Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the Joffrey offers some spectacular visions, but also raises questions of representation.

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For the sixth edition of their anthology of short plays, the Impostors turn to Chicago's breezeways for inspiration.

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The Evanston company celebrates 46 years of producing classic and contemporary plays from the African and African American diaspora.

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Deen's dystopic comedy set at a predominantly white university overflows with sharp observations at Definition.

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