Theatre

Homegrown: An Insurrection Play opens Thursday at The Station Theatre. Playwright Nicole Anderson-Cobb shares a bit about the themes she's exploring in this production. 

The Revolutionists is a play that allows women to speak to each other in the fullness of their own actions and ideas.

Masterful, imaginative, and topical Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom's A Darkling at Nighfall crafts an immersive storytelling experience that, although steeped in fantasy, hits close to home. 

Fall semester brings a lineup of significant and thoughtful exhibitions and performances which promise to leave us better for experiencing them. 

Amy captures the magic of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and encounters some familiar C-U thespians along the way.

Watching Bad Jews is like sitting at a restaurant while the family four tables down argues. You definitely shouldn’t be watching, but gosh darn it, how could you not?  

Andrei Kureichik, currently a Visiting Artist at the University of Illinois, created a play using the real words of Belarusians caught in the struggle for democracy. 

The Station Theatre’s production of Borderline shows the importance of the stories we tell each other to keep the darkness at bay.

Allerton Park Artists-in-Residence Nicole Anderson-Cobb and Latrelle Bright are researching the history of the park and Monticello in the 19th century.