask is required. There are stencils measuring out 6-foot distances. We even chose to use the empty seats of the house as our backdrop so that we recognize not just the missing audiences, but the missing people who’ve passed because of this disaster. Rather than making the performance a standard recorded filmed experience, we decided to arrange the screen in a way that allows the viewers at home the opportunity to choose where to look. They can look above the set, they can focus in on just the commissioner—it’s almost as if you are a member of the jury as you experience the testimony in real time.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><em><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/">Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commisioner's Inquiry, 1912)</a> </em>will be available to stream from June 14 to July 11, 2021. Can’t wait to see the performers in this piece? Find out more</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">about the production </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a>!"
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          string(8442) "<h3><strong>Please note, for optimal listening enjoyment, please use headphones.</strong></h3>
<h3><b>Having trouble viewing <em>Titanic</em> right now? Try these six steps to fix your stream:</b></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try refreshing your browser.  Don't forget to click the play button after it reloads.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try using the browser under 'incognito/private' mode.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try disabling any ad-blocking software or browser plugins</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try a different device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to </span><a href="http://speedtest.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">speedtest.net</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and test your internet bandwidth.  You'll want at least 2Mbps to view the video.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Which devices can I use to stream?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The platform works on mobile phones, computers, tablets, and smart TVs (with a web browser). If you have any of those, you can watch! We also recommend viewing with headphones for the best experience.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are subtitles available?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, <strong>closed captioning</strong> is available! Simply hover your mouse over the video player. In the bottom right corner, click on "CC off", then click on "english". Your video should now display captions. </span>

In addition, you may speed up or slow down the video playback by hovering your mouse over the video player. In the bottom right corner, click on "1x" and you will see several options to either increase or decrease playback speed.
<div><strong>Please note, for optimal listening enjoyment, please use headphones.</strong></div>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the show on my TV, or do I have to watch it on my computer?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love for you to cast the show to your big screen! The easiest option is to use Chrome Casting, AirPlay or screen mirroring to play the stream from your phone, laptop or another device to your TV. You might see a slight decrease in quality with this option. You can also use an HDMI cable to connect your computer to the TV.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">If your TV can access a web browser, you can open that browser and log into your email. From there, you can open the email we sent you and click on your link to stream. If you have trouble streaming on an older TV, you may have better luck switching to an alternate device.</span>

<a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-connect-your-laptop-to-your-tv-wirelessly-or-with-hdmi/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here is a list of steps for some common casting setups.</span></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, due to the sheer number and variations of smart TVs and smart TV software, we aren’t able to troubleshoot individual hardware issues. This <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/casting-instructions-for-streaming-events/">guide on casting</a> may be useful to you, depending on your setup.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I view my streaming performance? (on-demand performances)</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll receive a confirmation email with the subject of “Link to View Titanic.” In that email will be your unique link to view the performance. Use your custom link to watch on your laptop, tablet, mobile device—or mirror the show to your smart TV. Can’t find your confirmation email?  Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! If you have questions, please call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s the ideal browser to use?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We recommend using the browser that gives you the quickest speeds for your everyday use. Our top choices are Google Chrome and Safari.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I ensure the best streaming experience?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For showtime, if you’re experiencing issues, a first step might be to turn the wi-fi off on your other devices. Or, for the strongest connection, connect your device to your router directly with an ethernet cable.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I make a video full screen?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You'll find the full-screen button in the video player, depending on your device it will be in the lower right corner (on PC, for example) or the upper left (on iOS).</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What should I do if I’m experiencing connection issues during the show (e.g. video is </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">freezing or audio is not working)?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Your video may need a minute to load. If it is not playing continuously, try pausing it and stepping away for a few minutes and then continuing the show once it’s had a chance to pre-load more of the performance. If you are experiencing connection issues, it may be related to your browser settings, internet bandwidth, or it’s a device-specific issue.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">While we can't guarantee and may not be able to troubleshoot the performance of your specific hardware setup, we have a few recommendations that we hope will help:</span>
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pause the video to allow it to load more fully.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure you have the most updated version of the software you’re using.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Refresh your browser page or try switching to a completely different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure there are no other devices connected to your wi-fi that could be creating network traffic.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try closing all open windows or applications on your device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try connecting to your personal Hotspot on your phone.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Restart your wi-fi router.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different device.</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who do I contact if I'm having trouble seeing the show?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We'll have phone support available from Monday through Saturday, 12noon-5pm to get you started streaming and to answer your questions! Call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the performance again after it’s over?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">once you've started streaming the performance, you'll have 72 hours to finish watching. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On-demand performances can be watched at any time between June 14 through July 11, 2021. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if I want to buy more than one viewing or buy for a friend?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No problem! Simply buy as many views (tickets) on the purchase page and you’ll receive that many links in your confirmation email.   </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I access my digital playbill for the performance?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll see the playbill button on the same page as the performance at the bottom.</span>
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          string(77143) "<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Program Notes:</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One was first created in 2002 as a mobile venue where actor and audience member encounter each other as strangers and, through the course of the performance, allow the divisions and distinctions that separate us to dissolve. I could not have imagined that 18 years later our theatres would darken, computers would become our prosceniums, and our need for intimate engagement would be so profound. I invited director and activist Jenny Koons to imagine with me a digital space that could embody the qualities that have made Theatre for One unique. Our enlivening producer Mara Isaacs and the visionary artists of OpenEndedGroup have been our essential collaborators in this endeavor</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A stage of any size is a vessel. As we began to envision what to fill this new space, the Black Lives Matter and other movements erupted and inspired us to use it to amplify an active artistic response. The need for response has not diminished, as the recent shooting of Jacob Blake makes clear. In our streets, protests continue, and on television, conventions use words to transmit our divisions in technicolor. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Intimacy builds interrelation. We reached out to writers we believed would fearlessly excavate their interiors and share them with generosity and candor. The directors, designers, actors, all the creators in our virtual backstage, (Theatre for One is Made by Many), have blown me away with their precision and perseverance in working through all of the challenges they encountered as we built a new platform and they rehearsed remotely. It often felt like we were sending a rocket ship into space for the first time. I am deeply grateful to Elysa Marden of Arts Brookfield, Octopus Theatricals, and Tom Neff, for giving us the means and the tools to evolve into this new iteration, to boldly go where we have never gone before. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">I am a White Canadian-American theatre artist who has benefited from my white privilege. The privilege in making Here We Are has been to make space for these extraordinary voices to be heard, in our homes, in these extraordinary times. At this moment in our history, the inequities and lethal acts of violence make it imperative that we as humans and as artists manifest a new narrative, with our language, with our anger, and with our love.  </span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Christine Jones, Creator and Co-Artistic Director </span></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Early in the pandemic, I attended a gathering a friend hosted on Zoom. After we met, one of the participants emailed us, “It was just so good to talk with strangers. I hadn’t realized how much I missed it until now.” This has stayed with me for months, as we feel the loss of interaction and conversations with strangers, in the grocery line, on the subway, in a theater lobby. Those mundane conversations and tiny windows into a stranger’s heart, pain, longing, dreams, neuroses. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In this moment of heightened disconnection and national reckoning, we find ourselves processing within our own bubbles, questioning within our own bubbles, dreaming within our own bubbles. Here We Are is a window into the minds and hearts of our form’s most exciting artists, a peek into strangers’ longings and dreams and pain as we move through this extraordinary time, together.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Together, we listen. Together, we witness the intimate and epic questions we grapple with. Together, we imagine a world beyond this world. A world where new planets and possibilities are discovered. A world where voter suppression is abolished. A world where white supremacy is uprooted and destroyed at its core. A world where both our heroes and childhood friends are remembered and uplifted. A world where systems are re-imagined with true justice for all. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A world where we see each other, strangers, present and breathing, individual and irreparably interconnected.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">We must imagine it together so we keep it in our collective dreams, so we know what we’re moving forward, so we know what we’re fighting for. Thank you for imagining with us tonight. </span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Jenny Koons, Co-Artistic Director</span></p>

<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Credits:</span></h2>
<h4><b>CREATOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: CHRISTINE JONES</b><b>
</b><b>CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR HERE WE ARE: JENNY KOONS</b></h4>
<h4><b>PLATFORM PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN:</b><a href="https://theatreforone.com/hereweare#open"><b> OPENENDEDGROUP — MARC DOWNIE AND PAUL KAISER</b></a></h4>
<h4><b>ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY</b><a href="https://theatreforone.com/hereweare#octopus"><b> OCTOPUS THEATRICALS — MARA ISAACS</b></a><b>, EXECUTIVE/CREATIVE PRODUCER</b></h4>
<b>CASTING BY BECCA MCCRACKEN, C.S.A.
</b><b>COSTUME DESIGN BY</b> <b>ERICA FRIESEN
</b><b>LIGHTING DESIGN BY</b> <b>EMILY BROWN
</b><b>PROPS DESIGN/ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: LARA MUSARD
</b><b>PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: JENNIFER GADDA</b><b>
</b><b>THEATRE FOR ONE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: BRYAN HUNT</b><b>
</b><b>TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR: JOSHUA MCCAMMON</b><b>
</b><b>TECH CONSULTANT: CHERIE B. TAY</b><b>
</b><b>ARTISTIC CONSULTANT: SRĐA VASILJEVIĆ</b><b>
</b><b>PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER:</b> <b>ERIN ALBRECHT*</b><b>HOUSE MANAGER/ AUDIENCE TECH SUPPORT: MATTHEW SITZ, JEN LUKE, NICOLE BOND</b>
<h5><b>Here We Are was commissioned by Arts Brookfield with additional support from Thomas M. Neff. The Chicago premiere is supported by the University of Chicago Women's Board, Allstate, De and Paul Gray, and The Chicago Community Trust.</b></h5>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plays:</span></h2>
<b><i>Before America Was America</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by </span><b>DeLanna Studi
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Chris Anthony
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Elizabeth Laidlaw</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">*</span>

<b><i>Here We Are</i></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Nikkole Salter
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Monet Felton
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Xavier Edward King*</b>

<b><i>What Are The Things I Need To Remember</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by </span><b>Lynn Nottage
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Chris Anthony
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>TayLar*</b>

<b><i>whiterly negotiations </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Lydia R. Diamond
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Monet Felton
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Deanna Reed-Foster*</b>

<b>Vote! (the black album)
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Written and Directed by </span><b>Regina Taylor
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Cheryl Lynn Bruce*</b>

<b><i>Pandemic Fight </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Carmelita Tropicana
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Miranda Gonzalez
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Melissa DuPrey*</b>

<b><i>Thank You For Coming. Take Care. </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Stacey Rose
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Miranda Gonzalez
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Sydney Charles*</b>

<b><i>Thank You Letter </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Jaclyn Backhaus
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Lavina Jadhwani
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Adithi Chandrashekar*</b>
<h2><b>Biographies:</b></h2>
<b>TayLar* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To Remember</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is excited to return to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre for Theatre For One, after her debut as Ruby in August Wilson’s</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> King Hedley II </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She has also worked on Goodman Theatre’s productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sweat</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Little Foxes</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Convert</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mary</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Turner’s Come and Gone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cook</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is an ensemble member of Eclipse Theatre Company and performed in its productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blues for An Alabama Sky,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Song for Corett</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">a. Other notable theatre companies TayLar has worked with include Asolo Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Writers, Steppenwolf, Black Ensemble, Erasing the Distance, and ETA. Television appearances include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago PD</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Med</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chi</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">NeXt</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Feature film credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southside With You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teacher</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms. White Light</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She can also be seen in numerous television commercials. TayLar is represented tri-coastally by the awesome team at DDO Artists Agency!</span>

<b>Cheryl Lynn Bruce* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vote! (the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has performed on numerous regional stages, as well as in Europe and Mexico. She originated the role of Elizabeth Sandry for Steppenwolf’s Tony Award-winning </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Grapes of Wrath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Broadway, National Theatre (UK), La Jolla Playhouse). Film credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stranger Than Fiction</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Daughters of the Dust</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Fugitive.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Television credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prison Break</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> There Are No Children Here</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Separate but Equal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> To Sir, With Love II. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms. Bruce directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeline</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Victory Gardens) and the recently streamed reading of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Agitators</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for Remy Bumppo’s current season. A proud Teatro Vista company member, Ms. Bruce directed Sandra Delgado’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Havana Madrid</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre, and subsequent productions (Goodman Theatre, the Miracle Center, Navy Pier’s Lake Stage, The Den Theatre). She co-directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">HOPE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and assistant directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tamer of Horses</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A View From the Bridge</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Awarded a 2015 Rauschenberg residency through a 3Arts fellowship, Ms. Bruce received a Yale University Art Gallery residency in 2011, and received both Jane Addams Hull House Association’s Woman of Valor Award and 3Arts Award for her work as theatre artist and educator in 2010. Named Inaugural Fellow of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media in 2006 at Columbia College Chicago, Ms. Bruce traveled to Iida, Japan in 2007 to study Bunraku puppetry for her staging of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rythm Mastr</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Kerry James Marshall’s urban comic which premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some Ra</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, her poetical essay on the famed Afro-Futurist, musician and philosopher, is included in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Traveling the Spaceways: Sun-Ra, the Astro Black and Other Solar Myths</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2009), with editors John Corbett, Anthony Elms, and Terri Kapsalis.</span>

<b>Adithi Chandrashekar* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a Chicago-based actor and writer. Theater credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dance Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bull in a China Shop</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (About Face Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're Gonna Be Okay</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Theater Company), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wit</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The Hypocrites). TV credits include: NBC's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Med</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, FOX's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empire,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and ABC's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Betrayal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Adithi's solo performance piece </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Season</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was written and produced as part of The Gift Theatre's inaugural 4802 residency. She is a proud 2015 graduate of the School at Steppenwolf, and is represented by Stewart Talent Agency.</span>

<b>Sydney Charles*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You For Coming. Take Care.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is excited about her return to Court Theatre with Theatre for One. She was previously seen at Court as Tillie Binks in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guess Who's Coming to Dinner</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Her other work includes Steppenwolf Theatre Company (directing): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bug</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (assistant director/dramaturg). Chicago (directing): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">His Shadow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (associate director); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Shipment</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (associate director). Select credits (Chicago): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wally World</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steppenwolf Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Color Purple</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Drury Lane); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Northlight Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flyin' West</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Blues Theater); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lottery Day</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Father Comes Home from the Wars</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Goodman Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wiz</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Kokandy Productions); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dessa Rose</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Bailiwick Chicago). Regional: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Hate it Here</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Studio Theatre). Television: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chi</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shameless</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The T</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Haven</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is the recipient of 3Arts’ "Make a Wave" award, a two-time NewCity "50 Players of the Year,'' for Chicago theatre, a BTAA recipient for Best Actress in a Musical, and a four-time Jeff Award-nominated actress. She is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Represented by Stewart Talent. Sydney is forever grateful to God for the journey. </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.sydneycharlesexp.com__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!pCbZzDyMF5EcPdn4mQYuPXLX9nas5FqOZBAJcfzB_TMheYrY4P9cp4R8aYl9seobG4M$"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.sydneycharlesexp.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>Melissa DuPrey* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is an actor, stand-up comic, activist, playwright, and musician from Humboldt Park, Chicago. She has four critically acclaimed solo shows (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEXomedy, SUSHI-frito, SEXomedy 2.0, Good Grief)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and will be debuting a new piece, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rise of Thunderdome, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">in spring of 2021 through the Off-Broadway incubator program at Ars Nova. Her full-length play, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brujuja,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was an official selection of 16th Street’s 2019 Pop Up Reading Series and is slated to premiere in 2021 with UrbanTheater Company, her artistic home, where she is an ensemble member. She was a new talent for the 2014 ABC Diversity Showcase in NYC. She is featured in the Emmy-nominated web series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brown Girls</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, in development with HBO. She has multiple credits in TV and film, and is currently recurring in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grey's Anatomy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on ABC. She has been seen at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, and Free Street Theater, and is honored to be returning to Court Theatre for Theater for One.</span>

