For those interested in performing arts

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Summer Inc., a new residency created by University Theater, has opened the University’s doors to members of the local theater community. Artists admitted to the program get unlimited, free use of a theater space for a two- to three-week residency, as well as access to a student production manager, and the help and technical support of University Theater staff.</p>

<p>The program is an innovative way for the University to promote the creation of the arts in Chicago by allowing local theater companies an opportunity to develop projects still in their infancy, according to Heidi Coleman, Director of University Theater.</p>

<p>(I thought this sounded particularly interesting)
…University doctoral students Majel Connery and Jonathan Ullyot are using their residency as a way to explore the role that Lamia plays in classical Greek mythology. Lamia, Pygmalion’s sister, was half beast and half woman, a kind of succubus and a model of “how men create the myth of the evil woman,” explained Ullyot, a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature who also works as a professional actor and writer.</p>

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