Jerald Pierce

Much like longtime Chicago director Dennis Zacek did before the beginning of his self-produced production of "Waiting for Godot," mounted as a visiting production at Zacek's former home of Victory...

I had three very distinct experiences watching "TRU — A Musical for Mental Health," the new musical with book, music and lyrics by the show's producers David Gosz and Leo...

It's incredibly brave to do what About Face Theatre artistic associate Scott Bradley has done. It's not just the act of getting on stage and telling a group of strangers...

There's your real family, who you know and love. And then there's that group of people you spend somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 hours a week around — your...

Leah Nanako Winkler's "Kentucky" captures a sensation that's hard to describe. It's a feeling you can get in your 20s and you're just starting to live on your own when,...

Somewhere in the middle of Fouad Teymour's world premiere play "Twice, Thrice, Frice ...," co-presented by Silk Road Rising and International Voices Project and directed by Patrizia Acerra, the friendship...

The 1960s were a great era for sitcoms. "The Brady Bunch," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Gilligan's Island" and so, so many more came out of...

Eric Carle, the author and illustrator behind the well-known picture book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," has a very distinct illustration style. It's hard to imagine translating his method of collaging...

About halfway through the first act of Alistair McDowall's "X," a knot formed in the pit of my stomach. It was a feeling that used to crop up watching old...

If it's the 1920s and there's a random dead body in your bathtub wearing nothing but a fancy pair of eyeglasses, you already know who should be your first call....