<b>Xavier Edward King*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is excited to make his debut with Court Theatre, albeit in a unique way! He's a Chicago-based performing artist. Previous credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Winter's Tale </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Goodman Theatre, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dracula </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Actors Theatre of Louisville, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Star </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at ACT (Seattle), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamlet </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midsummer Night's Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love's Labour's Lost</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pericles</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incident at Vichy </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Jones Playhouse (Seattle). Visit </span><a href="https://xavieredwardking.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">xavieredwardking.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>Elizabeth Laidlaw*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before America Was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has worked in Chicago professionally since 1993, appearing at Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Goodman and many, many others. Previous appearances at Court include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Life’s A Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Phèdre</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thyestes. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regional credits include Indiana Repertory Theatre, Irish Classical Theatre Company, and American Repertory Theatre. Film: the features </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Into The Wake</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eastern College</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dimension</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Days</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Television: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago PD</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crisis</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (NBC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Betrayal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ABC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boss</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Starz), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chicago Code</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (FOX). She co-produces and stars in the dramedy web-series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Haven</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, available on Open TV (</span><a href="https://www.weareo.tv/originals/thehaven"><span style="font-weight: 400;">weareotv.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Most recently, she starred as Officer Vic Renna in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Red Line</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on CBS. She serves as adjunct faculty at Tribeca Flashpoint Film Academy, teaching acting and directing; she also teaches acting for the camera at Vagabond Studios. Ms. Laidlaw is the founding artistic director of Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. She received her BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and completed post-graduate Shakespeare studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London, UK. </span>

<b>Deanna Reed-Foster*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is thrilled to be working with Court Theatre. She is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe Theatre (SGT) where her credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Here Now</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mill Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marvin’s Room</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Other Chicago credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The First Deep Breath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Victory Gardens, Joseph Jefferson Award Winner), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Northlight Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">HeLa</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (SideShow Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chicago Children’s Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbecue</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Strawdog Theatre) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even Longer And Farther Away</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The New Colony Theatre). Regional credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fences</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Judy Bayley Theatre/UNLV) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Merrimack Rep). Deanna can be seen in films like </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last Flag Flying</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Widows</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southside With You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is also a recurring character on NBC’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Deanna completed the Gately Poole Acting Conservatory, where she studied the Meisner technique. She is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, and is represented by DDO Artists Agency.  </span><b></b>

<b>Jaclyn Backhaus</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a playwright, educator, arts facilitator, and mother. She is one of five Creative Directors of the process-based arts facilitation group Fresh Ground Pepper, and she is one of 14 members of the current cohort of The Kilroys, a bicoastal collective that celebrates women, trans, and nonbinary presence in the American theater landscape. She is a Lincoln Center Playwright-in-Residence, and she was once a 2016 Tow Playwright Resident with Clubbed Thumb. She got a BFA from NYU, where she now teaches some skill sets of playwriting to brilliant students. She resides in Ridgewood, Queens, with her husband Andrew J. Scoville, a theater director, and their son, Ernie. </span><a href="http://www.jaclynbackhaus.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.jaclynbackhaus.com</span></a>

<b>Lydia R. Diamond’s</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) plays include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Toni Stone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Audelco Award nomination for Best Play), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smart People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Stick Fly</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Broadway), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Voyeurs de Venus</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Joseph Jeff Award), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bluest Eye</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gift Horse</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harriet Jacobs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Inside</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stage Black</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Theatres include: American Conservatory Theater, Arena Stage, Arden Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Company One, Congo Square, Denver Center, Goodman, the Guthrie Theatre, Hartford Stage, three productions at Huntington Theatre Company, Jubilee Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, the McCarter, MPAACT, New Vic (New York), Playmakers Rep, Roundabout, Second Stage, Steppenwolf, TrueColors, two productions at Writers Theatre, and ACT. Commissions include: Arena Stage, Second Stage, four commissions for Steppenwolf, McCarter, Huntington, Victory Gardens, Writers Theatre, True Colors, and Roundabout. Diamond was a 2005-2006 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard non-resident Fellow, a 2007 TCG/NEA Playwright in Residence at Steppenwolf, an 2006-2007 Huntington Playwright Fellow, a 2012 Sundance Institute Playwright Lab Creative Advisor, a 2012-2013 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, 2013-2014 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage, has been a five-time Sally B. Goodman McCarter Theatre Artist in Residence, and is the 2020 recipient of the Horton Foote Playwriting Award. Diamond is a 1991 Northwestern graduate, and has an Honorary Doctorate from Pine Manor College. Diamond was a Consulting Producer for Showtime’s 4th season of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Affair</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, co-writing episodes 406 and 407, and was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for Best Drama Episode. Diamond was on faculty at Boston University for nine years and is currently on faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago.</span>

<b>Lynn Nottage</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a playwright and screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. Her include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Floyd’s</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sweat</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mlima's Tale</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the Way</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meet Vera Stark</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intimate Apparel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fabulation,</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">or the Re-Education of Undine</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crumbs from the Table of Joy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Las Meninas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mud, River, Stone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Por’knockers</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">POOF!.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Musical librettos include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Secret Life of Bees</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> MJ</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (upcoming). She has also developed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Reading,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a performance installation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant'' Fellowship, among other awards, and is an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts. </span>

<b>Stacey Rose</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You for Coming. Take Care.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) hails from Elizabeth, NJ and Charlotte, NC. Her work has been presented at The Fire This Time Festival, The Lark, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, National Black Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, and Kansas City Rep. Rose has held fellowships/residencies with The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights' Center, Sundance Theatre Lab, Goodman Theatre, The Civilians, and Tofte Lake Center. She had two plays featured on the 2019 Kilroys list, with a third listed as an honorable mention. Her play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legacy Land</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was on the 2020 Kilroys list. She is a recipient of a 2019 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Women’s Commissioning Grant in partnership with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. She is currently a staff writer for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">9-1-1</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on FOX. Rose’s work celebrates and explores Blackness, Black identity, Black history, body politics, and the dilemma of life as the “other.”</span>

<b>Nikkole Salter</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &amp; Performer, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is an award-winning actress, playwright, educator, and arts advocate. For her work, she has received an Obie, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Global Tolerance Award from the Friends of the United Nations, a Selfdes-Kanin fellowship from the Theater Hall of Fame, and most recently a Lily Award for her contributions to the betterment of the theater field. Her writing has been produced on three continents in five countries, and been published in twelve international publications and has been featured on the WNET program </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theater Close-Up</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is a graduate of Howard University and NYU. </span><a href="http://www.nikkolesalter.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.nikkolesalter.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>

<b>DeLanna Studi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before America Was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is an actor/playwright whose television credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dreamkeeper</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Edge of America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shameless</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">General Hospital</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Z Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the recent season of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goliath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Her theater credits include the First National Broadway Tour of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">August: Osage County</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Off-Broadway’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Informed Consent</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gloria: A Life</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She retraced her family’s footsteps along the Trail of Tears with her father and created her play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which has been touring for the last two years. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was the first American play selected to perform at the Journées Théâtrales de Carthage in North Africa. DeLanna is the Chair of SAG-AFTRA’s National Native Americans Committee and the Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, the only Native American Equity theater in the country devoted to developing and producing new work by Indigenous playwrights. </span>

<b>Regina Taylor</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright &amp; Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vote! (the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is an actress, director, playwright, educator, and activist. She is the Andrew Mellon grant playwright in residence for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Taylor is writing new plays for Audible and SMU </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She recently curated and directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love and Kindness in the Time of Quarantine </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(short plays by Magaly Colin-Christopher, Migdalia Cruz, Erik Ehn, Catherine Fillioux, Lyle Kessler, Yilong Liu, Eugene Lee, Rohina Malik, Chrystal Skilman, Chesney Snow, and Jose Rivera) for Planet Connections Zoom Festival. In addition, her playwrighting credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bread</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Edgerton Award, Water Tower Theater),</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Crowns </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(four Helen Hayes awards including Best Director), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oo-Bla-Dee</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steinberg-ATCA Award), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drowning Crow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Broadway, MTC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Trinity River Plays</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Edgerton Foundation Award), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">stop.reset</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Signature Theatre Residency Five). Taylor received the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair Fordham University at Lincoln Center. An Artistic Associate of Goodman Theatre, Taylor is its most produced playwright. As an actress, Taylor is featured in Netflix’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All Day and A Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> starring Jeffrey Wright and Ashton Saunders, directed/written by Joe Robert Cole (writer: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Panther</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">). She guest stars on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Council of Dads</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (NBC) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lovecraft Country</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Mischa Green), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Red Line</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Producer Ava DuVernay, CBS), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Good Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. For her television role as Lily Harper in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'll Fly Away,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> she received a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress, three NAACP Image Awards, and two Emmy Award nominations. Her other television credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Unit</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor was the first African American lead in Masterpiece Theatre’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cora Unashamed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, starred as Anita Hill in HBO’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strange Justice</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Gracie Award), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Good Day to Die</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Sidney Poitier. She has co-starred in USA Networks’ </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dig</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and guest-starred in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elementary </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Black List</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor’s film credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saturday Church</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Negotiator</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Courage Under Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clockers</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lean on Me</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor was also the first Black woman to play Juliet in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo and Juliet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Broadway.</span>

<b>Carmelita Tropicana</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) has been performing in New York’s downtown arts scene since the 1980s, straddling the worlds of performance art and theatre with irreverent humor, subversive fantasy, and bilingual puns. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2017) for her current project </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Live Memoir</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a Creative Capital Award (2016) for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a collaboration with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Recent works include sci-fi performances </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schwanze-Beast</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2018) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Post Plastica</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2013). Her publications include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Café Theater </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2015), edited by Holly Hughes and Jill Dolan, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Cultures </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2000).</span>

<b>Chris Anthony </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To Remember </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before American was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a director, teacher, actor, and producer working at the intersection of art and community empowerment. Now Assistant Professor of Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University, she has worked in educational, professional, and community spaces. Professional directing credits include the original </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off the Rails</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for Native Voices at the Autry, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lunch Lady Courage</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Cornerstone Theater, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo &amp; Juliet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Othello</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the St. Louis Black Rep, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo &amp; Juliet </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. As Associate Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, she oversaw the development of the company’s Youth &amp; Education programs, including Will Power to Youth.</span>

<b>Monet Felton </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a director, producer, writer, teaching artist, and company member at Jackalope Theatre. Monet earned their BFA in Acting at The University of Illinois at Chicago. They are currently studying on a scholarship to be certified in Alexander Technique. They have had the opportunity to work at theatres such as Jackalope Theatre, Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, and Bluebird Arts. </span>

<b>Miranda Gonzalez</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Thank You For Coming. Take Care</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a playwright/director/performer and was born and raised in Chicago. She is currently a Producing Artistic Director at UrbanTheater Company (UTC) in Humboldt Park. She was a founding ensemble member of Chicago’s All Latina Theater company Teatro Luna and has devised and developed plays since 2000. She is a two-time 3Arts and ALTA nominee and a recipient of the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Award. Her most recent play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back In The Day: an 80’s House Music Dancesical</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, World Premiered as a part of Chicago Latino Theater Festival Destinos Festival at UTC in the fall of 2019. Previous directing, writing, and script development credits include; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashes of Light</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Marco Antonio Rodriguez, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Gringa</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Carmen Rivera, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of Princes and Princesas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Paola Izquierdo at the 2010 Goodman Latino Theatre Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lullaby</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Diane Herrera, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crossed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GL 2010</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The North/South Plays</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a workshop at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.O.P </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Crime Scene Chicago</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Collaboraction; and Melissa DuPrey’s</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sushi-Frito </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Free Street Theater. She is also an Executive Producer for the web series</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 50 Blind Dates</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Melissa DuPrey and has written for the web series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruby's World Yo</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> created by Marilyn Camacho.</span>

<b>Lavina Jadhwani</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">is a theatre director, adapter, and activist. Recent directing credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">As You Like It</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the Guthrie Theater, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter and the Starcatcher </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cake</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Her adaptations include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sitayana </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(upcoming production with East West Players), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shakuntala</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Uncle Vanya</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Cherry Orchard</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (currently in development with the Guthrie). Lavina lives in Chicago, where she was recently named "One of the Top Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago" by NewCity.  She has a BFA/MA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University. </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lavinajadhwani.com__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!sWeAPmORGK62misu5jhx7zBbtYuIIOOzrsCamzFk09kYijjee-nXlML1CLtjwyd2r78$"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.lavinajadhwani.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> / @lavinajadhwani </span>

<b>Erica Friesen </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Costume Design) does more than shorten hems as Court Theatre's Costume Shop Manager. With 28 years of theatre-making experience, she's obsessed with how the body and what adorns it tells a story and for the last 18 years, it has been a thrill to be able to bring that obsession to Chicago and Court Theatre. Shout out to her partner, Bayrex, and her two son's August &amp; Max for their constant support and enthusiasm. </span>

<b>Emily Brown </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Lighting Design) has enjoyed working with Court Theatre since the fall of 2016 as the Master Electrician. She is ecstatic to be the Assistant Stage Manager, Lighting Designer, Tech Support, and Tech Kit Coordinator for this new program in digital theatre.</span>

<b>Lara Musard</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Props Design/Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to have served 13 years as Court Theatre’s Prop Manager and continues to find a creative home in Court’s virtual world as Assistant Stage Manager, Production Set and Props Designer, and Chat Room Moderator for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre For One: Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.   Lara currently produces theater from her cozy Frankfort home where she shares pivotable space with her husband, son and doggie.</span>

<b>Erin Albrecht* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Production Stage Manager) Previously at Court: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lady from the Sea</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mousetrap</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">King Hedley II</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Colored Girls...</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photograph 51</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frankenstein</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Radio</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golf</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Originalist</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All My Sons</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Belle of Amherst</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harvey</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blues for an Alabama Sky</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man in the Ring</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Man, Two Guvnors</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Long Day’s Journey Into Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and others. Erin has worked Off-Broadway, regionally, and toured throughout Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Music from The Catholic University of America and a MFA in Stage Management from Virginia Tech. She’s an adjunct instructor of Stage Management at The Theatre School at DePaul University.</span>

<b>Christine Jones</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Creator and Artistic Director) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning set designer and the creator of Theatre for One along with Lot-ek Architects. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is a Tony and Olivier award-winning set designer, experience creator, and sometimes director having directed the immersive nightclub dining experience, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen of the Night,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which won a Drama Desk for Unique Theatrical Experience. Her award-winning scenography has been seen on Broadway and in the original London productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">as well as in the Broadway musical </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Idiot. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Other Broadway credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cher Show </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(co-designed with Brett J. Banakis); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hands on a Hardbody; On a Clear Day; Spring Awakening </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Tony Nomination); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Green Bird </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Drama Desk Nomination); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everyday Rapture.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Off Bway</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">highlights include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cyrano</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The New Group); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book of Longing,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> based on the poems of Leonard Cohen, with music by Philip Glass (Lincoln Center Festival).  Opera designs include</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Traviata </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rigoletto (</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan opera). Her work was featured in the 2008 exhibition Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designers at Lincoln Center Library. Along Brett J. Banakis, Jones redesigned The Lyric Theatre in NY, home to the production of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  In 2015, she received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design. She has lectured at Princeton and teaches at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to creating theatre, she has worked with the clothing line </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rag &amp; Bone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to create a one of kind one-night event, and she is currently in collaboration with Steven Hoggett and David Byrne making a dance experience for these socially distanced times we are living in.</span>

<b>Jenny Koons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Co-Artistic Director for Here We Are). Recent Projects: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Men on Boats </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Baltimore Center Stage), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speechless </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(New Blue Man Group North American Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tempest</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Juilliard School), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Between Us: The Deck of Cards</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Denver Center), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Midsummer Night's Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The Public Theater Mobile Unit), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burn All Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Repertory Theater), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gimme Shelter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Why Not Theatre, 2015 Pan Am Games commission), Theatre for One: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'm Not the Stranger You Think I Am</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Arts Brookfield), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Sucker Emcee</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Black Theatre, LAByrinth Theater Company), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen of the Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Diamond Horseshoe), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Odyssey Project 2012</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (site-specific NYC). Koons was the 2017 curator of the Encores! Off-Center Lobby Project, co-curator of the 2016 ThisGen Conference, and co-founder of Artists 4 Change NYC (National Black Theatre). She has been an artist in residence at Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and The Invisible Dog Art Center and has developed new work at Ars Nova, Steppenwolf, Roundabout, and New Black Fest, among others. She has been a guest teaching artist at Princeton, ART Institute at Harvard, and NYU Tisch and has been a facilitator and educator in creating anti-racist spaces and engaging in conversations around race and equity for over a decade, in both non-profit and artistic spheres. </span>

