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Team Acacia
Sep 15, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times: "Chicago's National Public Housing Museum to co-present conversation on race events with Smithsonian"
By Erica Thompson September 16, 2024 Before opening its new building on the Near West Side, the National Public Housing Museum will...
Team Acacia
Sep 12, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times: "Robert Zemeckis heading home to Chicago for film festival honor, 'Here' screening
By Richard Roeper September 12, 2024 Image courtesy Sony The Oscar-winning director and son of Chicago will be back home on Oct. 27 to...
Team Acacia
Sep 5, 2024
Deadline: "'The Piano Lesson' Director Malcolm Washington and Star John David Washington Honored As Film Opens 60th Chicago Film Festival"
By Mike Fleming Jr. September 6, 2024 EXCLUSIVE : The 60th Chicago International Film Festival has named the Netflix film The Piano...
Team Acacia
Jun 11, 2024
Newcity: "Lives in the theater: Casting with GHOSTLIGHT's filmmaking couple"
By Ray Pride June 11, 2024 Enter, followed by a ghost. “Ghostlight,” the low-key but heartening new film from partners Alex Thompson and...
Team Acacia
Jun 6, 2024
Chicago Tribune: "Chicago filmmaking couple and a local theater family lead the collaborative way on GHOSTLIGHT"
By Michael Phillips June 6, 2024 If you’re married or otherwise committed to someone, and you decide to make movies together, well, “I...
Team Acacia
Jun 4, 2024
WTTW-TV: "Rod Blagojevich, Ryan Dempster, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Walk Into a Bar..."
By Marc Vitali June 5, 2024 The former governor is a current glutton for punishment. What would inspire Rod Blagojevich to accept an...
Team Acacia
May 28, 2024
Chicago Reader: "GARTERS upends the norms of fantasy fiction"
By Matt Simonette May 29, 2024 Though set within the realm of fantasy, Otherworld Theatre’s upcoming Garters: A Queer Immersive Romantasy...
Team Acacia
May 28, 2024
WBEZ: "For 'Empire' and 'Morning Show' writer Joshua Allen, the big test is a new play - in front of his whole Chicago family
By Mike Davis May 28, 2024 The Rogers Park theater is as dark as the drama. As The Prodigal Daughter brings its tale of Chicago’s 1919...
Team Acacia
May 27, 2024
American Theatre Magazine: "From Chicago: A Ghost Light Through the Dark"
By Gabriela Furtado Coutinho and Jerald Raymond Pierce May 28, 2024 A ghost light can have so many meanings in theatre. It can be the...
Team Acacia
May 27, 2024
Daily Herald: "Spotlight: Chicago's Strawdog puts modern spin on 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
By Barbara Vitello May 28, 2024 Just in time for Pride Month, Strawdog Theatre presents a contemporary retelling of Oscar Wilde’s comedy...
Team Acacia
May 21, 2024
Chicago Tribune: John C. Reilly comes home for Chicago International Film Festival gala June 1
By Michael Phillips May 21, 2024 Reilly, an Oscar nominee for the 2002 film version of the musical “Chicago,” joined previous Chicago...
Team Acacia
May 20, 2024
WBEZ: A Chicago playwright finds plenty of drama in the amateur adult film industry
By Mike Davis May 21, 2024 Photo credit: Michael Brosilow Brynne Frauenhoffer has a thing for dramatic workplaces. The Chicago-based...
Team Acacia
May 13, 2024
Playbill: "Michael Shannon Returns to His Roots in TURRET in Chicago"
By Emily McClanathan May 13, 2024 Before he became a household name through films such as Man of Steel, The Shape of Water, and Knives...
Team Acacia
May 1, 2024
WBEZ: Michael Shannon is back to searing, in-your-face Chicago theatre
By Courtney Kueppers May 1, 2024 Everyone wants a piece of Michael Shannon. The venerable character actor has been booked and busy in...
Team Acacia
Apr 30, 2024
The John Landecker Show: "Turret" World Premiere Starring Michael Shannon at Chopin Theatre
May 1, 2024 By Breandan Rook and John Landecker A Red Orchid Theatre debuts the world premiere of Turret, written and directed by Levi...
Team Acacia
Apr 27, 2024
"60 Minutes": Meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the man behind the $2 trillion company powering today's artificial intelligence
By Bill Whitaker April 28, 2024 CBS's "60 Minutes" explores new breakthroughs in AI, including Cuebric.
Team Acacia
Apr 3, 2024
Chicago Tribune: Is Gov. Pritzker's sales pitch to Hollywood working?
April 4, 2024 By Michael Phillips Photo by Hannah Benet Last week Gov. J.B. Pritzker went Hollywood, with high hopes for strengthening...
Team Acacia
Mar 21, 2024
Crain's Chicago Business: Pritzker is headed to Hollywood to tout state's film and TV industry
By Brandon Dupré March 21, 2024 “The strides Illinois has made in growing our film and television production sector in recent years is...
Team Acacia
Jan 30, 2024
WMAQ-TV (NBC): Study Shows Economic Impact of IL Film Tax Credit
By Allison Rosati January 30, 2024
Team Acacia
Jan 29, 2024
Crain's Chicago Business: Study shows how much of a boon Illinois' film tax credit has been
By Brandon Dupré January 29, 2024 From popular, award-winning television shows like “Fargo” and “The Bear” to Wolf Entertainment's One...
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