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, 2020
- 9 min
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, 2019
- 5 min
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 20, 2019
- 5 min
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 16, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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 19, 2018
- 3 min
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 3, 2018
- 3 min
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 3, 2017
- 4 min
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 18, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2016
- 4 min
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 21, 2016
- 4 min
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 28, 2016
- 3 min
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 23, 2016
- 4 min
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 26, 2016
- 4 min
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 16, 2016
- 2 min
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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Anita Dacanay
- Feb 15, 2016
- 2 min
WILD AND PRECIOUS: UPDATE ON PERSEPHONE PROJECT AT LAKE COUNTY JAIL
February 15, 2016 “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – from “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver Three...
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Mazuzu
- Jan 14, 2016
- 4 min
Still Point’s 2015 in Review
January 14, 2016 2015 was an exciting year for Still Point. For a small nonprofit founded in 1993, we continue to fulfill our mission and...
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