<b>Charles Newell</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, Court Theatre)  is the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">He</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was awarded the SDCF Zelda Fichandler Award, “which recognizes an outstanding director or choreographer who is transforming the regional arts landscape through singular creativity and artistry in theatre.” Charlie has been Artistic Director at Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 50 productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Triumph of Love</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production. Charlie’s productions of </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2005-2006-season/man-la-mancha/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man of La Mancha</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2008-2009-season/caroline-or-change/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Caroline, or Change</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have also won Best Production Jeffs. Other directorial highlights at Court include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2017-2018-season/all-my-sons/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All My Sons</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2016-2017-season/the-hard-problem/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hard Problem</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2016-2017-season/man-in-the-ring/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man in the Ring</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/one-man-two-guvnors/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Man, Two Guvnors</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/satchmo-at-the-waldorf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Satchmo at the Waldorf</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/agamemnon/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agamemnon</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2014-2015-season/the-secret-garden/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Secret Garden</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2014-2015-season/iphigenia-in-aulis/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iphigenia in Aulis</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2013-2014-season/m-butterfly/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">M. Butterfly</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/the-misanthrope/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Misanthrope</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/tartuffe/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tartuffe</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/proof/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proof</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2011-2012-season/angels-in-america/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angels in America</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2013-2014-season/an-iliad-revival/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Iliad</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2010-2011-season/porgy-bess/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porgy and Bess</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2010-2011-season/three-tall-women/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Tall Women</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2007-2008-season/titus-andronicus/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titus Andronicus</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/arcadia/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/uncle-vanya/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncle Vanya</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/raisin/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Raisin</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2005-2006-season/the-glass-menagerie/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Glass Menagerie</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2004-2005-season/travesties/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travesties</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2004-2005-season/whos-afraid-virginia-woolf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2000-2001-season/the-invention-of-love/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Invention of Love</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2001-2002-season/hamlet/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamlet</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Charlie has also directed at Goodman Theatre (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rock ‘n’ Roll</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Guthrie Theater (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The History Cycle</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cymbeline</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company (Staff Repertory Director), the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard, and New York University. He has served on the Board of TCG, as well as on several panels for the NEA. Opera directing credits include Marc Blitzstein’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regina</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Lyric Opera), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rigoletto</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don Giovanni</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Jewel Box</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chicago Opera Theater), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carousel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Glimmerglass). Charlie was the recipient of the 1992 TCG Alan Schneider Director Award, and has been nominated for 16 Joseph Jefferson Director Awards, winning four times. In 2012, Charlie was honored by the League of Chicago Theatres with its Artistic Achievement Award.</span>

<b>Angel Ysaguirre</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Executive Director, Court Theatre) most recently served as Executive Director of Illinois Humanities. During his tenure there, the organization established a number of new programs demonstrating the contribution that the humanities can make in addressing today’s most pressing challenges. Previously, he was the Director of Global Community Investing at The Boeing Company and a program officer at the McCormick Tribune Foundation. He has served on the boards of the Theatre Communications Group, Donors Forum of Chicago, the Illinois Center for the Book, Horizons Community Services, Blair Thomas and Company, and Next Theatre.</span>

<b>Becca McCracken</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Casting Director, Court Theatre) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">has worked hard to develop her casting career and is recognized for her commitment to the Chicago theater community and passion for the industry. During her tenure at Simon Casting, Becca was the director of the theater division as well as casting associate for film, television, and commercial. Her career in the industry includes work as Managing Director of Vagabond School of the Arts and a plethora of independent casting jobs. Chicago and Regional theatre credits include American Blues, Asolo Rep, Florida Studio Theatre, Infusion, Indiana Festival Theater, Indiana Rep, Lyric Opera, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Rep, New Theatre, Paramount, Provision, Silk Road Rising, Syracuse Stage, and Writers Theatre. Other credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spamilton</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Million Dollar Quartet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Old Jews Telling Jokes</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evil Dead: The Musical Tour</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Broadway In Chicago’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">How To Train Your Dragon</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Pan the Show</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working, Dee Snyder’s Rock &amp; Roll Christmas Tale, Sister Act</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozart the Rock Opera</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is an Artios Award winner for her casting of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carousel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>OpenEndedGroup</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Platform Programing and Design) comprises two digital artists, </span><b>Marc Downie</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>Paul Kaiser</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, whose long collaboration dates back to 2001. Their pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines two signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. Their artworks span a wide range of forms and disciplines, including dance, music, installation, 3D film, public art, text, and virtual reality. Outside collaborators have included Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Ken Jacobs, Preeti Vasudevan, the Flux Quartet, Natasha Barrett, and Jarosław Kapuściński. They have presented their work at MoMA, Lincoln Center, Pompidou Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the New York Film Festival, Barclay Center, Barbican Center, Sadler’s Wells, Festival d’Automne, BAM, Hayward Gallery, ICA Boston, Sundance, Detroit Institute of Art, Rome Film Festival, EMPAC, MASS MoCA, the MIT Media Lab, Jacobs Pillow, NY Live Arts, and many other venues.</span>

<b>Octopus Theatricals</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Producer). Founded by creative producer Mara Isaacs, Octopus Theatricals collaborates with artists and organizations to foster an expansive range of compelling theatrical works for local, national and international audiences. They eschew boundaries—aesthetic, geopolitical, institutional—and thrive on a nimble and rigorous practice. Current projects: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hadestown</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Anaïs Mitchell (Broadway, eight Tony Awards including Best Musical; Grammy Award, Best Musical Theater Album); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iphigenia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a new opera by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding (in development); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dreaming Zenzile</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Somi Kakoma (in development); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Iliad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare (Obie Award); the Ars Nova production of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Underground Railroad Game</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by DeLanna Studi; Bill Irwin’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Beckett</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Activist Songbook </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">by Aaron Jafferis and Byron Au Yong; and Theatre for One. We are also proud to work with Fiasco Theater, Phantom Limb Company, Ripe Time, Song of the Goat Theatre and many more. The Octopus Theatricals team includes Sophie Blumberg, Victoria Detres, Michael Francis, Bryan Hunt, Adam Hyndman, Rob Laqui and Ronee Penoi. </span><a href="http://www.octopustheatricals.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.octopustheatricals.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>

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<b>ABOUT COURT THEATRE</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre is the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, dedicated to innovation, inquiry, intellectual engagement, and community service. Functioning as the University’s Center for Classic Theatre, Court and its artists mount theatrical productions and audience enrichment programs in collaboration with faculty. These collaborations enable a re-examination of classic texts that pose the enduring and provocative questions that define the human experience.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre endeavors to make a lasting contribution to classic American theatre by expanding the canon of translations, adaptations, and classic texts. Our theatre revives lost masterpieces; illuminates familiar texts; explores the African American theatrical canon; and discovers fresh, modern classics. Court engages and inspires its audience by providing artistically distinguished productions, audience enrichment activities, and student educational experiences.</span>

<b>ABOUT THEATRE FOR ONE
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One was originally conceived as a mobile state-of-the-art performance space for one actor and one audience member. Conceived by Artistic Director Christine Jones and designed by LOT-EK architects, Theatre for One commissions new work created specifically for each venue's one-to-one relationship. Embracing serendipity, Theatre for One is presented in public spaces in which audience members are invited to enter into an intimate theatrical exchange in which actor and audience member encounter each other as strangers and are equally dependent on each other. Theatre for One is produced by Octopus Theatricals and was originally produced by True Love Productions.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One residencies have been seen in Times Square, Brookfield Place’s Winter Garden, Zuccotti Park, Grace Plaza, Signature Theatre, Fairfield University, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, University of Arkansas, and the Cork Midsummer Festival. In October of 2020, a residency of Theatre for One took place at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. Here We Are marks Theater for One’s first ever virtual residency.  </span>

<a href="https://theatreforone.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.theatreforone.com</span></a>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.</span>"
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<h3><b>Having trouble viewing <em>An Iliad</em> right now? Try these six steps to fix your stream:</b></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try refreshing your browser.  Don't forget to click the play button after it reloads.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try using the browser under 'incognito/private' mode.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try disabling any ad-blocking software or browser plugins</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try a different device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to </span><a href="http://speedtest.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">speedtest.net</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and test your internet bandwidth.  You'll want at least 2Mbps to view the video.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Which devices can I use to stream?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The platform works on mobile phones, computers, tablets, and smart TVs (with a web browser). If you have any of those, you can watch! We also recommend viewing with headphones for the best experience.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are subtitles available?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, closed captioning is available! Simply click on the button in the player window to toggle subtitles on and off as you view.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the show on my TV, or do I have to watch it on my computer?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love for you to cast the show to your big screen! The easiest option is to use Chrome Casting, AirPlay or screen mirroring to play the stream from your phone, laptop or another device to your TV. You might see a slight decrease in quality with this option. You can also use an HDMI cable to connect your computer to the TV.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">If your TV can access a web browser, you can open that browser and log into your email. From there, you can open the email we sent you and click on your link to stream. If you have trouble streaming on an older TV, you may have better luck switching to an alternate device.</span>

<a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-connect-your-laptop-to-your-tv-wirelessly-or-with-hdmi/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here is a list of steps for some common casting setups.</span></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, due to the sheer number and variations of smart TVs and smart TV software, we aren’t able to troubleshoot individual hardware issues. This <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/casting-instructions-for-streaming-events/">guide on casting</a> may be useful to you, depending on your setup.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I view my streaming performance? (on-demand performances)</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll receive a confirmation email with the subject of “Link to View An Iliad”. In that email will be your unique link to view the performance. Use your custom link to watch on your laptop, tablet, mobile device—or mirror the show to your smart TV. Can’t find your confirmation email?  Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! If you have questions, please call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s the ideal browser to use?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We recommend using the browser that gives you the quickest speeds for your everyday use. Our top choices are Google Chrome and Safari.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I ensure the best streaming experience?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For showtime, if you’re experiencing issues, a first step might be to turn the wi-fi off on your other devices. Or, for the strongest connection, connect your device to your router directly with an ethernet cable.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I make a video full screen?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You'll find the full-screen button in the video player, depending on your device it will be in the lower right corner (on PC, for example) or the upper left (on iOS).</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What should I do if I’m experiencing connection issues during the show (e.g. video is </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">freezing or audio is not working)?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Your video may need a minute to load. If it is not playing continuously, try pausing it and stepping away for a few minutes and then continuing the show once it’s had a chance to pre-load more of the performance. If you are experiencing connection issues, it may be related to your browser settings, internet bandwidth, or it’s a device-specific issue.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">While we can't guarantee and may not be able to troubleshoot the performance of your specific hardware setup, we have a few recommendations that we hope will help:</span>
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pause the video to allow it to load more fully.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure you have the most updated version of the software you’re using.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Refresh your browser page or try switching to a completely different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure there are no other devices connected to your wi-fi that could be creating network traffic.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try closing all open windows or applications on your device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try connecting to your personal Hotspot on your phone.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Restart your wi-fi router.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different device.</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who do I contact if I'm having trouble seeing the show?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We'll have phone support available from Monday through Saturday, 12noon-5pm to get you started streaming and to answer your questions! Call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the performance again after it’s over?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">once you've started streaming the performance, you'll have 72 hours to finish watching. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On-demand performances can be watched at any time between March 3 through March 31, 2021. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if I want to buy more than one viewing or buy for a friend?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No problem! Simply buy as many views (tickets) on the purchase page and you’ll receive that many links in your confirmation email.   </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I access my digital playbill for the performance?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll see the playbill button on the same page as the performance at the bottom.</span>
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<p class="caption"><em>Photo of Timothy Edward Kane by Liz Lauren.</em></p>

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<a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/five-guys-named-moe-streaming/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">is a celebration of music and friendship during times of stress and anguish. It is the perfect artistic production to revisit in 2021 as its joyful expression of character and the human spirit provides an uplifting theatrical experience in the midst of an ongoing pandemic.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">2020 was a year of arduous trials and tribulations, and its challenges persist in 2021. In this time of extreme uncertainty, theatre acts as an outlet through which people can connect with each other from their homes and relish in a world of fulfilling creativity, escape, and reflection. With a production like </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, audiences can carve out time from their schedules to be immersed in a joyful, musically rich show that provides a welcome reprieve from the anxieties of everyday life while also giving you the courage and energy to find a new direction in your personal endeavors, too.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is, at its heart, a story of jubilation and triumph found in rough times. It’s a testament to the power of music to move people and the redemptive potency of self-discovery found in unexpected places. The production, while staying true to these themes, is also a celebration of Louis Jordan’s accomplishments as a Black songwriter. The music of the play embraces Jordan’s revolutionary blend of jazz and rock and roll. His pioneering work continues to influence musicians today.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Want more proof of the wonder and joy in our past production? Check out critics’ reviews </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/lots-love-five-guys-named-moe/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and then view the </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/five-guys-named-moe-streaming/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recording</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for yourself!</span>

<em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photo of Kelvin Roston, Jr, Lorenzo Rush, Jr, Eric A. Lewis, Darrian Ford, and James Earl Jones II by Michael Brosilow.</span></em>"
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          string(12288) "<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Court TheatreCasting from a Computer</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect computer directly to TV with an HDMI cable</span></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The simplest option is to treat your computer as a traditional video player by attaching it to an HDMI port on your TV.</span>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Verify that your laptop or desktop computer has an HDMI output.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use an HDMI cable to connect that output to an available HDMI input on your TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turn on your TV and select the appropriate input via the menu.</span></li>
</ol>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from Chromebook to Smart TV</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Chrome.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the top right, select More, then Cast.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Cast to choose whether you'd like to share your current tab in Chrome (Cast tab) or your whole screen (Cast desktop).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your compatible TV or Chromecast device.</span></li>
</ol>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror or extend your Mac display</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your Mac to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Mac, click </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in the menu bar at the top of your screen. If you don't see </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, go to Apple menu &gt; System Preferences &gt; Displays, then select "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available."</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your Mac.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from an Apple Device</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">AirPlay from your Mac</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your Mac to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Mac, open the app or website that you want to stream video from.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the video playback controls, click</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Apple TV or smart TV. Need help?</span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">To stop streaming video, click in the video playback controls, then choose Turn on AirPlay.</span>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">AirPlay from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your iOS device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find the video that you want to AirPlay.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">. In some third-party apps, you might need to tap a different icon first. *In the Photos app, tap  , then       </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">tap.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">To stop streaming, tap in the app that you're streaming from, then tap your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from the list.</span>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror to Apple TV</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your iOS device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Control Center</span>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier: Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.</span></li>
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</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap Screen Mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV from the list.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your iOS device.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror on Roku</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, Your Roku receiver and your iPhone must join the same network. You can verify your network settings with the Roku receiver.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, you’ll need to make sure mirroring is allowed\setup on your Roku receiver.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Roku, go to Settings &gt; System &gt; Screen Mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under Screen mirroring mode, verify that either Prompt or Always allow is selected, indicated by a checkmark.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Download the Mirror for Roku app on your iPhone from the App Store. Once it’s downloaded, open the app on your phone. It will immediately prompt you to connect to your device. Find the TV you would like to connect to, select it, and hit connect.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The app will then prompt you to install a channel on your Roku device. You can do so by hitting the install button from your iPhone. It will automatically bring the channel up on your TV. Select Add channel on your TV. Once the channel has been added, the app on your phone should show “Channel Installed”. Hit done.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the app, there are several options for casting. Select “Internet”. At the top of your phone is a place to type the URL. Tap in that box and type the link to access your email. Find and open your Performance Confirmation email. Click the unique link that will take you to the performance login page. Your username and password should be entered automatically, simply click the "Watch Now" button to begin.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from an Android device</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror from an Android Tablet</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From a Home screen (on your device), tap the Apps icon (located in the lower-right).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap Settings.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the Wireless and networks section, tap More networks.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the Media share section, tap Screen mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When connected, the device's screen is displayed on the TV.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from Amazon Fire Stick or Fire TV</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">PC to Fire Stick</span></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a few things you’ll need to check before you can stream from a PC to a Fire Stick on Windows</span>
<ol>
 	<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Before getting started, make sure that the Fire Stick is set up properly and that your PC and Fire Stick are on the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Press and hold Fire Stick the home button until a menu pops up on the screen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Mirroring. You will now see a message that says, “While this screen is open, guest devices can wireless mirror their display to: (name)’s Fire Stick.”</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Windows 10 PC, open the Notifications section by clicking on the text message icon at the bottom right of the screen (it could also be empty if you have no notifications).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click on Connect. You should see your Fire Stick listed if both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click on the Fire Stick listed, and it should connect. You should now see your PC screen mirrored on the TV that the Fire Stick is plugged into.</span></li>
</ol>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">iOS or Mac to Fire Stick</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Fire Stick/Fire TV device, hover over search icon and type Airscreen. Click Airscreen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Airscreen app.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Download.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wait for the file to finish installing.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Message will prompt when the app is installed. Click Open.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This will launch Airscreen. Click Start Now.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scroll down to hover over and select Settings.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Device Name.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here, we can enter a name for our fire tv device (i.e. “firestick4k”). Once complete, click Next, then click OK.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From your iOS device, swipe down or open the control center from your main screen and tap Screen Mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Fire TV device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Checkmark will display once enabled.</span></li>
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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of seven new members to Court Theatre's Board of Trustees. New appointees include<strong> John Culbert, Felicia Davis, Andre Guichard, Frances Guichard, Tracie Hall, Nicole Robinson,</strong> and <strong>Lise Spacapan</strong>. The addition is the largest expansion of Court’s Board of Trustees to date.

