Chicago

I am truly loving this town and have had a great time while here.

Tonight I plan to see PASSION PLAY by Sarah Ruhl directed by Mark Wing-Davey.

I saw it my first weekend here, and while I think it is problematic, it's exciting to see the scale of this beast. Three acts, a huge cast, and a lot of set stuff flying in and out; and a lot of large fish (puppets?) on the stage. Can you beat that?

TCG wise: I have had several meetings already

Ed Sobel - at Steppenwolf
David Catlin - at Lookingglass
Charlie Newell - Court Theatre
Steve Scott (Tanya Palmer) Goodman
Heidi Stillman - Lookingglass
Jason Wells - Playwright

What and where else? Plan to meet with Greg Allen (neofuturists); Marisa (playwright - butcher of barraboo); Frank Maugeri (redmoon); the folks at Victory Gardens; Jason Loewith (Next); Russ Tottero (Chicago Dramatists);

Also, seeing Aristocrats (Straw Dog); The Sparrow (The House); possibly seeing the neo-futurists. Hope to meet or at least speak to Eric Rosen who directed something at the Kirk Douglas.