Scott Morgan

Staff Writer
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  • Emailsmorgan@dailyherald.com

Scott C. Morgan has been an editorial assistant at the Daily Herald since 2004. His main focus has been covering Chicago-area performing arts via features, reviews and listings.

From 1997 to 2002, Scott was employed by The Salt Lake Tribune as an arts reporter and newsroom assistant. He was a first-place winner for Reviews and Criticism at the 2002 Society of Professional Journalists Utah Excellence in Journalism Awards. He received an honorable mention for his previous year's work from the same organization in 2003.

Scott holds a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Scott also has a bachelor of science in mass communication from the University of Utah, where he was the performing arts editor for the Daily Utah Chronicle during his junior year.

Scott has been a member of the American Theatre Critics Association since 1998 and was a fellow at the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in the summer of 1999. He has also contributed freelance work to the Windy City Times, the Salt Lake City Weekly and Salt Lake Magazine.

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Best bets: Characters welcome at Anime Central

May 13 2013 | 1:03 pm - Anime Central 2013, the Midwest's largest convention of Japanese animation and manga, returns for a weekend-long bash at Rosemont's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Scale a 25-foot rock wall, balance on a paddle board and more during the...

Sunday picks: It's all about Mom today

May 12 2013 | 12:42 am - It's Mother's Day, so let Mom choose what she wants to do today. Mothers and grandmothers can ride the trolley cars for free (with a paying child) at the Fox River Trolley Museum. For the active mom, spend some time riding the rides together at...

Weekend picks: Erin Jackson conquers comedy at Zanies

May 09 2013 | 3:12 pm - Comedian Erin Jackson takes on matters of love, friendship and modern technology in her standup routine at Zanies at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. Take the family to the annual catch-and-release Fishing Derby at the Plum Grove Reservoir in Palatine...

Sing? Dance? Do standup? Audition for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent

May 10 2013 | 6:51 am - Do you have what it takes to be suburban Chicago's next talent competition star? Is there a talent you've nurtured that might wow a local or national audience? Then sign up for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by...

Weekend picks: Lincoln, Obama portraits in Oakton's 'Faces' exhibit

May 10 2013 | 12:14 pm - See expressionist portraits of famous faces like Abraham Lincoln as painted by Belgian artist Charles Szymkowicz in the exhibit “Faces Behind the Truth: The Mirrors of Charles Szymkowicz” at Oakton Community College's Koehnline Museum of...

Best bets: Hubbard Street 2 swings into Fermilab

May 06 2013 | 3:12 pm - College of DuPage presents the rising young modern dancers of Hubbard Street 2 Saturday at Ramsey Auditorium in Fermilab's Wilson Hall in Batavia. Comedian Erin Jackson takes on matters of love, friendship and modern technology this weekend at...

Better than OK: Lyric's 'Oklahoma!' big and beautiful

May 07 2013 | 6:36 am - You win some and you lose some when you produce a Broadway musical like Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 landmark “Oklahoma!” in Chicago's 3,600-seat Civic Opera House. Fortunately for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the first outing of its...

Sunday picks: Spend 'An Evening With Groucho'

May 03 2013 | 3:19 pm - Get a sense of the comic performing genius of the late Groucho Marx when Frank Ferrante brings his show “An Evening With Groucho” to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. Today's the last day to taste chocolate...

Weekend picks: Be Irish for a day at Celtic Fest

May 03 2013 | 2:25 pm - Explore your Irish or Scottish heritage by hearing Celtic bands and partaking in traditional food and drink at Celtic Fest at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Bring the kids to create and decorate kites for the Annual KidFest Kite Fly Saturday at...

'Oklahoma!' launches Lyric’s musical theater initiative

May 03 2013 | 4:13 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago will see if the “wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet” when it opens its new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s landmark 1943 musical “Oklahoma!” for a 16-performance run starting...

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