Katie Dyson

Katie Dyson is a PhD candidate in English at Loyola University Chicago and a freelance writer based in Chicago. When she's not teaching, writing, or consuming 20th century literature or contemporary pop culture, she reads the internet. You can find her on Twitter @k8dyson.
Stage 773’s Comedy Ensemble Unlikely Company Finds Their Footing in Farce

Stage 773’s Comedy Ensemble Unlikely Company Finds Their Footing in Farce

Unlikely Company’s talented ensemble finds both the humor and the melody in adult life, urging us to laugh at our own indulgent banality.
The Fourth Season of ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Turns Inward at a Cost

The Fourth Season of ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Turns Inward at a Cost

As Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer's third season demonstrated, Schumer’s comedy's most potent when it explores the stakes of what it skewers.