Cash-strapped DePaul closes the curtain on Downtown’s historic Reskin Theatre

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date April 17, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Last Updated April 17, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2026/04/17/cash-strapped-depaul-closes-curtain-downtown-historic-merle-reskin-theatre

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For nearly 120 years, the Merle Reskin Theatre has hosted everything from “Pygmalion” and “Life With Father” to “Mirror of Most Value: A Ms. Marvel Play,” which opens mid-May for a two-week run. What’s playing after May? Darkness. And not the 2021 Andre Wright play with the same name either. While...