Theater

Student artists find summer inspiration

With projects ranging from short films to a musical score for a circus, students get creative with Arts Council Summer Fellowships.


Jessen O’Brien

Chelsie Sluyk

Film veterans trace success back to Chicago

For alums like Anna Chlumsky, AB’02, the path to acclaimed movies included a rigorous liberal arts education.


Susie Allen

Smart comedy built Second City success

As theater turns 50, co-founder Sahlins recalls how UChicago lessons, audiences built foundation.


Susie Allen

Anthropology comes alive in one-woman show

Recent grad Kit Novotny takes her collection of collectors to the stage.


Susan Soric

Urinetown: From Chicago to Broadway and back

The hit musical has its roots at the University, creators tell students.


Michael Drapa

New, interdisciplinary arts center aims to nurture creativity

The Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts is scheduled to open in 2011.


Improv, explained

Modern improv comedy began at the University of Chicago in the 1950s.