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Doug Deuchler
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Doug Deuchler has been reviewing local theater and delving into our history for Wednesday Journal for decades. He is alsoa retired teacher and school librarian who is also a stand-up comic, tour guide/docent and author of several books about Oak Park and surrounding communities. Here's your chance to tap into Doug's knowledge of local theater, film and history.
Latest News Articles
'Methtacular!' funny, fascinating, smartly filmed
The theater community has been hit hard by coronavirus. Theaters have been closed and many shows have been cancelled due to new regulations about social distancing.
Breaking news about OPRF winter musical!
The big annual winter musical at Oak Park and River Forest High School rarely disappoints. This year's offering is a lively, solid production of Newsies, thoroughly uplifting and thrilling.
A love story with a cutting edge
Berwyn's 16th Street Theater has become known for its edgy, top-notch dramas, which often feature intense contemporary social issues.
More than 2,000 miles along the way ...
Open Door Theater has a fun musical revue playing right now called Route 66. It's a nostalgic, pop-tune-infused crowd-pleaser that is just the thing if you're in need of escapism from the rigors of winter or the latest news cycle.
Latest Blogs
I SEE DEAD PEOPLE The Tale of the Tombstones
The award-winning tour in which costumed interpreters portray assorted "residents" of the 140-year-old Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park at their grave sites has been a very popular event for two decades.
Found Film - Time machine to 1933 Oak Park
I was trolling You Tube and discovered an exciting 9-minute 16 mm film. It's apparently part of someone's home movies from the early 1930s. Check it out
Who Was Poor Phil?
Philander Barclay's story is fraught with failure and drug addiction, and it doesn't end pretty.
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