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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Podtalk: New Artistic Director Sarah Slight of Chicago’s Raven Theatre on the 41st Season
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 9, 2023 - 12:28pm
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Artistic Director Sarah Slight (inset) of Raven Theatre
Photo credit: RavenTheatre.com
Raven Theatre is located in the Edgewater Neighborhood, 6157 North Clark Street in Chicago. For all information and tickets, click RavenTheatre.com.
© 2023 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – On July 1st, 2023, Sarah Slight was named Artistic Director of the Raven Theatre, beginning with the 41st Season, which begins October 5th with Lucille Fletcher’s from-Broadway thriller “Night Watch.” In 2024, the season will continue with two original commissioned stage plays, Paul Michael Thomson’s ‘brother sister cyborg space’ in February and the final installment of the Grand Boulevard Trilogy, “The Prodigal Daughter,” by Joshua Allen. For all information and tickets, click RAVEN.
Raven Theatre Artistic Director Sarah Slight is a Chicago-based dramaturg, literary manager, and producer. Sarah has dramaturged new play development workshops at Victory Gardens Ignition Festival, New Harmony Project, Phoenix Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, and American Theater Company. She is an ensemble member at Rivendell Theatre and a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Sarah earned an MFA in Dramaturgy and Script Development at Columbia University and a BS in Theatre Studies with associated studies in art and history at University of Evansville.
Artistic Director Sarah Slight (inset) of Raven Theatre
Photo credit: RavenTheatre.com
Raven Theatre tells stories of today and the past that connect us to our cultural landscape. Through its plays, as well as its educational programming, Raven is committed to serving the community needs through the arts. The current stage play in the space is “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” presented by Three Crows Theatre (click link).
In a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Artistic Director Sarah Slight reflects on her new gig …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
