Chicago Theaters Schedule Tonight, This Weekend And Later In 2019

More in Chicago:

• A trilogy for times of terror
  Three streaming productions give us plenty to ponder in the pandemic. The world of quarantine is paradoxical, with our immediate environments smaller and more constrained even as the big existential issues grow ever more ominous. What does it mean to live, to love, to dream in such circumstances?…
• Growing up queer with The Sims
  “Za Woka Genava” means “I think you are hot” in Simlish, and I think that’s beautiful. I was ten years old when the virtual world of The Sims was released. After popping the CD into my desktop computer in my parent’s basement, hours would easily pass by, whole lives would be lived.…
• Reviews by a gamer(s)
  A look at the good, bad, and ugly games we played before computers. I’m privileged to have a built-in “stay-at-home bubble” because I rent an apartment from my friends, who live on the first floor of the building with their son (see “Interview with a gamer” for his take on video games). We all have […]
• Cybersex and sex work in Second Life
  The virtual world is still a sanctuary for folks leaning into their sexual fantasies. When I first walked into Black Planet, a sci-fi-themed erotic adult night club, I stood around for a few minutes. I started to jump and fly a little, but quickly realized this wasn't proper sex club etiquette—some clubs even ban it.…
• Otherworld Theatre unites gamers and theater nerds
  With VALHA11A, they've created their first online LARP. Role-playing games and theater seem so closely aligned that it’s surprising more companies haven’t fully embraced gamer culture as part of their aesthetic. (If you can believe that pirates somehow miraculously appear in the nick of time to save Marina’s life in Shakespeare’s Pericles, you can pretty […]