Executive Director <strong>Angel Ysaguirre</strong> shares, “I am thrilled that such a committed and skilled group of Chicagoans have agreed to join Court Theatre's board. This group represents remarkable passion for the artform, impressive networks of relationships, and the highest levels of expertise in their fields. That they have decided to serve the theatre in this way is invigorating."

Reflecting on these changes, Court Theatre Board Chair <strong>Gustavo “Chip” Bamberger</strong> echoes Ysaguirre’s enthusiasm, saying, “I am incredibly proud of the hard work members of this Board have done together over these past few months to nominate our largest and most diverse slate of Trustees ever, and so thankful to each of our nominees for sharing their talents and enthusiasm for Court Theatre with the Board. Each of the nominees brings valuable skills, experience and perspective to the Board.”

New members will be officially welcomed to the Board on July 1, 2021 and will serve a three-year term.

<strong><u>About the New Trustees:</u></strong>

<strong>John Culbert (Scenic Designer and Lighting Designer)</strong> is an award-winning Chicago based scenic and lighting designer. In Chicago, John has designed scenery and/or lighting for the Buckingham Fountain, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Garfield Conservatory, Field Museum of Natural History, Drury Lane Theatre, Timeline Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and more than forty productions at Court Theatre. Recent Court Theatre productions include <em>Oedipus Rex, The Adventures of Augie March, All My Sons, The Hard Problem, Iphigenia at Aulis, Agamemnon, Man in the Ring, Invisible Man, Satchmo at the Waldorf, The Secret Garden, Misanthrope, Tartuffe</em> and <em>Porgy and Bess</em>.   Highlights from past years include <em>The Triumph of Love, Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Caroline or Change, The Year of Magical Thinking, Travesties, and Hamlet.</em> Other recent Chicago productions include Writers Theater’s <em>Twelfth Night</em> and <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>, Goodman Theatre’s <em>Objects in the Mirror, Having Our Say</em>, and <em>Two Trains Running</em>, Northlight Theatre’s <em>Faceless</em> and <em>White Guy on the Bus</em>, Timeline Theatre’s <em>Chimerica</em> and <em>Juno</em>. He has received Jeff Awards for the lighting of Court Theatre's <em>The Illusion</em> and for the Goodman Theatre's <em>Mirror of the Invisible World</em>. In June Mr. Culbert stepped down as dean of The Theatre School after 21 years in the role and 33 at DePaul.

<strong>Felicia Davis (President and CEO, Chicago Foundation for Women)</strong> is a self-described “girl from the South Side.” She is deeply committed to community through inclusive service to others. As president and CEO of Chicago Foundation for Women, she leads its strategic efforts in investing in women and girls as catalysts, building stronger communities for all. Felicia is passionate about transforming lives and serves as an educator and mentor through a variety of networks, participating on numerous boards and committees, including as a member of Governor JB Pritzker’s Inauguration Committee, the Board of Regents for Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, an appointee to the Illinois Senate Sexual Discrimination, Harassment Awareness and Prevention Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and iHeartMedia Chicago’s Local Advisory Board. She has been in public service for the majority of her career. As a member of the Chicago Police Department, she served with distinction for a decade, as a police officer and then as a violent crimes detective. As Interim President of Olive-Harvey College, appointed by City Colleges of Chicago’s Chancellor Juan Salgado, Felicia led the College’s efforts in developing, maintaining, and evaluating academic programs and enhancing the student learning experience for optimum achievement. She served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Office of Public Engagement in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, where she led efforts to connect communities to resources. As Mayor Emanuel’s First Deputy Chief of Staff, she implemented community-focused strategies to increase public safety across Chicago.  Felicia exemplifies leadership in all she sets out to do. She is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a founding member of the Chicago Foundation for Women’s South Side Giving Circle, where she has blazed a trail for supporting Black women and girls through philanthropy and collective giving.

<strong>Andre Guichard (Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC., Guichard Project LLC., &amp; Building Community Foundation Inc.) </strong>With over 28 years of experience painting professionally, Andre Guichard is the visionary behind a diverse portfolio of work that can be found in over 2,500 corporate and private collections globally.  He is the co-owner of The Guichard Project which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. Guichard was the international curator and spokesperson for the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series for a decade, an international art contest with 6,000 artists’ submissions annually created to provide a platform for artists to connect with collectors. For the years 2011 to 2016, the Chicago Urban League commissioned Andre to create paintings of the prestigious Bill Berry honorees - presented to Louis Gossett Jr., Jessie Jackson Sr., Rev. Willie Burrows, Phylicia Rashad, Patti LaBelle, Timuel Black and Isobel Wilkerson. Six of his original paintings were featured on canvas totes as part of Walgreens Community Corner program in 7,000 stores nationwide, while another two were used to design fine art totes for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Andre created a jazz-inspired installation in the Bronzeville Jazz McDonald’s restaurant. He was the official featured artist for the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2012 and 2014. In 2012, music legend Prince and Rebuild the Dream Village tapped Andre to create Thirty 8’ x 4’ abstract paintings for the “Share Your Story Booth” during their Welcome 2 Chicago concert. The concert provided a fun, interactive place to learn about how people can all rebuild vibrant and sustainable communities. In September 2016, Andre became the Mayor of Bronzeville. Under his leadership, the benefits of art will continue to be spread globally, with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party to bring awareness to the pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing a donation each year to a worthy nonprofit making a difference in the lives of our youth. He currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Frances Guichard (</strong><strong>Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC, Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation Inc.)</strong>, is co-owner of Gallery Guichard LLC, fine art gallery and event space, the Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation, Inc. Also known as the artist Marlene Campbell, she is an entrepreneur and fine artist. Frances received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1996 and worked in government for over 20 years before she ventured into business with her husband. First with Gallery Guichard, in 2005 and then with the Guichard Project, as co-developer of the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, in 2013. Co-owner of The Guichard Project, which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live-work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru, featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. As an artist her works have been collected both nationally and internationally.  Her works can be found in corporate and private collections. As a gallerist, with her keen attention to detail, Frances provides artful experiences to future visionaries and collectors. She specializes in aligning artists’ works with collectors looking for a specific piece. As a curator and moderator for the Bombay Sapphire’s Artisan Series, she is responsible for coordinating and judging over 3,000 submissions. Frances’s vast knowledge of art has drawn the attention of dignitaries worldwide. She’s the international bridge that inspires global talent and exposes local patrons to art from Senegal, South Africa, and the Caribbean Islands. Influenced by her travels and husband, Frances began painting in 2004 under the pseudonym Marlene Campbell. She received a business certificate from Northwestern University through the Chicago Urban League NextOne program. In September 2016, Frances and her husband organized the nonprofit, Building Community Foundation, Inc. Through the nonprofit, they are able to give back with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party, the Bronzeville Art District Tour, cofounders of the largest African American art districts in the country. The BCF helps to bring awareness to the community pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing donations each year to worthy nonprofits making a difference in the lives of our youth. She currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Tracie D. Hall </strong>was appointed the <strong>American Library Association</strong>’s 10th executive director in its 143-year history in February 2020. In her new role, Hall oversees the oldest and largest library association in the world, made up of 57,000 members and more than 200 staffers. Hall is the first female African American executive director in ALA’s history. Upon Hall’s appointment, ALA President Wanda K. Brown observed that “Her unique combination of philanthropy and library know-how position her to be the leader ALA needs today. She is optimistic, energizing, and innovative, qualities that will serve the association well as it continues its investments in advocacy, development, and information technology.” Hall is no stranger to libraries, or to ALA. Over the years she has worked at the Seattle Public Library, the New Haven Free Public Library, Hartford Public Library, and Queens Library. In 1998, she was among the first cohort of ALA’s Spectrum Scholars, a grant program to diversify librarianship, and she served as the director of ALA’s Office for Diversity in the early 2000s and has served on advisory councils for the Institute of Museum and Library Services and written for the field’s major publications. She was highlighted as a “Mover and Shaker” in the field by <em>Library Journal </em>early in her career. Most recently, Hall directed the culture portfolio at the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, developing new grant programs designed to foster greater equity and diversity in arts administration, catalyze and scale neighborhood-based arts venues, cultural programming and creative entrepreneurship. Prior to that she worked as Deputy Commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and as community investment strategist in Global Corporate Citizenship at The Boeing Company. A civic leader in Chicago, Hall was appointed to serve on the City of Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council at the beginning of 2020. Hall has also served in multiple roles in academia, including as assistant dean of Dominican’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, IL and as visiting professor at Wesleyan, Southern Connecticut State, and Catholic Universities among others. In addition to her MLIS from the Information School at the University of Washington, Hall holds an MA in International and Area studies with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa from Yale University and dual bachelor’s degrees in Law and Society and Black Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Hall has also studied at the Universities of Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in East Africa. Hall was born and raised in Los Angeles.

<strong>Nicole R. Robinson</strong> serves as <strong>Chief Partnerships and Programs Officer for the Greater Chicago Food Depository,</strong> a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people to food, while striving to end hunger. Nicole builds bridges with communities, individual advocates and organizations all seeking to make nutritious food accessible, while tackling the root causes of poverty, unemployment, and racial inequity. In her role, she is responsible for the partnerships and innovations related to food access, public policy, workforce development and our community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining the Food Depository, Nicole led domestic and international philanthropy for Kraft Foods and Mondelez International. She supported award-winning programs spanning the globe, touching five continents, while reaching underserved and underrepresented neighborhoods. She has worked with the United Nations World Food Programme and variety of multinational NGOs, including CARE, Save the Children and INMED Partnerships for Children. Nicole resides in Bronzeville on Chicago’s South Side and is the founding leader of Chicago’s first ever South Side Giving Circle focused on reducing inequities faced by Black women and girls.

<strong>Lise T. Spacapan (Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP)</strong> has practiced law in Chicago for over 30 years. Currently she is Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP, one of the largest woman-owned firms in Illinois. Lise enjoyed many years as a volunteer serving on the Board and in leadership of the not-for-profit nationwide legal association, DRI.  She is a Master of the Bar, Chicago Inn of Court. She serves on the advisory Board of the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul College of Law, where she earned her J.D. and, later, returned in the evenings to earn an LLM in Health Law. From 2017 – 2019, Lise served as General Counsel, Office of the Governor, where she advised both the Governor and members of his senior staff on wide-ranging matters of ethics and compliance, employment, internal investigations, personnel, litigation, and regulatory and legislative initiatives. Lise also served as the General Counsel to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, where she was a member of the Executive Staff and briefly served as Interim Director of the Agency. Before joining state government, Lise was a partner at three national law firms: Kirkland &amp; Ellis, Jenner &amp; Block, and Husch Blackwell where she managed litigation throughout the country for her clients, who were predominantly Fortune 50 companies. While an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, and in high school, Lise performed in theater and in singing groups. She and her husband Ed have enjoyed attending theater in Chicago, and for many years were season ticket holders with Chicago Shakespeare theater. More recently they are thrilled to have become active patrons of Court Theater, where she is a Producers Circle member. Lise and Ed live in Hinsdale, Illinois. They have two grown sons. Lise was most pleased when, after graduating from Vanderbilt, her son John earned his M.A. at the University of Chicago, Center for International Relations in 2019.  Her son Ben attended Princeton and Harvard and now lives in Manhattan with his wife Casey."
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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of seven new members to Court Theatre's Board of Trustees. New appointees include<strong> John Culbert, Felicia Davis, Andre Guichard, Frances Guichard, Tracie Hall, Nicole Robinson,</strong> and <strong>Lise Spacapan</strong>. The addition is the largest expansion of Court’s Board of Trustees to date.

Executive Director <strong>Angel Ysaguirre</strong> shares, “I am thrilled that such a committed and skilled group of Chicagoans have agreed to join Court Theatre's board. This group represents remarkable passion for the artform, impressive networks of relationships, and the highest levels of expertise in their fields. That they have decided to serve the theatre in this way is invigorating."

Reflecting on these changes, Court Theatre Board Chair <strong>Gustavo “Chip” Bamberger</strong> echoes Ysaguirre’s enthusiasm, saying, “I am incredibly proud of the hard work members of this Board have done together over these past few months to nominate our largest and most diverse slate of Trustees ever, and so thankful to each of our nominees for sharing their talents and enthusiasm for Court Theatre with the Board. Each of the nominees brings valuable skills, experience and perspective to the Board.”

New members will be officially welcomed to the Board on July 1, 2021 and will serve a three-year term.

<strong><u>About the New Trustees:</u></strong>

<strong>John Culbert (Scenic Designer and Lighting Designer)</strong> is an award-winning Chicago based scenic and lighting designer. In Chicago, John has designed scenery and/or lighting for the Buckingham Fountain, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Garfield Conservatory, Field Museum of Natural History, Drury Lane Theatre, Timeline Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and more than forty productions at Court Theatre. Recent Court Theatre productions include <em>Oedipus Rex, The Adventures of Augie March, All My Sons, The Hard Problem, Iphigenia at Aulis, Agamemnon, Man in the Ring, Invisible Man, Satchmo at the Waldorf, The Secret Garden, Misanthrope, Tartuffe</em> and <em>Porgy and Bess</em>.   Highlights from past years include <em>The Triumph of Love, Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Caroline or Change, The Year of Magical Thinking, Travesties, and Hamlet.</em> Other recent Chicago productions include Writers Theater’s <em>Twelfth Night</em> and <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>, Goodman Theatre’s <em>Objects in the Mirror, Having Our Say</em>, and <em>Two Trains Running</em>, Northlight Theatre’s <em>Faceless</em> and <em>White Guy on the Bus</em>, Timeline Theatre’s <em>Chimerica</em> and <em>Juno</em>. He has received Jeff Awards for the lighting of Court Theatre's <em>The Illusion</em> and for the Goodman Theatre's <em>Mirror of the Invisible World</em>. In June Mr. Culbert stepped down as dean of The Theatre School after 21 years in the role and 33 at DePaul.

<strong>Felicia Davis (President and CEO, Chicago Foundation for Women)</strong> is a self-described “girl from the South Side.” She is deeply committed to community through inclusive service to others. As president and CEO of Chicago Foundation for Women, she leads its strategic efforts in investing in women and girls as catalysts, building stronger communities for all. Felicia is passionate about transforming lives and serves as an educator and mentor through a variety of networks, participating on numerous boards and committees, including as a member of Governor JB Pritzker’s Inauguration Committee, the Board of Regents for Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, an appointee to the Illinois Senate Sexual Discrimination, Harassment Awareness and Prevention Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and iHeartMedia Chicago’s Local Advisory Board. She has been in public service for the majority of her career. As a member of the Chicago Police Department, she served with distinction for a decade, as a police officer and then as a violent crimes detective. As Interim President of Olive-Harvey College, appointed by City Colleges of Chicago’s Chancellor Juan Salgado, Felicia led the College’s efforts in developing, maintaining, and evaluating academic programs and enhancing the student learning experience for optimum achievement. She served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Office of Public Engagement in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, where she led efforts to connect communities to resources. As Mayor Emanuel’s First Deputy Chief of Staff, she implemented community-focused strategies to increase public safety across Chicago.  Felicia exemplifies leadership in all she sets out to do. She is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a founding member of the Chicago Foundation for Women’s South Side Giving Circle, where she has blazed a trail for supporting Black women and girls through philanthropy and collective giving.

