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18/05/2023

The most compelling theatrical experience in Chicago is in a small storefront on 79th. Tomorrow, I talk with , founder of , and choreographer Deja Hood about the creation of Panther Women, a not-to-be-missed choreopoem honoring the women of the Black Panther party.
Friday, May 19⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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Pictured: Alexis Dupree as Angela Davis and Taylor Elie Talhamé.
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20/04/2023

Tomorrow! Tune in to for my conversation with .haun about upcoming performance in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unity Temple entitled The Light in Spring, and the rest of their 25th anniversary season. 🌞📻👯‍♀️👯‍♂️👯
⚡️Friday, April 21⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com

16/02/2023

Tomorrow! We’re back and talking🚰 with Mark Yonally and Sterling Harris of . Tune in to to hear about CTT’s evolution and their show this weekend at . 👞👞👞
9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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16/12/2022

Today on I talk with marvelous about the upcoming , hands down my favorite (now annual) theatrical event.
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Posted • .of.production Mark your calendars! 2023 begins with astonishment, delight and the 🤩 Tune in to this Friday, when gives a peek into the now-annual festival featuring over 100 events and performances by artists from 10 countries.
⚡️Dec 16⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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15/12/2022

Mark your calendars! 2023 begins with astonishment, delight and the 🤩 Tune in to this Friday, when gives a peek into the now-annual festival featuring over 100 events and performances by artists from 10 countries.
⚡️Dec 16⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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17/11/2022

In honor of ’s live premiere of “A Christmas Carol” we’re re-airing my 2020 interview about the making of the 1st, all-virtual version of the show. Bonus, you get to hear my chat with Mike Oleon of : from the same era - worth a perennial listen. 📻
⚡️Friday, Nov 18 ⚡️9am & 3pm ⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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Pictured: Mike Oleon
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20/10/2022

Unfinished Business opens tonight . And tomorrow on you can hear my chat with and about the show (pool ladders, etymologies, plentiful laughs) and the “Finishing the Business” workshop this Saturday. 💃🏻🎭📤
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Friday, Oct 21⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com

15/09/2022

Tomorrow! On , get warmed up for the fall arts season by catching our conversation with , the powerhouse artistic director of about the start of their sapphire season at , and with performance artist and sculptor about surveillance, moral geometry and her show playing Oct at and Nov at Steppenwolf 1700. 💙💜💛🖤
⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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Image from Ginger Krebs’ All We Can See from Here.

18/08/2022

There’s soooo much to see and do this summer. Luckily, we’ve got your August performance calendar all mapped out. Tune in to to hear our conversation with Melissa Lorraine of about “Laughing Song: A Walking Dream,” in which port and artist Marvin Tate takes the audience on an odyssey through North Lawndale. And we talk with about “Reclamation: the Spirit of Black Dance in Chicago,” presented by the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project. ☂️🚶🏿🚶🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🏿‍♀️☂️🩰🪘
⚡️Friday, August 19⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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Image: Marvin Tate and Theatre Y. 📸 Justin T. Jones.

17/08/2022

We’ve got your summer outdoor theater plans all lined up! Tune in Friday to to hear a conversation with on how the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project is making history with their upcoming “Reclamation” at . And Melissa Lorraine of discusses how artist Marvin Tate takes the audience on a dreamlike odyssey through Lawndale in their latest peripatetic performance. 🩰🪘🚶🏿‍♀️🚶🏽‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏿🚶🏻‍♀️☂️
⚡️Friday, Aug 19⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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Image: Multicultural Dance Center Hiplet Ballerinas. 📸 Matt Karas

26/07/2022

26/07/2022

This Friday, tune in to Lumpen Radio for a deeply gratifying conversation with artist Tim Youd, who will be retyping the entirety of Nelson Algren’s The Man With the Golden Arm at Newberry Library as part of his 100 Novels project. It’s Tim’s second visit to the Chi after having retyped Algren’s Never Come Morning at The Arts Club of Chicago and Phyllis' Musical Inn. He’s now 76 novels deep and there’s oh so much to talk about (including a delightful bit of typewriter wonkery)…join us, won’t you?
⚡️ 9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com
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📸 Sarah Elizabeth Larson Photography, courtesy Cristin Tierney Gallery

16/09/2021

There's a lot of important talk out there about how we change our environment. This Friday I talk with two choreographers about the equally important matter of how the environment changes us. Other topics touched on with Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape and Carrie Hanson of The Seldoms: time, ancestory, the parallels of Taoism and Stocism, the politics of lawns, cannabis. You're not gonna want to miss this one folks.
⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com

16/08/2021

This Friday, turn that dial to Lumpen Radio to catch our chats with Jessica Deahr and Monte Rezell of Chicago Dance Crash and Melissa Lorraine of Theatre Y about outdoor performances (replete with food and libations) for these beautiful summer days. ⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5fm⚡️lumpenradio.com

17/06/2021

Tomorrow we hear from two leaders at long-standing Chicago dance companies: Nicole Clarke-Springer of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and Jorge Perez of Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater, which celebrate their 25th and 45th anniversaries this year, respectively. Tune in to Lumpen Radio to hear these inspired voices. 💃🏻🔥
⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com

19/05/2021

Live performance is coming back y'all, and Pivot Arts is leading the way with a hybrid in-person/online festival later this month. Tune in to Lumpen Radio this Friday when we dedicate the hour to chats with Pivot founder/director Julieanne Ehre and presenting artists Ndgo Blk, Danielle Ross, Nora Sharp and Kinnari Vora of Ishti Collective.
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📷 Ndgo Blk, Antwon Funches

14/04/2021

This Friday tune in to Lumpen Radio to catch our chat with Bril Barrett about M.A.D.D. Rhythms action-packed 20th anniversary season, and Stephanie Martinez about the creation of PARA.MAR Dance Theatre and staging live performance in these times. 👣🥾🩰🔥
⚡️9am & 3pm⚡️105.5FM⚡️lumpenradio.com

18/03/2021

One sliver of light in this quarantine year is a Renaissance of the radio drama. This Friday, we talk with Frank Maugeri of Cabinet of Curiosity about their radio play adaptation of the classic silent horror film (you read that right) The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, and Corey Bradberry of Theatre in The Dark about their radio play adaptation of Melville's great American novel Moby Dick. Hit the lights, get cozy and tune in to Lumpen Radio ⚡ 9am & 3pm⚡ 105.5FM⚡ lumpenradio.com