(Mary Houlihan's article appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, 2/5.)

ATC invites 34 playwrights to help celebrate its anniversary

ATC artistic director PJ Paparelli says the goal was to compile a diverse group of local and national voices and styles. Since a lot of the project would examine the national psyche of a given year, Paparelli was looking for writers with strong social and political voices.

He started locally and then broadened the search nationally.

"Actually, I didn't think a lot of people outside of Chicago would be interested," Paparelli said. "We just got flooded with writers who wanted to be involved. It was really a surprise."

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