Persephone Project Bears Fruit Long After Grant
Lisa Wagner-Carollo founded Still Point Theatre Collective in 1993 to produce original professional plays and provide arts outreach...
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Clearie McCarthy
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Catching Up with Emma Lou Andrews
How did you first learn about SPTC? I first learned about Still Point Theatre Collective through my former theatre history professor,...
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Jan 11, 20223 min read
Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2022
I began working with The Still Point Theatre Collective in the fall of 2018. An actor in Chicago, I had been working for years to merge...
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Clearie McCarthy
Jul 16, 20209 min read
Conversations from Grace House
Still Point operates a theatre apprenticeship inside Grace House Transitional Home on Chicago’s west side. As a part of our Persephone...
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Anita Dacanay
Nov 12, 20195 min read
WHY THEATRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
We are truly blessed to have Clearie McCarthy on board as Still Point’s Managing Director. I recently invited her to write a blog...
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Anita Dacanay
Aug 19, 20195 min read
Theatre in Cook County Jail: Poem and Interview with ‘Most Wanted Actors’ Long-Standing Participant,
August 20, 2019 This blog was composed by Still Point Managing Director and program facilitator, Clearie McCarthy: It’s Thursday at 4 o’...
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Anita Dacanay
Apr 15, 20192 min read
Still Point’s The True Cost: Stories of Human Trafficking Is Available for Booking
pril 16, 2019 For many years the staff of Still Point thought deeply about how our organization could address human trafficking in a way...
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Anita Dacanay
Jan 12, 20194 min read
Héctor Álvarez: theater as social acupuncture
Still Point Interim Managing Director Héctor Álvarez received a Watson Fellowship in 2008 to study community theater companies in Mexico,...
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Anita Dacanay
Dec 18, 20182 min read
SPTC STAFF SPOTLIGHT: YAHAIRA LANDAVERRY
At Still Point, we have been blessed with a large number of talented and dedica ted people who have been attracted to our organization...
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Anita Dacanay
Jun 18, 20183 min read
CONVERSATION AND CONNECTION WITH YOLANDA BURGESS, FORMER SISTERS RISING MEMBER
J une 19, 2018 The following blog was created from a recent, written exchange between Still Point Managing Director Hector Alvarez and...
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Anita Dacanay
Apr 2, 20183 min read
ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Ap ril 3, 2018 I recently spoke with Sarah Ailey, Professor in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing at RUSH...
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Anita Dacanay
Oct 2, 20174 min read
Satyagraha Institute: reflections from Lisa Wagner-Carollo
Octo ber 3, 2017 This photo was taken after a performance of Haunted by God that Lisa performed at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Rapid City,...
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Anita Dacanay
Apr 17, 20174 min read
THE POWER OF GRACE: STILL POINT AT GRACE HOUSE
Ap ril 18, 2017 Grace House is a transitional home in Chicago for women exiting the Illinois prison system. The facility provides interim...
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Anita Dacanay
Jan 24, 20174 min read
The Sage Theatre Workshop at Sunrise Assisted Living
Still Point’s Sage Theatre Workshop for seniors has recently expanded to include a program at Sunrise Assisted Living that has a unique...
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Anita Dacanay
Nov 15, 20164 min read
Curt Tofteland of Shakespeare Behind Bars: Creating a Circle of Trust
November 15, 2016 On September 24, Curt Tofteland took part in a panel discussion that was moderated by Still Point Founder and Artistic...
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Anita Dacanay
Aug 20, 20164 min read
Laura Callahan-Hazard and the Ravenswood Players
August 21, 2016 In anticipation of a new session starting up on August 24, I recently talked to longtime Still Point Facilitator Laura...
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Anita Dacanay
Jul 27, 20163 min read
The Imagination Workshop 25th Anniversary
July 28, 2 016 Last Thursday, July 21, Still Point presented a celebratory performance entitled I Can See Clearly Now, in honor of 25...
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Anita Dacanay
May 22, 20164 min read
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: RANDY STEINMEYER
May 23, 2016 At Still Point Theatre Collective, we aim to work with top-notch professionals when producing our original plays. No one...
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Anita Dacanay
Apr 25, 20164 min read
MARY DEAN: LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN ILLINOIS
April 26, 2016 Mary Dean, if you speak to her, will strike you as an exceptionally gentle and soft-spoken woman. One should be aware,...
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Anita Dacanay
Mar 15, 20162 min read
PARTICIPANT SPOTLIGHT: ELLEN STENSON
arch 16, 2016 Still Point’s Sage Theatre Workshop celebrates the wisdom, creativity, and perspective of older citizens. The Sage Theatre...
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