Wendy Mateo

Lookingglass Theatre Company Unveils Expanded Lobby and Dedicates The Joan and Paul Mainstage Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 29, 2025

Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Water Tower Water Works earlier this month. Learn more here!

Lookingglass Theatre Company Shares 2025 Performances, Post-show Discussion, Events, and More
by Stephi Wild - Jan 24, 2025

Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced its current 2025 season including two mainstage productions, events, and more.

David Schwimmer and James Oh Join Lookingglass Theatre Company Board
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2024

After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company is welcoming two new Board members as it prepares to reopen January 30, 2025. Learn more!

20th Annual NEW STAGE FESTIVAL Announced At Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2024

Five new works—four developmental plays plus one musical in free public readings—are on tap this December for Goodman Theatre's 2024 New Stages Festival, under Artistic Susan V. Booth and Director of New Works Kat Zukaitis.

Jackalope Theatre To Return To The Broadway Armory With ANNUAL LIVING NEWSPAPER FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2024

Jackalope Theatre Company will return to the Broadway Armory with the 15th Annual Living Newspaper Festival in September.

Photos: Steppenwolf Celebrates Opening Night of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
by Nicole Rosky - May 14, 2024

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 48th season with the Chicago premiere of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, a biting comedy about everything right, wrong and woke in America, directed by Jess McLeod. Check out photos from inside opening night here!

Chicago Dramatists Will Host Performances of Mark Larson's WORKING
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2024

Chicago Dramatists will host a unique two-night theatrical celebration of acclaimed Mark Larson's new book, Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation.

LA HAVANA MADRID Comes to Millennium Park This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2024

Collaboraction and Teatro Vista Productions will team to present a free, outdoor, staged concert version of Sandra Delgado’s smash hit La Havana Madrid, Friday, August 23, 2024 at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion as part of Millennium Park’s 20th Anniversary Season.

Lookingglass Announces New Artistic Director, Meets Its Yearly Fundraising Goal and More
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2024

Get the latest updates from LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY. For interviews and additional information, contact James Juliano.

Teatro Vista's ¡BERNARDA! Extends By Two Weeks
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2023

Teatro Vista, Chicago’s premier Latine theatre, announced their Fall production, ¡BERNARDA!, an audacious new take on Federico García Lorca’s classic “The House of Bernarda Alba,” directed by Teatro Vista Producing Artistic Director Wendy Mateo and written by Emilio Williams will add two weeks to its run.

Teatro Vista Announces Two Week Extension of ¡BERNARDA!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2023

Teatro Vista, Chicago's premier Latine theatre, has announced their Fall production, ¡BERNARDA!, an audacious new take on Federico García Lorca's classic “The House of Bernarda Alba,” directed by Teatro Vista Producing Artistic Director Wendy Mateo and written by Emilio Williams will add two weeks to its run.

Photos: Teatro Vista Presents ¡BERNARDA!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 28, 2023

Teatro Vista, Chicago’s premier Latine theatre, has released new images of their Fall production, ¡BERNARDA!, an audacious new take on Federico García Lorca’s classic “The House of Bernarda Alba.”

Congo Square Theatre's Digital Offerings THE CLINIC: Season 3, and THE BLACKSiDE: Season 4 Available Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 25, 2023

The Clinic, Congo Square Theatre Company's (Congo Square) popular old-school radio drama, culminates with its third and final season with all episodes now available online.

Teatro Vista's ¡BERNARDA! Opens Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2023

Teatro Vista, Chicago’s premier Latine theatre, has announced their Fall production, ¡BERNARDA!, a new take on Federico García Lorca’s classic 'The House of Bernarda Alba.' Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

Teatro Vista Welcomes Five New Board Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2022

Teatro Vista has announced the appointment of five new board members, expanding support, oversight and important new visibility for Chicago’s only Equity-affiliated Latine theater company.

Photos: First Look at Teatro Vista's ENOUGH TO LET THE LIGHT IN at Steppenwolf
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 24, 2022

Teatro Vista has released production photos from Enough to Let the Light In, a world premiere drama about love, truth, and the ghosts that won't let us go by Mexican-American actor/playwright/ filmmaker/director Paloma Nozicka.

Teatro Vista to Open 2022-23 Season With ENOUGH TO LET THE LIGHT IN World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2022

Teatro Vista will open its 2022-23 season with Enough to Let the Light In, a world premiere drama about love, truth, and the ghosts that won't let us go by Mexican-American actor/playwright/ filmmaker/director Paloma Nozicka.

Teatro Vista's 2022-23 'Shadow Work' Season Will Include Debuts of Two World Premiere Live Shows and Two New Digital Works
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2022

Chicago's leading Latine theater company, Teatro Vista, has announced its 2022-23 season, the second under Co-Artistic Directors Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo. 

Chicago's Latino Nonprofit Arts Leaders & Foundations Meet for 1st Chicago Latino Arts & Culture Summit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2022

Top decision-makers from some of the city’s most influential foundations arrived for an in-person meeting with their newly emboldened Latino arts leader counterparts around one key topic – boosting equity in arts funding.

Teatro Vista Returns with SOMEWHERE OER THE BORDER, Brian Quijada's New Musical
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2022

Teatro Vista, Chicago’s leading Latine theater company, will return to the live stage this spring with Emmy-nominated artist Brian Quijada’s world premiere musical, Somewhere Over the Border, directed by Denise Yvette Serna.