<strong>Andre Guichard (Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC., Guichard Project LLC., &amp; Building Community Foundation Inc.) </strong>With over 28 years of experience painting professionally, Andre Guichard is the visionary behind a diverse portfolio of work that can be found in over 2,500 corporate and private collections globally.  He is the co-owner of The Guichard Project which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. Guichard was the international curator and spokesperson for the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series for a decade, an international art contest with 6,000 artists’ submissions annually created to provide a platform for artists to connect with collectors. For the years 2011 to 2016, the Chicago Urban League commissioned Andre to create paintings of the prestigious Bill Berry honorees - presented to Louis Gossett Jr., Jessie Jackson Sr., Rev. Willie Burrows, Phylicia Rashad, Patti LaBelle, Timuel Black and Isobel Wilkerson. Six of his original paintings were featured on canvas totes as part of Walgreens Community Corner program in 7,000 stores nationwide, while another two were used to design fine art totes for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Andre created a jazz-inspired installation in the Bronzeville Jazz McDonald’s restaurant. He was the official featured artist for the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2012 and 2014. In 2012, music legend Prince and Rebuild the Dream Village tapped Andre to create Thirty 8’ x 4’ abstract paintings for the “Share Your Story Booth” during their Welcome 2 Chicago concert. The concert provided a fun, interactive place to learn about how people can all rebuild vibrant and sustainable communities. In September 2016, Andre became the Mayor of Bronzeville. Under his leadership, the benefits of art will continue to be spread globally, with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party to bring awareness to the pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing a donation each year to a worthy nonprofit making a difference in the lives of our youth. He currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Frances Guichard (</strong><strong>Co-owner Gallery Guichard LLC, Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation Inc.)</strong>, is co-owner of Gallery Guichard LLC, fine art gallery and event space, the Guichard Project LLC, and Building Community Foundation, Inc. Also known as the artist Marlene Campbell, she is an entrepreneur and fine artist. Frances received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1996 and worked in government for over 20 years before she ventured into business with her husband. First with Gallery Guichard, in 2005 and then with the Guichard Project, as co-developer of the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, in 2013. Co-owner of The Guichard Project, which owns the Great Migration Sculpture Garden and partner in the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, a 30,000 square foot artist live-work development. Current partnerships include PepsiCo / LIFEWTR, AARP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Riley Safer Holmes and Sterling Bay Multicultural Art Curation at One Two Pru, featuring several Gallery Guichard artists. As an artist her works have been collected both nationally and internationally.  Her works can be found in corporate and private collections. As a gallerist, with her keen attention to detail, Frances provides artful experiences to future visionaries and collectors. She specializes in aligning artists’ works with collectors looking for a specific piece. As a curator and moderator for the Bombay Sapphire’s Artisan Series, she is responsible for coordinating and judging over 3,000 submissions. Frances’s vast knowledge of art has drawn the attention of dignitaries worldwide. She’s the international bridge that inspires global talent and exposes local patrons to art from Senegal, South Africa, and the Caribbean Islands. Influenced by her travels and husband, Frances began painting in 2004 under the pseudonym Marlene Campbell. She received a business certificate from Northwestern University through the Chicago Urban League NextOne program. In September 2016, Frances and her husband organized the nonprofit, Building Community Foundation, Inc. Through the nonprofit, they are able to give back with programs like the annual Bronzeville Mayors Ball and First Lady Garden Party, the Bronzeville Art District Tour, cofounders of the largest African American art districts in the country. The BCF helps to bring awareness to the community pillars working to make a better Bronzeville and providing donations each year to worthy nonprofits making a difference in the lives of our youth. She currently serves on the Board of the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago.

<strong>Tracie D. Hall </strong>was appointed the <strong>American Library Association</strong>’s 10th executive director in its 143-year history in February 2020. In her new role, Hall oversees the oldest and largest library association in the world, made up of 57,000 members and more than 200 staffers. Hall is the first female African American executive director in ALA’s history. Upon Hall’s appointment, ALA President Wanda K. Brown observed that “Her unique combination of philanthropy and library know-how position her to be the leader ALA needs today. She is optimistic, energizing, and innovative, qualities that will serve the association well as it continues its investments in advocacy, development, and information technology.” Hall is no stranger to libraries, or to ALA. Over the years she has worked at the Seattle Public Library, the New Haven Free Public Library, Hartford Public Library, and Queens Library. In 1998, she was among the first cohort of ALA’s Spectrum Scholars, a grant program to diversify librarianship, and she served as the director of ALA’s Office for Diversity in the early 2000s and has served on advisory councils for the Institute of Museum and Library Services and written for the field’s major publications. She was highlighted as a “Mover and Shaker” in the field by <em>Library Journal </em>early in her career. Most recently, Hall directed the culture portfolio at the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, developing new grant programs designed to foster greater equity and diversity in arts administration, catalyze and scale neighborhood-based arts venues, cultural programming and creative entrepreneurship. Prior to that she worked as Deputy Commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and as community investment strategist in Global Corporate Citizenship at The Boeing Company. A civic leader in Chicago, Hall was appointed to serve on the City of Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council at the beginning of 2020. Hall has also served in multiple roles in academia, including as assistant dean of Dominican’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, IL and as visiting professor at Wesleyan, Southern Connecticut State, and Catholic Universities among others. In addition to her MLIS from the Information School at the University of Washington, Hall holds an MA in International and Area studies with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa from Yale University and dual bachelor’s degrees in Law and Society and Black Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Hall has also studied at the Universities of Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in East Africa. Hall was born and raised in Los Angeles.

<strong>Nicole R. Robinson</strong> serves as <strong>Chief Partnerships and Programs Officer for the Greater Chicago Food Depository,</strong> a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people to food, while striving to end hunger. Nicole builds bridges with communities, individual advocates and organizations all seeking to make nutritious food accessible, while tackling the root causes of poverty, unemployment, and racial inequity. In her role, she is responsible for the partnerships and innovations related to food access, public policy, workforce development and our community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining the Food Depository, Nicole led domestic and international philanthropy for Kraft Foods and Mondelez International. She supported award-winning programs spanning the globe, touching five continents, while reaching underserved and underrepresented neighborhoods. She has worked with the United Nations World Food Programme and variety of multinational NGOs, including CARE, Save the Children and INMED Partnerships for Children. Nicole resides in Bronzeville on Chicago’s South Side and is the founding leader of Chicago’s first ever South Side Giving Circle focused on reducing inequities faced by Black women and girls.

<strong>Lise T. Spacapan (Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP)</strong> has practiced law in Chicago for over 30 years. Currently she is Of Counsel at Scharf, Banks, Marmor, LLP, one of the largest woman-owned firms in Illinois. Lise enjoyed many years as a volunteer serving on the Board and in leadership of the not-for-profit nationwide legal association, DRI.  She is a Master of the Bar, Chicago Inn of Court. She serves on the advisory Board of the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul College of Law, where she earned her J.D. and, later, returned in the evenings to earn an LLM in Health Law. From 2017 – 2019, Lise served as General Counsel, Office of the Governor, where she advised both the Governor and members of his senior staff on wide-ranging matters of ethics and compliance, employment, internal investigations, personnel, litigation, and regulatory and legislative initiatives. Lise also served as the General Counsel to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, where she was a member of the Executive Staff and briefly served as Interim Director of the Agency. Before joining state government, Lise was a partner at three national law firms: Kirkland &amp; Ellis, Jenner &amp; Block, and Husch Blackwell where she managed litigation throughout the country for her clients, who were predominantly Fortune 50 companies. While an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, and in high school, Lise performed in theater and in singing groups. She and her husband Ed have enjoyed attending theater in Chicago, and for many years were season ticket holders with Chicago Shakespeare theater. More recently they are thrilled to have become active patrons of Court Theater, where she is a Producers Circle member. Lise and Ed live in Hinsdale, Illinois. They have two grown sons. Lise was most pleased when, after graduating from Vanderbilt, her son John earned his M.A. at the University of Chicago, Center for International Relations in 2019.  Her son Ben attended Princeton and Harvard and now lives in Manhattan with his wife Casey."
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      string(4875) "<span style="font-weight: 400;">In many depictions of the events surrounding </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the people shown are white and many assume there was nobody of color on the ship. The story of the sole black passenger and his family has been brought to light as an overlooked </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">reality in the past few years.</span>

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="181"]<img class="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Joseph_Laroche_et_sa_famille.jpg" width="181" height="256" /> <em>Joseph Laroche and family</em>[/caption]

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in 1886 in Haiti. At the age of 15, he went to France to study engineering. He spoke French, Creole, and English fluently. After obtaining a degree in engineering, he married Juliette Lafargue, a white French woman with whom he was fast friends when they first met through a mentor. Due to rampant racial discrimination, he had difficulty finding a job despite his qualifications. When he did get jobs, he received poor pay from racist employers. He decided to look outside of France for new opportunities to support his two young daughters and his pregnant wife. The couple decided they would move to Haiti, where Laroche’s uncle, Cincinnatus Leconte, was the President of Haiti and who promised he would appoint his nephew to a professorship in mathematics.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Tickets were bought to board a ship called </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La France</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to journey to Haiti. However, due to the ship’s policy on separating parents and children, the couple decided to instead trade their first-class tickets for second-class tickets on </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">so that they could stay with their daughters, one of whom often fell sick. From New York, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s destination, they planned to take another ship to Haiti. However, the fateful night/early morning of April 15, 1912 struck. Juliette and one of her daughters, Simonne, managed to get on a lifeboat. Laroche’s last known actions are rushing to make sure his second daughter, Louise, was placed on the same lifeboat as her mother and sister. After ensuring his family was in a lifeboat, he promised his wife they would see each other soon. His body was never recovered; he was 25 years old when he died.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Juliette Lafargue, a new widow, pregnant, with her two young daughters at her side, was left alone in New York after the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Carpathia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> picked up <em>Titanic</em> survivors and transported them there. She did not speak English and had no money as it drowned with her husband. After spending a difficult 3 weeks in the city, she finally began her journey back to France on a ship.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Months later, Juliette gave birth to a son, who she named Joseph after his father. She never healed from the trauma of her husband’s death and her experience as the ship sank. She disliked telling the story of her survival and instructed her children to never speak of the event or of their father. She managed the lives of her daughters, never letting them out of her sight until the moment of her death.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The tragic story of Joseph Laroche broadens the narrative of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and speaks to inequities in the Black experience. Laroche boarded the ship in search of new opportunities as he could find none due to racial discrimination in France. These social factors at work against him forced him to look abroad and displaced him from the country he had found and built a family in. Many survivors never mentioned the presence of a black man and his family aboard. His story has been overlooked for decades, and only with determined historical research has it become more known. It is vital to recognize the story and presence of Joseph Laroche on the legendary ship as it challenges assumptions around the passengers and deepens previously nonexistent conversations about race with regard to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. His story must not be overlooked any longer.</span>"
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      string(4575) "<span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to know more about the famous ship before you view our production of Owen McCafferty's <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><em>Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)</em></a>? Here is a list of facts about the vessel itself and the passengers:</span>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It took around 26 months to build the ship. Approximately 3,000 people helped with the construction, some of whom died in the process. Key features of its construction include 10 decks; 3 main engines; a 100-ton rudder; and 2,000 hull plates of rolled steel. The hull was held together by three million iron and steel rivets. </span></li>
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<img class="aligncenter" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/RMS_Titanic_ready_for_launch%2C_1911.jpg/800px-RMS_Titanic_ready_for_launch%2C_1911.jpg" width="253" height="191" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Titanic under construction</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">2. The estimated cost of building the ship was $7.5 million in 1912 (around $198 million today).</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">3. There were only 20 lifeboats, which could fit around 1100 people total compared to the actual number of over 2200 onboard (numbers are estimates as sources disagree on the exact amounts). </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">4. <em>Titanic </em></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">was also a mail carrier, setting sail with 3364 bags of mail. Five workers sorted through the mail and handled letters posted on the ship by the passengers. When the ship began to sink, they went back to retrieve 200 sacks of mail. They all died.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">5. A first-class parlor suite cost $4,350 ($100,000 today); a first-class cabin cost $150 ($3,500 today); a bunk bed in a second class cabin cost $60 ($1375); a bunk bed in a third-class cabin cost between $15-$40 ($350-$900). Many third-class passengers were immigrants looking to move to the US.</span>

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Titanic-third-class-cabin.jpg/78px-Titanic-third-class-cabin.jpg" width="166" height="256" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Third class cabin</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">6. 62% of first-class passengers survived; 41% of the second class survived; 25% of the third class survived; 20% of the crew survived. Overall, only 32% of the total number of all those aboard the ship survived. There were also numerous animals of different species aboard—only three dogs survived. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">7. 8 musicians played until the end. All died, and their families were later charged the price of their uniforms that sank with them by the firm that booked the musicians to play on the ship. The families refused to pay.</span>

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/RMS_Titanic_Musician%27s_Memorial%2C_Southampton.jpg/793px-RMS_Titanic_Musician%27s_Memorial%2C_Southampton.jpg" alt="File:RMS Titanic Musician's Memorial, Southampton.jpg" width="328" height="248" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Southampton memorial to musicians on </em>RMS <em>Titanic</em></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">8. A prized copy of the Rubáiyát, purchased for 405 pounds, was onboard the ship when it sank.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">9. The remains of the wreck were first located on September 1, 1985. The ship was found in two main pieces: the bow and the stern. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">10. In 2012, the wreck became a UNESCO cultural heritage site. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">11. Bacteria </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halomonas titanicae</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are eating away at the ship’s iron. Coupled with that destructive factor are corrosion and the force of eddies/undercurrents. All of these tied together have led scientists to expect the shipwreck will be completely disintegrated within 30 years.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a megalith of human hubris, tragic loss, and significant class disparity,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">lives on in collective memory and artistic representations, reminding people of a tragedy that reverberated through the centuries to still be discussed in modern times. </span>"
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<p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. A name that has gone down in infamy as a sensationalized nautical tragedy. Due to its persistence in public imagination, particularly of the US, many people have some inkling of what happened, but here is a quick summary of the details concerning the ship’s voyage and the resulting investigation of its fatal collision:</span></p>

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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912; operated by White Star Line (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company); going from Southampton, UK to New York, US. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incurred damage from iceberg collision in North Atlantic late on April 14; went down early morning of April 15; around 710 survivors in lifeboats rescued by </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RMS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Carpathia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Repeated warnings from other ships in the vicinity that iceberg was in the <em>Titanic</em>’s path. Ice warning by the ship </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mesaba </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">never made it to the bridge; its contents told the crew that ice was directly in the path of the <em>Titanic</em>, not just near it.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inquiries were held in Britain between May 2 and July 3, 1912. Twenty-six questions were handed down to the commission to ask the witnesses. Inquiries were also held in the U.S. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of the inquiry was to gather facts about the tragedy to figure out what went wrong and prevent it from happening again. The inquiries also further spurred public interest in the event.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lord Mersey headed the British inquiry alongside a court of people who knew naval architecture and shipbuilding. They mostly listened to testimonies of witnesses from first class.</span><i><img class="alignleft" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Cosmo_Duff_Gordon_at_Titanic_inquiry.jpg/512px-Cosmo_Duff_Gordon_at_Titanic_inquiry.jpg" width="335" height="288" /></i></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. inquiry blamed British Board of Trade for approving a too-small number of lifeboats on the ship as the organization was responsible for maritime regulations. British Board denied the accusation but the event shaped the future of ship travel as installing an appropriate number of lifeboats corresponding with the number of people onboard was made a new priority. </span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both inquiries denounced the actions of the captain of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">SS</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Californian</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a ship that did not help </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">as it sank even though they were in close proximity.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Final report published July 30, 1912. Concluded that the sinking was the sole result of the collision with the iceberg, not because any fault in the way it was built (since then, technical problems with the construction have been pinpointed as contributing factors as well); marked officers as complacent and lookout inadequate; too few lifeboats.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People involved continually blamed everyone but themselves, saying their duties came from superior officers and they were only following orders. Lack of an answer has led to the story being even more sensationalized than it was at the time, morphing it into mythic proportions.</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The inquiry was flawed and people today continue to take interest in the unresolved details surrounding the collision. Still interested in the proceedings? Purchase tickets for in-person or digital viewing of Owen McCafferty's <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><em>Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)</em></a> here!</span>"
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>From Arnel Sancianco</strong>: The design voyage of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been quite the odyssey. Designing during a pandemic is quite challenging as we tried to navigate schedule shifts and safety protocols. Our #1 priority was everyone’s safety, both on and off stage. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Our initial design was a great exploration of these audio pods for each witness or lawyer. Vanessa’s driving force for the production was giving audiences an auditory, almost podcast-like experience. So, this array of pods created this visual track list of actors with cables spilling out of their booths and connecting to headphones that the audience would wear or plug into. But as COVID cases spiked in the winter, we pulled the plug on this design and pursued a digital streaming experience. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanic </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">disaster serves as a perfect metaphor for our current pandemic. What happens when danger approaches and we do nothing? Who’s responsible for the deaths of thousands when we could’ve easily steered away from disaster? Who gets to dictate who lives and who dies in times of crisis? With that in mind, we decided to embrace the safety protocols and put them on full display. We wanted the space to reflect what it takes to put on theatre and what the handling of this pandemic has forced us into. There are lines and messages on the floor dictating where a mask is required. There are stencils measuring out 6-foot distances. We even chose to use the empty seats of the house as our backdrop so that we recognize not just the missing audiences, but the missing people who’ve passed because of this disaster. Rather than making the performance a standard recorded filmed experience, we decided to arrange the screen in a way that allows the viewers at home the opportunity to choose where to look. They can look above the set, they can focus in on just the commissioner—it’s almost as if you are a member of the jury as you experience the testimony in real time.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><em><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/">Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commisioner's Inquiry, 1912)</a> </em>will be available to stream from June 14 to July 11, 2021. Can’t wait to see the performers in this piece? Find out more</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">about the production </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/titanic/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a>!"
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<h3><b>Having trouble viewing <em>Titanic</em> right now? Try these six steps to fix your stream:</b></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try refreshing your browser.  Don't forget to click the play button after it reloads.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try using the browser under 'incognito/private' mode.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try disabling any ad-blocking software or browser plugins</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try a different device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to </span><a href="http://speedtest.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">speedtest.net</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and test your internet bandwidth.  You'll want at least 2Mbps to view the video.</span></li>
</ol>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Which devices can I use to stream?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The platform works on mobile phones, computers, tablets, and smart TVs (with a web browser). If you have any of those, you can watch! We also recommend viewing with headphones for the best experience.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are subtitles available?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, <strong>closed captioning</strong> is available! Simply hover your mouse over the video player. In the bottom right corner, click on "CC off", then click on "english". Your video should now display captions. </span>

