Chris returns to Prokofiev and debuts with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra for a program of music based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Peoria music director George Stelluto conducts “Star-Crossed Love,” featuring Tchaikovsky, … More
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival completes its 37th season lineup with Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, which opened July 13. According to press notes: “Shakespeare’s epic portrayal of Mark Antony’s intoxication with … More
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival continues its 37th season with Elizabeth Rex, Timothy Findley‘s award-winning examination of love, perception, and gender roles in Elizabethan England. Starring Deborah Staples as Queen Elizabeth, … More
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival opens its 37th season tonight, July 11, with Shakespeare’s bantering comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Jonathan West, the all-male production, inspired by “original practices,” … More
Christopher Prentice returns to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival to star in Much Ado About Nothing and Elizabeth Rex. Chris, who made his professional debut at the Festival in 1998, will … More
Chris returns to Chicago Dramatists in a staged reading of a new comedy, Super Winning Made Easy by Michael Higgins, May 10 at 2pm. When his career as a self-help … More