A virtual event, co-sponsored by Bookends & Beginnings Bookstore. Registration required.
Learn about the history and future of Chicago Theater with Mark Larson, author of Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater; Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo, new co-artistic directors of Teatro Vista; Ken-Matt Martin, the new artistic director of Victory Gardens Theater; and B.J. Jones (click "Leadership"), longtime artistic director of Northlight Theatre.
About the book and author:
Ensemble is an in-depth, first-of-its-kind history of Chicago’s internationally celebrated theater scene, spanning 65 years and told through first-person accounts from the people who made it happen. Drawing from more than 300 interviews, author Mark Larson has woven a narrative that expresses the spirit of Chicago’s ensemble ethos: the voices of celebrities such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Asner, George Wendt, Michael Shannon, and Tracy Letts comingle with stories from designers, composers, and others who have played a crucial role in making Chicago theater so powerful, influential, and unique.
Mark Larson is a Golden Apple Award-winning educator who has worked at Evanston Township High School, the Field Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, and National Louis University. He holds a doctorate in educational leadership and wrote two books in the field of education, Making Conversation and, with B. J. Wagner, Situations. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife, Mary. They have twin daughters, Emily and Sarah, and twin grandsons, Tilden and Nicholas.
Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater can be ordered through Bookends & Beginnings Bookstore or checked out at the Evanston Public Library.
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