In addition, you may speed up or slow down the video playback by hovering your mouse over the video player. In the bottom right corner, click on "1x" and you will see several options to either increase or decrease playback speed.
<div><strong>Please note, for optimal listening enjoyment, please use headphones.</strong></div>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the show on my TV, or do I have to watch it on my computer?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love for you to cast the show to your big screen! The easiest option is to use Chrome Casting, AirPlay or screen mirroring to play the stream from your phone, laptop or another device to your TV. You might see a slight decrease in quality with this option. You can also use an HDMI cable to connect your computer to the TV.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">If your TV can access a web browser, you can open that browser and log into your email. From there, you can open the email we sent you and click on your link to stream. If you have trouble streaming on an older TV, you may have better luck switching to an alternate device.</span>

<a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-connect-your-laptop-to-your-tv-wirelessly-or-with-hdmi/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here is a list of steps for some common casting setups.</span></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, due to the sheer number and variations of smart TVs and smart TV software, we aren’t able to troubleshoot individual hardware issues. This <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/casting-instructions-for-streaming-events/">guide on casting</a> may be useful to you, depending on your setup.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I view my streaming performance? (on-demand performances)</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll receive a confirmation email with the subject of “Link to View Titanic.” In that email will be your unique link to view the performance. Use your custom link to watch on your laptop, tablet, mobile device—or mirror the show to your smart TV. Can’t find your confirmation email?  Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! If you have questions, please call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s the ideal browser to use?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We recommend using the browser that gives you the quickest speeds for your everyday use. Our top choices are Google Chrome and Safari.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I ensure the best streaming experience?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For showtime, if you’re experiencing issues, a first step might be to turn the wi-fi off on your other devices. Or, for the strongest connection, connect your device to your router directly with an ethernet cable.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I make a video full screen?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You'll find the full-screen button in the video player, depending on your device it will be in the lower right corner (on PC, for example) or the upper left (on iOS).</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What should I do if I’m experiencing connection issues during the show (e.g. video is </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">freezing or audio is not working)?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Your video may need a minute to load. If it is not playing continuously, try pausing it and stepping away for a few minutes and then continuing the show once it’s had a chance to pre-load more of the performance. If you are experiencing connection issues, it may be related to your browser settings, internet bandwidth, or it’s a device-specific issue.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">While we can't guarantee and may not be able to troubleshoot the performance of your specific hardware setup, we have a few recommendations that we hope will help:</span>
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pause the video to allow it to load more fully.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure you have the most updated version of the software you’re using.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Refresh your browser page or try switching to a completely different browser.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make sure there are no other devices connected to your wi-fi that could be creating network traffic.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try closing all open windows or applications on your device.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try connecting to your personal Hotspot on your phone.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Restart your wi-fi router.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try switching to a different device.</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who do I contact if I'm having trouble seeing the show?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We'll have phone support available from Monday through Saturday, 12noon-5pm to get you started streaming and to answer your questions! Call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the performance again after it’s over?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">once you've started streaming the performance, you'll have 72 hours to finish watching. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On-demand performances can be watched at any time between June 14 through July 11, 2021. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if I want to buy more than one viewing or buy for a friend?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No problem! Simply buy as many views (tickets) on the purchase page and you’ll receive that many links in your confirmation email.   </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I access my digital playbill for the performance?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll see the playbill button on the same page as the performance at the bottom.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One was first created in 2002 as a mobile venue where actor and audience member encounter each other as strangers and, through the course of the performance, allow the divisions and distinctions that separate us to dissolve. I could not have imagined that 18 years later our theatres would darken, computers would become our prosceniums, and our need for intimate engagement would be so profound. I invited director and activist Jenny Koons to imagine with me a digital space that could embody the qualities that have made Theatre for One unique. Our enlivening producer Mara Isaacs and the visionary artists of OpenEndedGroup have been our essential collaborators in this endeavor</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A stage of any size is a vessel. As we began to envision what to fill this new space, the Black Lives Matter and other movements erupted and inspired us to use it to amplify an active artistic response. The need for response has not diminished, as the recent shooting of Jacob Blake makes clear. In our streets, protests continue, and on television, conventions use words to transmit our divisions in technicolor. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Intimacy builds interrelation. We reached out to writers we believed would fearlessly excavate their interiors and share them with generosity and candor. The directors, designers, actors, all the creators in our virtual backstage, (Theatre for One is Made by Many), have blown me away with their precision and perseverance in working through all of the challenges they encountered as we built a new platform and they rehearsed remotely. It often felt like we were sending a rocket ship into space for the first time. I am deeply grateful to Elysa Marden of Arts Brookfield, Octopus Theatricals, and Tom Neff, for giving us the means and the tools to evolve into this new iteration, to boldly go where we have never gone before. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">I am a White Canadian-American theatre artist who has benefited from my white privilege. The privilege in making Here We Are has been to make space for these extraordinary voices to be heard, in our homes, in these extraordinary times. At this moment in our history, the inequities and lethal acts of violence make it imperative that we as humans and as artists manifest a new narrative, with our language, with our anger, and with our love.  </span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Christine Jones, Creator and Co-Artistic Director </span></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Early in the pandemic, I attended a gathering a friend hosted on Zoom. After we met, one of the participants emailed us, “It was just so good to talk with strangers. I hadn’t realized how much I missed it until now.” This has stayed with me for months, as we feel the loss of interaction and conversations with strangers, in the grocery line, on the subway, in a theater lobby. Those mundane conversations and tiny windows into a stranger’s heart, pain, longing, dreams, neuroses. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In this moment of heightened disconnection and national reckoning, we find ourselves processing within our own bubbles, questioning within our own bubbles, dreaming within our own bubbles. Here We Are is a window into the minds and hearts of our form’s most exciting artists, a peek into strangers’ longings and dreams and pain as we move through this extraordinary time, together.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Together, we listen. Together, we witness the intimate and epic questions we grapple with. Together, we imagine a world beyond this world. A world where new planets and possibilities are discovered. A world where voter suppression is abolished. A world where white supremacy is uprooted and destroyed at its core. A world where both our heroes and childhood friends are remembered and uplifted. A world where systems are re-imagined with true justice for all. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A world where we see each other, strangers, present and breathing, individual and irreparably interconnected.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">We must imagine it together so we keep it in our collective dreams, so we know what we’re moving forward, so we know what we’re fighting for. Thank you for imagining with us tonight. </span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Jenny Koons, Co-Artistic Director</span></p>

<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Credits:</span></h2>
<h4><b>CREATOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: CHRISTINE JONES</b><b>
</b><b>CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR HERE WE ARE: JENNY KOONS</b></h4>
<h4><b>PLATFORM PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN:</b><a href="https://theatreforone.com/hereweare#open"><b> OPENENDEDGROUP — MARC DOWNIE AND PAUL KAISER</b></a></h4>
<h4><b>ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY</b><a href="https://theatreforone.com/hereweare#octopus"><b> OCTOPUS THEATRICALS — MARA ISAACS</b></a><b>, EXECUTIVE/CREATIVE PRODUCER</b></h4>
<b>CASTING BY BECCA MCCRACKEN, C.S.A.
</b><b>COSTUME DESIGN BY</b> <b>ERICA FRIESEN
</b><b>LIGHTING DESIGN BY</b> <b>EMILY BROWN
</b><b>PROPS DESIGN/ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: LARA MUSARD
</b><b>PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: JENNIFER GADDA</b><b>
</b><b>THEATRE FOR ONE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: BRYAN HUNT</b><b>
</b><b>TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR: JOSHUA MCCAMMON</b><b>
</b><b>TECH CONSULTANT: CHERIE B. TAY</b><b>
</b><b>ARTISTIC CONSULTANT: SRĐA VASILJEVIĆ</b><b>
</b><b>PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER:</b> <b>ERIN ALBRECHT*</b><b>HOUSE MANAGER/ AUDIENCE TECH SUPPORT: MATTHEW SITZ, JEN LUKE, NICOLE BOND</b>
<h5><b>Here We Are was commissioned by Arts Brookfield with additional support from Thomas M. Neff. The Chicago premiere is supported by the University of Chicago Women's Board, Allstate, De and Paul Gray, and The Chicago Community Trust.</b></h5>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plays:</span></h2>
<b><i>Before America Was America</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by </span><b>DeLanna Studi
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Chris Anthony
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Elizabeth Laidlaw</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">*</span>

<b><i>Here We Are</i></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Nikkole Salter
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Monet Felton
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Xavier Edward King*</b>

<b><i>What Are The Things I Need To Remember</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by </span><b>Lynn Nottage
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Chris Anthony
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>TayLar*</b>

<b><i>whiterly negotiations </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Lydia R. Diamond
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Monet Felton
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Deanna Reed-Foster*</b>

<b>Vote! (the black album)
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Written and Directed by </span><b>Regina Taylor
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Cheryl Lynn Bruce*</b>

<b><i>Pandemic Fight </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Carmelita Tropicana
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Miranda Gonzalez
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Melissa DuPrey*</b>

<b><i>Thank You For Coming. Take Care. </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Stacey Rose
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Miranda Gonzalez
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Sydney Charles*</b>

<b><i>Thank You Letter </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by </span><b>Jaclyn Backhaus
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by </span><b>Lavina Jadhwani
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performed by </span><b>Adithi Chandrashekar*</b>
<h2><b>Biographies:</b></h2>
<b>TayLar* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To Remember</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is excited to return to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre for Theatre For One, after her debut as Ruby in August Wilson’s</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> King Hedley II </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She has also worked on Goodman Theatre’s productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sweat</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Little Foxes</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Convert</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mary</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Turner’s Come and Gone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cook</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is an ensemble member of Eclipse Theatre Company and performed in its productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blues for An Alabama Sky,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Song for Corett</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">a. Other notable theatre companies TayLar has worked with include Asolo Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Writers, Steppenwolf, Black Ensemble, Erasing the Distance, and ETA. Television appearances include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago PD</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Med</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chi</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">NeXt</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Feature film credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southside With You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teacher</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms. White Light</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She can also be seen in numerous television commercials. TayLar is represented tri-coastally by the awesome team at DDO Artists Agency!</span>

<b>Cheryl Lynn Bruce* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vote! (the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has performed on numerous regional stages, as well as in Europe and Mexico. She originated the role of Elizabeth Sandry for Steppenwolf’s Tony Award-winning </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Grapes of Wrath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Broadway, National Theatre (UK), La Jolla Playhouse). Film credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stranger Than Fiction</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Daughters of the Dust</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Fugitive.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Television credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prison Break</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> There Are No Children Here</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Separate but Equal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> To Sir, With Love II. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ms. Bruce directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pipeline</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Victory Gardens) and the recently streamed reading of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Agitators</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for Remy Bumppo’s current season. A proud Teatro Vista company member, Ms. Bruce directed Sandra Delgado’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Havana Madrid</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre, and subsequent productions (Goodman Theatre, the Miracle Center, Navy Pier’s Lake Stage, The Den Theatre). She co-directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">HOPE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and assistant directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tamer of Horses</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A View From the Bridge</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Awarded a 2015 Rauschenberg residency through a 3Arts fellowship, Ms. Bruce received a Yale University Art Gallery residency in 2011, and received both Jane Addams Hull House Association’s Woman of Valor Award and 3Arts Award for her work as theatre artist and educator in 2010. Named Inaugural Fellow of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media in 2006 at Columbia College Chicago, Ms. Bruce traveled to Iida, Japan in 2007 to study Bunraku puppetry for her staging of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rythm Mastr</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Kerry James Marshall’s urban comic which premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some Ra</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, her poetical essay on the famed Afro-Futurist, musician and philosopher, is included in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Traveling the Spaceways: Sun-Ra, the Astro Black and Other Solar Myths</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2009), with editors John Corbett, Anthony Elms, and Terri Kapsalis.</span>

<b>Adithi Chandrashekar* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a Chicago-based actor and writer. Theater credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dance Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bull in a China Shop</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (About Face Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're Gonna Be Okay</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Theater Company), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wit</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The Hypocrites). TV credits include: NBC's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Med</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, FOX's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empire,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and ABC's </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Betrayal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Adithi's solo performance piece </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Season</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was written and produced as part of The Gift Theatre's inaugural 4802 residency. She is a proud 2015 graduate of the School at Steppenwolf, and is represented by Stewart Talent Agency.</span>

<b>Sydney Charles*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You For Coming. Take Care.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is excited about her return to Court Theatre with Theatre for One. She was previously seen at Court as Tillie Binks in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guess Who's Coming to Dinner</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Her other work includes Steppenwolf Theatre Company (directing): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bug</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (assistant director/dramaturg). Chicago (directing): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">His Shadow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (associate director); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Shipment</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (associate director). Select credits (Chicago): </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wally World</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steppenwolf Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Color Purple</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Drury Lane); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Northlight Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flyin' West</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Blues Theater); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lottery Day</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Father Comes Home from the Wars</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Goodman Theatre); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wiz</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Kokandy Productions); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dessa Rose</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Bailiwick Chicago). Regional: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Hate it Here</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Studio Theatre). Television: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chi</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shameless</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The T</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Haven</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is the recipient of 3Arts’ "Make a Wave" award, a two-time NewCity "50 Players of the Year,'' for Chicago theatre, a BTAA recipient for Best Actress in a Musical, and a four-time Jeff Award-nominated actress. She is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Represented by Stewart Talent. Sydney is forever grateful to God for the journey. </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.sydneycharlesexp.com__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!pCbZzDyMF5EcPdn4mQYuPXLX9nas5FqOZBAJcfzB_TMheYrY4P9cp4R8aYl9seobG4M$"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.sydneycharlesexp.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>Melissa DuPrey* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is an actor, stand-up comic, activist, playwright, and musician from Humboldt Park, Chicago. She has four critically acclaimed solo shows (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEXomedy, SUSHI-frito, SEXomedy 2.0, Good Grief)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and will be debuting a new piece, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rise of Thunderdome, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">in spring of 2021 through the Off-Broadway incubator program at Ars Nova. Her full-length play, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brujuja,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was an official selection of 16th Street’s 2019 Pop Up Reading Series and is slated to premiere in 2021 with UrbanTheater Company, her artistic home, where she is an ensemble member. She was a new talent for the 2014 ABC Diversity Showcase in NYC. She is featured in the Emmy-nominated web series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brown Girls</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, in development with HBO. She has multiple credits in TV and film, and is currently recurring in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grey's Anatomy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on ABC. She has been seen at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, and Free Street Theater, and is honored to be returning to Court Theatre for Theater for One.</span>

