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CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE

s a former Chicago theatre person (artistic and then executive director of Free Street Theater, from 1991 to 2003), I was glad to see devote an article to the wonderful ensemble scene in Chicago (“Stronger Together,” , Nov. ’19). But I found it “curious” that the writer neglected to mention perhaps Chicago’s oldest functioning theatre ensemble, Curious Theatre Branch. Curious has been devoted to new work for more than

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