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Terry Guest
Growing up, Terry Guest dreamed of becoming Whitney Houston. “A well-dressed, gorgeous, singing-and-acting diva beloved by all,” he says matter-of-factly. Then, in middle school, around the same time Guest realized his dream might be hard to achieve, he took a musical theater class. “It all clicked,” he recalls. “I could utilize my interests in a practical sense.”
Guest, 34, might not be Whitney, but he has emerged as one of Chicago theater’s most compelling multihyphenates — an actor-director-playwright whose work is gaining national traction. Oak, his Southern gothic horror play, finished a successful run in Sarasota, Florida, last year and will be staged in Indianapolis and Buffalo before debuting in Chicago this fall as part of the National New Play Network’s Rolling World Premiere program. Meanwhile, his adaptation of Milo…
