WBEZ: Do you know about the new show in town addressing the causes and consequences of Chicago's persistent racial segregation? No, not Clybourne Park, though Bruce Norris's Pulitzer prizewinner does so brilliantly. But while the Steppenwolf production bathes in well-deserved praise, attention must be paid to MPAACT's Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel, the new play by Shepsu Aakhu. This oral history of a family living in the now-demolished Washington Park housing project, directed by Andrea Dymond, isn’t just another take on the impact of housing policy on people’s lives.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
MPAACT and Steppenwolf both take on Chicago's history of segregation
WBEZ: Do you know about the new show in town addressing the causes and consequences of Chicago's persistent racial segregation? No, not Clybourne Park, though Bruce Norris's Pulitzer prizewinner does so brilliantly. But while the Steppenwolf production bathes in well-deserved praise, attention must be paid to MPAACT's Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel, the new play by Shepsu Aakhu. This oral history of a family living in the now-demolished Washington Park housing project, directed by Andrea Dymond, isn’t just another take on the impact of housing policy on people’s lives.
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