Archive for Category: Behind the Scenes

I was a sophomore in high school when I finally came to terms with my identity as a queer girl. I go to an elite private school on a scholarship, so it was already hard enough not fitting in with…  Read more...

“I’m a lesbian.  Plain and simple.  I don’t make any bones about it.”  When I first started writing that line for PULP a year or two after the millennial turn, I couldn’t imagine that I would be sitting here now…  Read more...

This weekend marks the second to last for our run of Abraham Lincoln Was a F*gg*t and also coincides with a ton of amazing Pride celebrations throughout Chicago. It feels particularly special to present this show during a time of…  Read more...

At the end of January, AFT will proudly present the first public reading of the beginning portions of STANDING UNDERNEATH NIGHT AND DAY, a new project led by AFT Artistic Associate Kelli Simpkins. We can’t wait to share this work…  Read more...