2014 MA graduate Drew Wancket has added to the role of performance reviewer to his impressive resume as an interdisciplinary artist.  Drew is now writing for the Chicago Stage Standard, an online publication that covers theater, dance, music, and film in the Midwest, and across the country. The online publication hires writers who are experts in their art form through their personal experience, which made Wancket a shoo-in.

Wancket has extensive experience in comedy improv, and works as a professional coach at One Group Mind Theater. He also has his own group, Frank Frank, which he leads with two other people and performs with regularly. In addition, he hosts The Sunday Night Show, an open mic where performers of all kinds are encouraged, every Sunday at the Underground Lounge,.

Wancket credits the Interdisciplinary Arts MA program with widen his understanding of the greater arts community, which will be crucial in his new work as a performance reviewer. He also further honed his writing skills while working on his MA, and also is working on a creative writing practice in addition to the critical writing he is doing for the Chicago Stage Standard. Wancket currently publishes The Tao of Steven, which is a blog and twitter feed (follow @insidesteven) of a fictional character who suffers through the small miseries in daily life. Wancket aims to publish the trials of Steven as a book, and is excited to have more opportunities open to him in writing as his art practice grows.