I, Homunculus

inside, out

Personal Economy

Sometimes a discussion of process is made clearer through the use of allegory. In the case of our recent discussion of the business models which support theatre, I hereby offer myself as metaphor fodder.As I mentioned several weeks ago, I’ve been knee-deep in the same sort of soul-searching most theatre companies come around to at [...]

The Theatre City That Works

On the occasion of Chicago’s first snowfall (and, perhaps, apropos of questions I raised last week) comes a bit of perspective from my sister Julie, now 4 years into indentured servitude to the media lords of LA:
She sees a relationship between the tough-it-out mentality that gets Chicagoans through the winters in the Windy City and [...]