In 2009, when I interviewed Roosevelt University professor D. Bradford Hunt about his just-published book Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing (University of Chicago Press), it didn’t occur to me that his academic analysis of some wonky institutional history could be the basis for a riveting play.
Two weeks later, vacationing in Scotland, Paparelli stepped out of his car to shepherd some wayward sheep across a road and was hit by another vehicle; he died there May 21.
Through 6/21: Thu-Fri 8 PM, Sat 2 and 8 PM, Sun 2 PM American Theater Company 1909 W. Byron 773-409-4125atcweb.org $38-$48, free for past or present residents of Chicago public housing
