Heartland Theatre

Heartland Theatre Company brings Venus in Fur, by David Ives, to Bloomington-Normal for its 39th season opener. Kathleen Kirk directs the play, a comedy with a sharp message about gender equality.

After a decade as the Normal theater company's artistic director, Rhys Lovell has announced he'll step down at the end of next season.

A plethora of Easter egg hunts are on tap for the weekend, plus the tail end of Heartland Theatre's living room comedy 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.'

Three of Bloomington-Normal's theatre companies have announced their seasons of plays and musicals. Here's a rundown.

Jennifer Blackmer's "Alias Grace" script, based on Atwood's 1996 novel, provides more questions than answers about Canada's most notorious murderess. The play runs Feb. 6-22 at Heartland Theatre Company.

Downtown Bloomington goes full-festive this weekend as free holiday music rings all through the Twin Cities.

An Illinois Wesleyan Theater legend has left the stage. John Ficca has died. A beloved theater professor, Ficca came to Illinois Wesleyan University in 1956.

Normal playwright Bruce Boeck teaches a second round of his popular workshop focusing on bite-sized scripts.

Playwright Tracy Letts' "The Minutes" centers on a single city council meeting in small town America — asking the biggest, hardest questions there are.

The region's longest running multi-sport event celebrates its 30th anniversary at Comlara Park Saturday.