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Bleader
Jan 19, 2018
From the archive: What we've learned in the year since the last Women's March
Looking back on the year of #MeToo
By Aimee Levitt
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Bleader
Jan 15, 2018
Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up
Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.
By Steve Heisler
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Bleader
Jan 12, 2018
Chicago Ex Fest canceled amid allegations of sexual misconduct against its organizer
Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.
By Aimee Levitt
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Feature
Jan 10, 2018
Brian Posen is gone. Stage 773 goes on.
After the powerful Chicago comedy-scene figure's departure amid harassment allegations, the theater behind SketchFest begins a new era without him.
By Aimee Levitt
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Bleader
Nov 17, 2017
Brian Posen resigns from Stage 773 amid harassment allegations
"Due to the comments online about me being shared at this time, I am more of a distraction right now," Posen wrote on Facebook.
By Aimee Levitt
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Performing Arts Feature
Mar 1, 2017
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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Gender Breakdown
, and nine more stage shows to see now
A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
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Chicago Theatre Workshop
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AstonRep Theatre Company
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Profiles Theatre
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Not in Our House
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Forum Productions
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Jesus the Jew as Told by His Brother James
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Language of Angels
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Naomi Iizuka
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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Charlotte Drover
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Comedy Critic's Choice
Jan 6, 2016
In its 15th year, SketchFest is bigger than ever
The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.
By Brianna Wellen
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Jan 8, 2014
Recommended
Sketchfest comes of age
The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.
By Tony Adler
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Performing Arts Review
Mar 20, 2013
The La Ronde Project fucks its way up the social ladder
Street Tempo Theatre stages an orgy of a repertory festival.
By Tony Adler
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Fucking Men
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Tim Curtis
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Stacie Barra
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Brandon Galatz
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Laura Sturm
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Brian Posen
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Cody Spellman
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Stage 773
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Comedy Critic's Choice
Dec 28, 2012
Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.
The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts
By Kevin Warwick
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Rabbit Rabbit
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Puterbaugh Sisterz
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Off Off Broadway
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Stupid Time Machine
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Heavyweight
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FUCT
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Chloe Sevigny's Fanny Pack
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Performing Arts Feature
Dec 22, 2011
Brian Posen, the comedian trainer
'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'
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People Issue 2011
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Stage 773
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Performing Arts Sidebar
Jan 6, 2011
Chicago SketchFest
The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.
By Tony Adler and John V. Santore
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pH Productions
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Best Church of God
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Maximum Party Zone
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Williams & Martinez
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Puterbaugh Sisters
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Jablonski!
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Blaire
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Dark Eyed Strangers
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The Adults
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Bleader
Mar 17, 2010
Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building
A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Lukaba Productions
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Brian Posen
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Craig Wilson
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TBC
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Joan Mazzonelli
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Chris Jones
Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Nov 19, 2009
The Second City Archive
Selections from the Reader's archives about the legendary comedic institution
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Del Close
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Paul Sills
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Charna Halpern
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Robert Smigel
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Allison Silverman
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Bob Odenkirk
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Aaron Freeman
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