Chicago Writers Bloc
News and Events
Here's some exciting news about our member playwrights:
JOHN CONROY was recently profiled in the New York Times about his play MY KIND OF TOWN, which has had staged readings and development at Chicago Writers Bloc, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Northwestern University School of Law.
JUNE FINFER's play THE GLASS HOUSE will receive its premiere production by Resonance Ensemble Theatre at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in New York City May 9 to June 5 in repertory with Ibsen's The Master Builder. Ms. Finfer and THE GLASS HOUSE were also recently profiled in the New Yorker. (production photo at left)
JOANNE KOCH's anthology of plays Shared Stages: Ten American Dramas of Blacks and Jews (available for purchase on amazon.com), which includes the plays Driving Miss Daisy, Fires in the Mirror, I'm Not Rappaport, Medal of Honor Rag, and her own multicultural musical Soul Sisters, was recently published by State University of New York Press and is now widely used in colleges around the country for courses in diversity. Soul Sisters has toured to 30 universities and communities around the country. Joanne was recently featured on the cover of Today's Chicago Woman magazine as one of 100 women in Chicago making a difference through her writing and teaching.
CHARLES GRIPPO'S play SEX MARKS THE SPOT recently had a successful production at Theatre Building Chicago, which will be remounted for an extended run this summer.
JOHN CONROY was recently profiled in the New York Times about his play MY KIND OF TOWN, which has had staged readings and development at Chicago Writers Bloc, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Northwestern University School of Law.
JUNE FINFER's play THE GLASS HOUSE will receive its premiere production by Resonance Ensemble Theatre at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in New York City May 9 to June 5 in repertory with Ibsen's The Master Builder. Ms. Finfer and THE GLASS HOUSE were also recently profiled in the New Yorker. (production photo at left)
JOANNE KOCH's anthology of plays Shared Stages: Ten American Dramas of Blacks and Jews (available for purchase on amazon.com), which includes the plays Driving Miss Daisy, Fires in the Mirror, I'm Not Rappaport, Medal of Honor Rag, and her own multicultural musical Soul Sisters, was recently published by State University of New York Press and is now widely used in colleges around the country for courses in diversity. Soul Sisters has toured to 30 universities and communities around the country. Joanne was recently featured on the cover of Today's Chicago Woman magazine as one of 100 women in Chicago making a difference through her writing and teaching.