<b>Xavier Edward King*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is excited to make his debut with Court Theatre, albeit in a unique way! He's a Chicago-based performing artist. Previous credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Winter's Tale </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Goodman Theatre, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dracula </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Actors Theatre of Louisville, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Star </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at ACT (Seattle), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamlet </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midsummer Night's Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love's Labour's Lost</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pericles</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incident at Vichy </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Jones Playhouse (Seattle). Visit </span><a href="https://xavieredwardking.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">xavieredwardking.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>Elizabeth Laidlaw*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before America Was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has worked in Chicago professionally since 1993, appearing at Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Goodman and many, many others. Previous appearances at Court include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Life’s A Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Phèdre</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thyestes. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regional credits include Indiana Repertory Theatre, Irish Classical Theatre Company, and American Repertory Theatre. Film: the features </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Into The Wake</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eastern College</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dimension</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Days</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Television: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago PD</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crisis</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (NBC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Betrayal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ABC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boss</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Starz), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chicago Code</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (FOX). She co-produces and stars in the dramedy web-series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Haven</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, available on Open TV (</span><a href="https://www.weareo.tv/originals/thehaven"><span style="font-weight: 400;">weareotv.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Most recently, she starred as Officer Vic Renna in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Red Line</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on CBS. She serves as adjunct faculty at Tribeca Flashpoint Film Academy, teaching acting and directing; she also teaches acting for the camera at Vagabond Studios. Ms. Laidlaw is the founding artistic director of Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. She received her BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and completed post-graduate Shakespeare studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London, UK. </span>

<b>Deanna Reed-Foster*</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Actor, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is thrilled to be working with Court Theatre. She is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe Theatre (SGT) where her credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Here Now</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mill Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marvin’s Room</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Other Chicago credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The First Deep Breath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Victory Gardens, Joseph Jefferson Award Winner), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Northlight Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">HeLa</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (SideShow Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chicago Children’s Theatre), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbecue</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Strawdog Theatre) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even Longer And Farther Away</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The New Colony Theatre). Regional credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fences</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Judy Bayley Theatre/UNLV) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone: Four Women</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Merrimack Rep). Deanna can be seen in films like </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last Flag Flying</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Widows</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southside With You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is also a recurring character on NBC’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Deanna completed the Gately Poole Acting Conservatory, where she studied the Meisner technique. She is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, and is represented by DDO Artists Agency.  </span><b></b>

<b>Jaclyn Backhaus</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a playwright, educator, arts facilitator, and mother. She is one of five Creative Directors of the process-based arts facilitation group Fresh Ground Pepper, and she is one of 14 members of the current cohort of The Kilroys, a bicoastal collective that celebrates women, trans, and nonbinary presence in the American theater landscape. She is a Lincoln Center Playwright-in-Residence, and she was once a 2016 Tow Playwright Resident with Clubbed Thumb. She got a BFA from NYU, where she now teaches some skill sets of playwriting to brilliant students. She resides in Ridgewood, Queens, with her husband Andrew J. Scoville, a theater director, and their son, Ernie. </span><a href="http://www.jaclynbackhaus.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.jaclynbackhaus.com</span></a>

<b>Lydia R. Diamond’s</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) plays include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Toni Stone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Audelco Award nomination for Best Play), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smart People</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Stick Fly</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Broadway), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Voyeurs de Venus</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Joseph Jeff Award), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bluest Eye</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gift Horse</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harriet Jacobs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Inside</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stage Black</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Theatres include: American Conservatory Theater, Arena Stage, Arden Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Company One, Congo Square, Denver Center, Goodman, the Guthrie Theatre, Hartford Stage, three productions at Huntington Theatre Company, Jubilee Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, the McCarter, MPAACT, New Vic (New York), Playmakers Rep, Roundabout, Second Stage, Steppenwolf, TrueColors, two productions at Writers Theatre, and ACT. Commissions include: Arena Stage, Second Stage, four commissions for Steppenwolf, McCarter, Huntington, Victory Gardens, Writers Theatre, True Colors, and Roundabout. Diamond was a 2005-2006 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard non-resident Fellow, a 2007 TCG/NEA Playwright in Residence at Steppenwolf, an 2006-2007 Huntington Playwright Fellow, a 2012 Sundance Institute Playwright Lab Creative Advisor, a 2012-2013 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, 2013-2014 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage, has been a five-time Sally B. Goodman McCarter Theatre Artist in Residence, and is the 2020 recipient of the Horton Foote Playwriting Award. Diamond is a 1991 Northwestern graduate, and has an Honorary Doctorate from Pine Manor College. Diamond was a Consulting Producer for Showtime’s 4th season of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Affair</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, co-writing episodes 406 and 407, and was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for Best Drama Episode. Diamond was on faculty at Boston University for nine years and is currently on faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago.</span>

<b>Lynn Nottage</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a playwright and screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. Her include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Floyd’s</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sweat</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mlima's Tale</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the Way</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meet Vera Stark</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruined</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intimate Apparel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fabulation,</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">or the Re-Education of Undine</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crumbs from the Table of Joy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Las Meninas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mud, River, Stone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Por’knockers</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">POOF!.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Musical librettos include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Secret Life of Bees</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> MJ</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (upcoming). She has also developed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Reading,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a performance installation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant'' Fellowship, among other awards, and is an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts. </span>

<b>Stacey Rose</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You for Coming. Take Care.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) hails from Elizabeth, NJ and Charlotte, NC. Her work has been presented at The Fire This Time Festival, The Lark, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, National Black Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, and Kansas City Rep. Rose has held fellowships/residencies with The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights' Center, Sundance Theatre Lab, Goodman Theatre, The Civilians, and Tofte Lake Center. She had two plays featured on the 2019 Kilroys list, with a third listed as an honorable mention. Her play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legacy Land</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was on the 2020 Kilroys list. She is a recipient of a 2019 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Women’s Commissioning Grant in partnership with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. She is currently a staff writer for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">9-1-1</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on FOX. Rose’s work celebrates and explores Blackness, Black identity, Black history, body politics, and the dilemma of life as the “other.”</span>

<b>Nikkole Salter</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &amp; Performer, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is an award-winning actress, playwright, educator, and arts advocate. For her work, she has received an Obie, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Global Tolerance Award from the Friends of the United Nations, a Selfdes-Kanin fellowship from the Theater Hall of Fame, and most recently a Lily Award for her contributions to the betterment of the theater field. Her writing has been produced on three continents in five countries, and been published in twelve international publications and has been featured on the WNET program </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theater Close-Up</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is a graduate of Howard University and NYU. </span><a href="http://www.nikkolesalter.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.nikkolesalter.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>

<b>DeLanna Studi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before America Was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is an actor/playwright whose television credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dreamkeeper</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Edge of America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shameless</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">General Hospital</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Z Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the recent season of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goliath</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Her theater credits include the First National Broadway Tour of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">August: Osage County</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Off-Broadway’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Informed Consent</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gloria: A Life</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She retraced her family’s footsteps along the Trail of Tears with her father and created her play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which has been touring for the last two years. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was the first American play selected to perform at the Journées Théâtrales de Carthage in North Africa. DeLanna is the Chair of SAG-AFTRA’s National Native Americans Committee and the Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, the only Native American Equity theater in the country devoted to developing and producing new work by Indigenous playwrights. </span>

<b>Regina Taylor</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright &amp; Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vote! (the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is an actress, director, playwright, educator, and activist. She is the Andrew Mellon grant playwright in residence for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Taylor is writing new plays for Audible and SMU </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(the black album)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She recently curated and directed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love and Kindness in the Time of Quarantine </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(short plays by Magaly Colin-Christopher, Migdalia Cruz, Erik Ehn, Catherine Fillioux, Lyle Kessler, Yilong Liu, Eugene Lee, Rohina Malik, Chrystal Skilman, Chesney Snow, and Jose Rivera) for Planet Connections Zoom Festival. In addition, her playwrighting credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bread</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Edgerton Award, Water Tower Theater),</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Crowns </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(four Helen Hayes awards including Best Director), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oo-Bla-Dee</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Steinberg-ATCA Award), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drowning Crow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Broadway, MTC), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Trinity River Plays</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Edgerton Foundation Award), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">stop.reset</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Signature Theatre Residency Five). Taylor received the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair Fordham University at Lincoln Center. An Artistic Associate of Goodman Theatre, Taylor is its most produced playwright. As an actress, Taylor is featured in Netflix’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All Day and A Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> starring Jeffrey Wright and Ashton Saunders, directed/written by Joe Robert Cole (writer: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Panther</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">). She guest stars on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Council of Dads</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (NBC) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lovecraft Country</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Mischa Green), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Red Line</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Producer Ava DuVernay, CBS), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Good Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. For her television role as Lily Harper in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'll Fly Away,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> she received a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress, three NAACP Image Awards, and two Emmy Award nominations. Her other television credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Unit</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor was the first African American lead in Masterpiece Theatre’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cora Unashamed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, starred as Anita Hill in HBO’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strange Justice</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Gracie Award), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Good Day to Die</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Sidney Poitier. She has co-starred in USA Networks’ </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dig</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and guest-starred in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elementary </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Black List</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor’s film credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saturday Church</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Negotiator</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Courage Under Fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clockers</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lean on Me</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Taylor was also the first Black woman to play Juliet in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo and Juliet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Broadway.</span>

<b>Carmelita Tropicana</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Playwright, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) has been performing in New York’s downtown arts scene since the 1980s, straddling the worlds of performance art and theatre with irreverent humor, subversive fantasy, and bilingual puns. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2017) for her current project </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Live Memoir</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a Creative Capital Award (2016) for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a collaboration with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Recent works include sci-fi performances </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schwanze-Beast</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2018) and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Post Plastica</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2013). Her publications include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Café Theater </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2015), edited by Holly Hughes and Jill Dolan, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Cultures </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2000).</span>

<b>Chris Anthony </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Are The Things I Need To Remember </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before American was America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a director, teacher, actor, and producer working at the intersection of art and community empowerment. Now Assistant Professor of Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University, she has worked in educational, professional, and community spaces. Professional directing credits include the original </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off the Rails</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for Native Voices at the Autry, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lunch Lady Courage</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Cornerstone Theater, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo &amp; Juliet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Othello</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the St. Louis Black Rep, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romeo &amp; Juliet </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. As Associate Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, she oversaw the development of the company’s Youth &amp; Education programs, including Will Power to Youth.</span>

<b>Monet Felton </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here We Are </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whiterly negotiations</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) is a director, producer, writer, teaching artist, and company member at Jackalope Theatre. Monet earned their BFA in Acting at The University of Illinois at Chicago. They are currently studying on a scholarship to be certified in Alexander Technique. They have had the opportunity to work at theatres such as Jackalope Theatre, Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, and Bluebird Arts. </span>

<b>Miranda Gonzalez</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fight </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Thank You For Coming. Take Care</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a playwright/director/performer and was born and raised in Chicago. She is currently a Producing Artistic Director at UrbanTheater Company (UTC) in Humboldt Park. She was a founding ensemble member of Chicago’s All Latina Theater company Teatro Luna and has devised and developed plays since 2000. She is a two-time 3Arts and ALTA nominee and a recipient of the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Award. Her most recent play </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back In The Day: an 80’s House Music Dancesical</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, World Premiered as a part of Chicago Latino Theater Festival Destinos Festival at UTC in the fall of 2019. Previous directing, writing, and script development credits include; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashes of Light</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Marco Antonio Rodriguez, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Gringa</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Carmen Rivera, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of Princes and Princesas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Paola Izquierdo at the 2010 Goodman Latino Theatre Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lullaby</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Diane Herrera, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crossed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GL 2010</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The North/South Plays</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a workshop at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.O.P </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Crime Scene Chicago</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Collaboraction; and Melissa DuPrey’s</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sushi-Frito </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Free Street Theater. She is also an Executive Producer for the web series</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 50 Blind Dates</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Melissa DuPrey and has written for the web series </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruby's World Yo</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> created by Marilyn Camacho.</span>

<b>Lavina Jadhwani</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Director, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank You Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">is a theatre director, adapter, and activist. Recent directing credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">As You Like It</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the Guthrie Theater, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter and the Starcatcher </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cake</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Her adaptations include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sitayana </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(upcoming production with East West Players), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shakuntala</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Uncle Vanya</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Cherry Orchard</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (currently in development with the Guthrie). Lavina lives in Chicago, where she was recently named "One of the Top Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago" by NewCity.  She has a BFA/MA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University. </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lavinajadhwani.com__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!sWeAPmORGK62misu5jhx7zBbtYuIIOOzrsCamzFk09kYijjee-nXlML1CLtjwyd2r78$"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.lavinajadhwani.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> / @lavinajadhwani </span>

<b>Erica Friesen </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Costume Design) does more than shorten hems as Court Theatre's Costume Shop Manager. With 28 years of theatre-making experience, she's obsessed with how the body and what adorns it tells a story and for the last 18 years, it has been a thrill to be able to bring that obsession to Chicago and Court Theatre. Shout out to her partner, Bayrex, and her two son's August &amp; Max for their constant support and enthusiasm. </span>

<b>Emily Brown </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Lighting Design) has enjoyed working with Court Theatre since the fall of 2016 as the Master Electrician. She is ecstatic to be the Assistant Stage Manager, Lighting Designer, Tech Support, and Tech Kit Coordinator for this new program in digital theatre.</span>

<b>Lara Musard</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Props Design/Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to have served 13 years as Court Theatre’s Prop Manager and continues to find a creative home in Court’s virtual world as Assistant Stage Manager, Production Set and Props Designer, and Chat Room Moderator for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre For One: Here We Are</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.   Lara currently produces theater from her cozy Frankfort home where she shares pivotable space with her husband, son and doggie.</span>

<b>Erin Albrecht* </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Production Stage Manager) Previously at Court: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lady from the Sea</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mousetrap</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">King Hedley II</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Colored Girls...</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photograph 51</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frankenstein</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Radio</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golf</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Originalist</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All My Sons</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Belle of Amherst</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harvey</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blues for an Alabama Sky</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man in the Ring</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Man, Two Guvnors</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Long Day’s Journey Into Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and others. Erin has worked Off-Broadway, regionally, and toured throughout Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Music from The Catholic University of America and a MFA in Stage Management from Virginia Tech. She’s an adjunct instructor of Stage Management at The Theatre School at DePaul University.</span>

<b>Christine Jones</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Creator and Artistic Director) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning set designer and the creator of Theatre for One along with Lot-ek Architects. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is a Tony and Olivier award-winning set designer, experience creator, and sometimes director having directed the immersive nightclub dining experience, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen of the Night,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which won a Drama Desk for Unique Theatrical Experience. Her award-winning scenography has been seen on Broadway and in the original London productions of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">as well as in the Broadway musical </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Idiot. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Other Broadway credits include: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cher Show </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(co-designed with Brett J. Banakis); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hands on a Hardbody; On a Clear Day; Spring Awakening </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Tony Nomination); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Green Bird </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Drama Desk Nomination); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everyday Rapture.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Off Bway</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">highlights include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cyrano</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The New Group); and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book of Longing,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> based on the poems of Leonard Cohen, with music by Philip Glass (Lincoln Center Festival).  Opera designs include</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Traviata </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rigoletto (</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metropolitan opera). Her work was featured in the 2008 exhibition Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designers at Lincoln Center Library. Along Brett J. Banakis, Jones redesigned The Lyric Theatre in NY, home to the production of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  In 2015, she received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design. She has lectured at Princeton and teaches at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to creating theatre, she has worked with the clothing line </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rag &amp; Bone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to create a one of kind one-night event, and she is currently in collaboration with Steven Hoggett and David Byrne making a dance experience for these socially distanced times we are living in.</span>

<b>Jenny Koons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Co-Artistic Director for Here We Are). Recent Projects: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Men on Boats </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Baltimore Center Stage), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speechless </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(New Blue Man Group North American Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tempest</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Juilliard School), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Between Us: The Deck of Cards</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Denver Center), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Midsummer Night's Dream</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The Public Theater Mobile Unit), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burn All Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (American Repertory Theater), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gimme Shelter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Why Not Theatre, 2015 Pan Am Games commission), Theatre for One: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'm Not the Stranger You Think I Am</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Arts Brookfield), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Sucker Emcee</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Black Theatre, LAByrinth Theater Company), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen of the Night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Diamond Horseshoe), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Odyssey Project 2012</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (site-specific NYC). Koons was the 2017 curator of the Encores! Off-Center Lobby Project, co-curator of the 2016 ThisGen Conference, and co-founder of Artists 4 Change NYC (National Black Theatre). She has been an artist in residence at Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and The Invisible Dog Art Center and has developed new work at Ars Nova, Steppenwolf, Roundabout, and New Black Fest, among others. She has been a guest teaching artist at Princeton, ART Institute at Harvard, and NYU Tisch and has been a facilitator and educator in creating anti-racist spaces and engaging in conversations around race and equity for over a decade, in both non-profit and artistic spheres. </span>

