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- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2018
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From the archive: What we've learned in the year since the last Women's March
Looking back on the year of #MeToo
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2018
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Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up
Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jan 10, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2017
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 1, 2017
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 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.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jan 6, 2016
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In its 15th year, SketchFest is bigger than ever
The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 8, 2014
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Sketchfest comes of age
The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Mar 20, 2013
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The La Ronde Project fucks its way up the social ladder
Street Tempo Theatre stages an orgy of a repertory festival.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Dec 28, 2012
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Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.
The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 22, 2011
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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.'
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 6, 2011
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2010
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Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building
A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 19, 2009
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The Second City Archive
Selections from the Reader's archives about the legendary comedic institution
