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Stages of Survival is an occasional series focusing on Chicago theater companies, highlighting their histories and how they’re surviving—and even thriving—in a landscape that’s become decidedly more ...

Definition Theatre announces it will open its 2020/21 Season with the Chicago premiere of WHITE by newly-added ensemble member James Ijames, directed by Tasia A. Jones. WHITE will run from April 17 - ...

“New plays, baby,” shouted Definition Theatre artistic director Tyrone Phillips as I headed out the door onto 55th Street Thursday night, following the world premiere of “An Educated Guess” by Juan ...

Back in 2018, an attorney-playwright (and former Chicago Police Department employee) named Loy A. Webb made a stunning Chicago theater debut with a play called “The Light,” a work about the aftermath ...

That’s how Juicy, the meditative, somewhat unmoored central character in “Fat Ham” perceives the tragic, surreal, hilarious and poignant events that unfold in James Ijames’ fiercely entertaining, ...

Marlene Slaughter (L), Martasia Jones, and Matthew Lolar-Johnson in Black Bone at Definition Theatre Credit: Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Tina Fakhrid-Deen wrote her blistering comedy about academia, race, and ...