Nancy Maes

Prop: Flying Broom Appearing in: "Wicked" When Elphaba, the green witch portrayed by Ana Gasteyer in "Wicked," discovers that the Wizard of Oz has deceived her, she demonstrates the power...

Prop: Drumbone musical instrument Appearing in: "Blue Man Group" The three creators of "Blue Man Group" were searching for a specific sound when they set out to create a musical...

Prop: Device that allows Orestes to wet his pants Appearing in: "Orestes 2.0," part of "Rogue's Oresteia" trilogy, Rogue Theater Director Nate White didn't panic (or wet himself) when he...

Prop: Gondola Appearing in: "Do I Hear a Waltz ?" at Theatre at the Center In "Do I Hear a Waltz ?" an unmarried middle-age American woman and the handsome...

Prop: Jesus Quilt Appearing in: "Portrait of a Shiksa," Live Bait Theater For Live Bait Theater's original 1987 production of Sharon Evans' "Portrait of a Shiksa," the playwright's younger sister...

Artist: Fareed Haque Instrument: Guitar-sitar Chicagoan Fareed Haque has played classical and jazz guitar with members of the Vermeer Quartet and prominent artists such as Sting, Kurt Elling and Ramsey...

With former ballerina Czarina Mirani--whose hip-hop dance show "Party Girl" comes to HotHouse Thursday and again Aug. 11--a freer dance spirit was dying to bust a move. Mirani, 32, recalls...

Prop: Masks for giants Appearing in: "BFG (The Big Friendly Giant)," Chicago Theatre for Young Audiences and Childsplay Five huge humans plan to gobble young orphans in "BFG (The Big...

Prop: Photo portraits of 4-year-old girl Appearing in: "The Pain and the Itch," Steppenwolf Theatre When Daniel Ostling researched the set design of a young, hip upper-middle-class couple's abode in...

Prop: Baby doll Appearing in: "Closer than Ever," Porchlight Music Theatre A baby plays a crucial role in the lives of his parents in Porchlight's musical revue "Closer than Ever":...