<b>Charles Newell</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, Court Theatre)  is the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">He</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was awarded the SDCF Zelda Fichandler Award, “which recognizes an outstanding director or choreographer who is transforming the regional arts landscape through singular creativity and artistry in theatre.” Charlie has been Artistic Director at Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 50 productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Triumph of Love</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production. Charlie’s productions of </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2005-2006-season/man-la-mancha/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man of La Mancha</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2008-2009-season/caroline-or-change/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Caroline, or Change</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have also won Best Production Jeffs. Other directorial highlights at Court include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oedipus Rex</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Augie March</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2017-2018-season/all-my-sons/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">All My Sons</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2016-2017-season/the-hard-problem/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hard Problem</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2016-2017-season/man-in-the-ring/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man in the Ring</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/one-man-two-guvnors/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Man, Two Guvnors</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/satchmo-at-the-waldorf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Satchmo at the Waldorf</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2015-2016-season/agamemnon/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agamemnon</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2014-2015-season/the-secret-garden/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Secret Garden</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2014-2015-season/iphigenia-in-aulis/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iphigenia in Aulis</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2013-2014-season/m-butterfly/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">M. Butterfly</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/the-misanthrope/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Misanthrope</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/tartuffe/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tartuffe</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2012-2013-season/proof/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proof</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2011-2012-season/angels-in-america/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angels in America</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2013-2014-season/an-iliad-revival/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Iliad</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2010-2011-season/porgy-bess/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porgy and Bess</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2010-2011-season/three-tall-women/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three Tall Women</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2007-2008-season/titus-andronicus/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titus Andronicus</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/arcadia/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/uncle-vanya/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncle Vanya</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2006-2007-season/raisin/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Raisin</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2005-2006-season/the-glass-menagerie/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Glass Menagerie</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2004-2005-season/travesties/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travesties</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2004-2005-season/whos-afraid-virginia-woolf/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span></i><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2000-2001-season/the-invention-of-love/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Invention of Love</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2001-2002-season/hamlet/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamlet</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Charlie has also directed at Goodman Theatre (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rock ‘n’ Roll</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Guthrie Theater (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The History Cycle</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cymbeline</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company (Staff Repertory Director), the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard, and New York University. He has served on the Board of TCG, as well as on several panels for the NEA. Opera directing credits include Marc Blitzstein’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regina</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Lyric Opera), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rigoletto</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don Giovanni</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Jewel Box</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chicago Opera Theater), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carousel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Glimmerglass). Charlie was the recipient of the 1992 TCG Alan Schneider Director Award, and has been nominated for 16 Joseph Jefferson Director Awards, winning four times. In 2012, Charlie was honored by the League of Chicago Theatres with its Artistic Achievement Award.</span>

<b>Angel Ysaguirre</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Executive Director, Court Theatre) most recently served as Executive Director of Illinois Humanities. During his tenure there, the organization established a number of new programs demonstrating the contribution that the humanities can make in addressing today’s most pressing challenges. Previously, he was the Director of Global Community Investing at The Boeing Company and a program officer at the McCormick Tribune Foundation. He has served on the boards of the Theatre Communications Group, Donors Forum of Chicago, the Illinois Center for the Book, Horizons Community Services, Blair Thomas and Company, and Next Theatre.</span>

<b>Becca McCracken</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Casting Director, Court Theatre) </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">has worked hard to develop her casting career and is recognized for her commitment to the Chicago theater community and passion for the industry. During her tenure at Simon Casting, Becca was the director of the theater division as well as casting associate for film, television, and commercial. Her career in the industry includes work as Managing Director of Vagabond School of the Arts and a plethora of independent casting jobs. Chicago and Regional theatre credits include American Blues, Asolo Rep, Florida Studio Theatre, Infusion, Indiana Festival Theater, Indiana Rep, Lyric Opera, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Rep, New Theatre, Paramount, Provision, Silk Road Rising, Syracuse Stage, and Writers Theatre. Other credits include </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spamilton</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Million Dollar Quartet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Old Jews Telling Jokes</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evil Dead: The Musical Tour</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Broadway In Chicago’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">How To Train Your Dragon</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Pan the Show</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working, Dee Snyder’s Rock &amp; Roll Christmas Tale, Sister Act</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (National Tour), and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozart the Rock Opera</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is an Artios Award winner for her casting of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carousel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

<b>OpenEndedGroup</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Platform Programing and Design) comprises two digital artists, </span><b>Marc Downie</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>Paul Kaiser</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, whose long collaboration dates back to 2001. Their pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines two signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. Their artworks span a wide range of forms and disciplines, including dance, music, installation, 3D film, public art, text, and virtual reality. Outside collaborators have included Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Ken Jacobs, Preeti Vasudevan, the Flux Quartet, Natasha Barrett, and Jarosław Kapuściński. They have presented their work at MoMA, Lincoln Center, Pompidou Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the New York Film Festival, Barclay Center, Barbican Center, Sadler’s Wells, Festival d’Automne, BAM, Hayward Gallery, ICA Boston, Sundance, Detroit Institute of Art, Rome Film Festival, EMPAC, MASS MoCA, the MIT Media Lab, Jacobs Pillow, NY Live Arts, and many other venues.</span>

<b>Octopus Theatricals</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Producer). Founded by creative producer Mara Isaacs, Octopus Theatricals collaborates with artists and organizations to foster an expansive range of compelling theatrical works for local, national and international audiences. They eschew boundaries—aesthetic, geopolitical, institutional—and thrive on a nimble and rigorous practice. Current projects: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hadestown</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Anaïs Mitchell (Broadway, eight Tony Awards including Best Musical; Grammy Award, Best Musical Theater Album); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iphigenia</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a new opera by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding (in development); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dreaming Zenzile</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Somi Kakoma (in development); </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Iliad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare (Obie Award); the Ars Nova production of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Underground Railroad Game</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And So We Walked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by DeLanna Studi; Bill Irwin’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Beckett</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Activist Songbook </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">by Aaron Jafferis and Byron Au Yong; and Theatre for One. We are also proud to work with Fiasco Theater, Phantom Limb Company, Ripe Time, Song of the Goat Theatre and many more. The Octopus Theatricals team includes Sophie Blumberg, Victoria Detres, Michael Francis, Bryan Hunt, Adam Hyndman, Rob Laqui and Ronee Penoi. </span><a href="http://www.octopustheatricals.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.octopustheatricals.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>

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<b>ABOUT COURT THEATRE</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre is the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, dedicated to innovation, inquiry, intellectual engagement, and community service. Functioning as the University’s Center for Classic Theatre, Court and its artists mount theatrical productions and audience enrichment programs in collaboration with faculty. These collaborations enable a re-examination of classic texts that pose the enduring and provocative questions that define the human experience.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Court Theatre endeavors to make a lasting contribution to classic American theatre by expanding the canon of translations, adaptations, and classic texts. Our theatre revives lost masterpieces; illuminates familiar texts; explores the African American theatrical canon; and discovers fresh, modern classics. Court engages and inspires its audience by providing artistically distinguished productions, audience enrichment activities, and student educational experiences.</span>

<b>ABOUT THEATRE FOR ONE
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One was originally conceived as a mobile state-of-the-art performance space for one actor and one audience member. Conceived by Artistic Director Christine Jones and designed by LOT-EK architects, Theatre for One commissions new work created specifically for each venue's one-to-one relationship. Embracing serendipity, Theatre for One is presented in public spaces in which audience members are invited to enter into an intimate theatrical exchange in which actor and audience member encounter each other as strangers and are equally dependent on each other. Theatre for One is produced by Octopus Theatricals and was originally produced by True Love Productions.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Theatre for One residencies have been seen in Times Square, Brookfield Place’s Winter Garden, Zuccotti Park, Grace Plaza, Signature Theatre, Fairfield University, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, University of Arkansas, and the Cork Midsummer Festival. In October of 2020, a residency of Theatre for One took place at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. Here We Are marks Theater for One’s first ever virtual residency.  </span>

<a href="https://theatreforone.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.theatreforone.com</span></a>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.</span>"
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<h3><b>Having trouble viewing <em>An Iliad</em> right now? Try these six steps to fix your stream:</b></h3>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Which devices can I use to stream?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The platform works on mobile phones, computers, tablets, and smart TVs (with a web browser). If you have any of those, you can watch! We also recommend viewing with headphones for the best experience.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are subtitles available?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, closed captioning is available! Simply click on the button in the player window to toggle subtitles on and off as you view.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the show on my TV, or do I have to watch it on my computer?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’d love for you to cast the show to your big screen! The easiest option is to use Chrome Casting, AirPlay or screen mirroring to play the stream from your phone, laptop or another device to your TV. You might see a slight decrease in quality with this option. You can also use an HDMI cable to connect your computer to the TV.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">If your TV can access a web browser, you can open that browser and log into your email. From there, you can open the email we sent you and click on your link to stream. If you have trouble streaming on an older TV, you may have better luck switching to an alternate device.</span>

<a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-connect-your-laptop-to-your-tv-wirelessly-or-with-hdmi/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here is a list of steps for some common casting setups.</span></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, due to the sheer number and variations of smart TVs and smart TV software, we aren’t able to troubleshoot individual hardware issues. This <a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/casting-instructions-for-streaming-events/">guide on casting</a> may be useful to you, depending on your setup.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I view my streaming performance? (on-demand performances)</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll receive a confirmation email with the subject of “Link to View An Iliad”. In that email will be your unique link to view the performance. Use your custom link to watch on your laptop, tablet, mobile device—or mirror the show to your smart TV. Can’t find your confirmation email?  Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! If you have questions, please call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s the ideal browser to use?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We recommend using the browser that gives you the quickest speeds for your everyday use. Our top choices are Google Chrome and Safari.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I ensure the best streaming experience?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For showtime, if you’re experiencing issues, a first step might be to turn the wi-fi off on your other devices. Or, for the strongest connection, connect your device to your router directly with an ethernet cable.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I make a video full screen?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You'll find the full-screen button in the video player, depending on your device it will be in the lower right corner (on PC, for example) or the upper left (on iOS).</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What should I do if I’m experiencing connection issues during the show (e.g. video is </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">freezing or audio is not working)?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Your video may need a minute to load. If it is not playing continuously, try pausing it and stepping away for a few minutes and then continuing the show once it’s had a chance to pre-load more of the performance. If you are experiencing connection issues, it may be related to your browser settings, internet bandwidth, or it’s a device-specific issue.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">While we can't guarantee and may not be able to troubleshoot the performance of your specific hardware setup, we have a few recommendations that we hope will help:</span>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who do I contact if I'm having trouble seeing the show?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We'll have phone support available from Monday through Saturday, 12noon-5pm to get you started streaming and to answer your questions! Call us at (773) 753-4472.</span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can I watch the performance again after it’s over?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">once you've started streaming the performance, you'll have 72 hours to finish watching. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On-demand performances can be watched at any time between March 3 through March 31, 2021. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if I want to buy more than one viewing or buy for a friend?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No problem! Simply buy as many views (tickets) on the purchase page and you’ll receive that many links in your confirmation email.   </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do I access my digital playbill for the performance?</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll see the playbill button on the same page as the performance at the bottom.</span>
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<p class="caption"><em>Photo of Timothy Edward Kane by Liz Lauren.</em></p>

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<a href="https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2020-2021-season/five-guys-named-moe-streaming/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe </span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">is a celebration of music and friendship during times of stress and anguish. It is the perfect artistic production to revisit in 2021 as its joyful expression of character and the human spirit provides an uplifting theatrical experience in the midst of an ongoing pandemic.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">2020 was a year of arduous trials and tribulations, and its challenges persist in 2021. In this time of extreme uncertainty, theatre acts as an outlet through which people can connect with each other from their homes and relish in a world of fulfilling creativity, escape, and reflection. With a production like </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Five Guys Named Moe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, audiences can carve out time from their schedules to be immersed in a joyful, musically rich show that provides a welcome reprieve from the anxieties of everyday life while also giving you the courage and energy to find a new direction in your personal endeavors, too.</span>

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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect computer directly to TV with an HDMI cable</span></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The simplest option is to treat your computer as a traditional video player by attaching it to an HDMI port on your TV.</span>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Verify that your laptop or desktop computer has an HDMI output.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use an HDMI cable to connect that output to an available HDMI input on your TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turn on your TV and select the appropriate input via the menu.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from Chromebook to Smart TV</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Chrome.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the top right, select More, then Cast.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Cast to choose whether you'd like to share your current tab in Chrome (Cast tab) or your whole screen (Cast desktop).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your compatible TV or Chromecast device.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror or extend your Mac display</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your Mac to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Mac, click </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in the menu bar at the top of your screen. If you don't see </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, go to Apple menu &gt; System Preferences &gt; Displays, then select "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available."</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your Mac.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from an Apple Device</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">AirPlay from your Mac</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your Mac to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Mac, open the app or website that you want to stream video from.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the video playback controls, click</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Apple TV or smart TV. Need help?</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">To stop streaming video, click in the video playback controls, then choose Turn on AirPlay.</span>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">AirPlay from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your iOS device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find the video that you want to AirPlay.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">. In some third-party apps, you might need to tap a different icon first. *In the Photos app, tap  , then       </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">tap.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">To stop streaming, tap in the app that you're streaming from, then tap your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from the list.</span>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror to Apple TV</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect your iOS device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Control Center</span>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier: Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.</span></li>
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</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap Screen Mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV from the list.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your iOS device.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror on Roku</span></h3>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, Your Roku receiver and your iPhone must join the same network. You can verify your network settings with the Roku receiver.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, you’ll need to make sure mirroring is allowed\setup on your Roku receiver.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Roku, go to Settings &gt; System &gt; Screen Mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under Screen mirroring mode, verify that either Prompt or Always allow is selected, indicated by a checkmark.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Download the Mirror for Roku app on your iPhone from the App Store. Once it’s downloaded, open the app on your phone. It will immediately prompt you to connect to your device. Find the TV you would like to connect to, select it, and hit connect.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The app will then prompt you to install a channel on your Roku device. You can do so by hitting the install button from your iPhone. It will automatically bring the channel up on your TV. Select Add channel on your TV. Once the channel has been added, the app on your phone should show “Channel Installed”. Hit done.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the app, there are several options for casting. Select “Internet”. At the top of your phone is a place to type the URL. Tap in that box and type the link to access your email. Find and open your Performance Confirmation email. Click the unique link that will take you to the performance login page. Your username and password should be entered automatically, simply click the "Watch Now" button to begin.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from an Android device</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Screen Mirror from an Android Tablet</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From a Home screen (on your device), tap the Apps icon (located in the lower-right).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap Settings.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the Wireless and networks section, tap More networks.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the Media share section, tap Screen mirroring.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When connected, the device's screen is displayed on the TV.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cast from Amazon Fire Stick or Fire TV</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">PC to Fire Stick</span></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a few things you’ll need to check before you can stream from a PC to a Fire Stick on Windows</span>
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 	<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Before getting started, make sure that the Fire Stick is set up properly and that your PC and Fire Stick are on the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Press and hold Fire Stick the home button until a menu pops up on the screen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Mirroring. You will now see a message that says, “While this screen is open, guest devices can wireless mirror their display to: (name)’s Fire Stick.”</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Windows 10 PC, open the Notifications section by clicking on the text message icon at the bottom right of the screen (it could also be empty if you have no notifications).</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click on Connect. You should see your Fire Stick listed if both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click on the Fire Stick listed, and it should connect. You should now see your PC screen mirrored on the TV that the Fire Stick is plugged into.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">iOS or Mac to Fire Stick</span></h3>
<ol>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On your Fire Stick/Fire TV device, hover over search icon and type Airscreen. Click Airscreen.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Airscreen app.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Download.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wait for the file to finish installing.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Message will prompt when the app is installed. Click Open.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This will launch Airscreen. Click Start Now.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scroll down to hover over and select Settings.</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Device Name.</span></li>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select your Fire TV device.</span></li>
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