Brett Neveu
@bneveu.bsky.social
Scriptwriter, Prof at Northwestern U, ensemble member at A Red Orchid Theatre, founder at Institutional Quality Productions, member of Ice Core Collective, WGA Captain & singer in the band The Last Afternoons & the indie-folk duo The Lake County Breaks
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Brett Neveu
@bneveu.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Beginning TODAY find ERIC LARUE on Apple & Prime Video & other streaming spots!!! Give it a watch & help support independent cinema!!!
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
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Immigration agents are also present in Chicago's near southwest suburbs this morning; video shared online around 9 am shows agents taking at least one man near 21st and Clarence in Berwyn, IL.
Local rapid response further confirms agents' activity in the area, and at least one more person taken.
Local rapid response further confirms agents' activity in the area, and at least one more person taken.
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Immigration agents are also present in Chicago's near southwest suburbs this morning; video shared online around 9 am shows agents taking at least one man near 21st and Clarence in Berwyn, IL.
Local rapid response further confirms agents' activity in the area, and at least one more person taken.
Local rapid response further confirms agents' activity in the area, and at least one more person taken.
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Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
The visit has been tentatively planned for Thursday morning, and details will be sorted out early next week.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
amazing future pic of the WH ballroom:
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
amazing future pic of the WH ballroom:
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ICE and CBP's unconscionable violence know no bounds. When federal agents dare to point a gun at a pregnant woman, it's evident that they do not respect our lives and well-being.
Despicable! They must be held accountable. We must defund ICE. Their terror must end.
Despicable! They must be held accountable. We must defund ICE. Their terror must end.
ICE points gun at pregnant mother—a U.S. citizen with her son in the back seat.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ICE and CBP's unconscionable violence know no bounds. When federal agents dare to point a gun at a pregnant woman, it's evident that they do not respect our lives and well-being.
Despicable! They must be held accountable. We must defund ICE. Their terror must end.
Despicable! They must be held accountable. We must defund ICE. Their terror must end.
This is a must-read (& I haven't even read it yet!). Can't wait. ❤️
"Maggie Andersen is a courageous writer, someone worthy of readers’ investment of time getting to know."
@randyontheglobe.bsky.social's review of “No Stars in Jefferson Park” by Maggie Andersen (@nupress.bsky.social) is out now.
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@randyontheglobe.bsky.social's review of “No Stars in Jefferson Park” by Maggie Andersen (@nupress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/15/f...
Finding Joy After Grief: No Stars in Jefferson Park - Chicago Review of Books
No Stars in Jefferson Park, Maggie Andersen’s debut memoir scheduled to release in October, is at its core a Chicago story of working-class triumph in the face of adversity. It is a romantic story of ...
chireviewofbooks.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is a must-read (& I haven't even read it yet!). Can't wait. ❤️
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth to power:
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Truth to power:
❤️❤️❤️!
There is a storm coming! @daniellamazzio.bsky.social and @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social discuss Michael Shannon's performance in Take Shelter on the second episode of Hand Me The Mike.
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Hand Me the Mike #02: Take Shelter with Isaac Feldberg
There is a storm coming...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
❤️❤️❤️!
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Finding community in an alley behind a workplace.... Read the Picture This Post preview by clicking poster link--
#RedbirdTheater @bneveu.bsky.social #ResearchTriangleTheater #luciafoster #PictureThisPostTheater
#akiliholdercozart #lindseywomack #adamtraylor
#theater #comedy
#RedbirdTheater @bneveu.bsky.social #ResearchTriangleTheater #luciafoster #PictureThisPostTheater
#akiliholdercozart #lindseywomack #adamtraylor
#theater #comedy
RedBird Theater Company Presents "Revolution" - Preview
WHEN & WHERE: September 6, 2025 The Ox Theater at City Hall 300 Williamsboro Street Oxford, NC September 12 & 13, 2025 Shadowbox Studio 2200-D Do
www.picturethispost.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Finding community in an alley behind a workplace.... Read the Picture This Post preview by clicking poster link--
#RedbirdTheater @bneveu.bsky.social #ResearchTriangleTheater #luciafoster #PictureThisPostTheater
#akiliholdercozart #lindseywomack #adamtraylor
#theater #comedy
#RedbirdTheater @bneveu.bsky.social #ResearchTriangleTheater #luciafoster #PictureThisPostTheater
#akiliholdercozart #lindseywomack #adamtraylor
#theater #comedy
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And we're still doing it! Follow us for performing arts put into context.
Something I loved when I moved to Chicago in my mid-20s: the Reader critics would put your work in the context of what was around it and what preceded it. Doing some Lanford Wilson play? Jack Helbig and the others would put it the context of previous productions.
This creates a challenge: If the only people reviewing the new Hamlet are people who compare it to 12 other Hamlets, that's not really a help to a young person who wants to know if they should spend hard-earned money to see Hamlet. They don't care that it's your sixth favorite. It's their one shot.>
July 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And we're still doing it! Follow us for performing arts put into context.
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Emergency press conference after Homeland Security and Immigration agents target the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago
July 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Emergency press conference after Homeland Security and Immigration agents target the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago
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Congrats to Spalding playwriting alum Brett Neveu! His smash hit play ERIC LARUE is now a “a gut-punching indie drama” on the big screen! Read an excerpt of ERIC LARUE in the Fall 2022 issue of our online journal, Good River Review: www.goodriverreview.com/post/brett-n...
April 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Congrats to Spalding playwriting alum Brett Neveu! His smash hit play ERIC LARUE is now a “a gut-punching indie drama” on the big screen! Read an excerpt of ERIC LARUE in the Fall 2022 issue of our online journal, Good River Review: www.goodriverreview.com/post/brett-n...
Beginning TODAY find ERIC LARUE on Apple & Prime Video & other streaming spots!!! Give it a watch & help support independent cinema!!!
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Beginning TODAY find ERIC LARUE on Apple & Prime Video & other streaming spots!!! Give it a watch & help support independent cinema!!!
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
& big forever thx to @magnoliapics.bsky.social & Big Indie Pictures & Brace Cove/Sarah Green & Caliwood Pictures!!! ❤️🎥❤️
Thank you @wbez!!! ❤️
Listen: “Eric Larue” tells the story of Janice, the mother of a teenage boy who shot and killed three of his classmates and how she tries to cope with the fallout, guilt and hostility. Reset talks behind the scenes with Michael Shannon and Brett Neveu. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...
Actor Michael Shannon on directorial debut, ‘Eric Larue’: ‘Honesty can be intimidating to some people’
The actor-turned-director talks about the new movie and what it was like switching roles in the film industry.
www.wbez.org
April 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank you @wbez!!! ❤️
Good...news? Hoping this is a trend...
In a surprising turnabout, a committee that accused Northwestern of engaging in “progressive-left political advocacy” dropped a demand on Thursday for information about the law school’s legal clinics.
www.wbez.org/education/20...
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Congressional committee investigating Northwestern withdraws demand for records
In a surprising turnabout, a committee that accused Northwestern of engaging in “progressive-left political advocacy” dropped a demand on Thursday for information about the law school's legal clinics.
www.wbez.org
April 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Good...news? Hoping this is a trend...
The New York Times calls ‘Eric LaRue’ “searing” & “a gut-punching indie drama”! In theaters NOW thru 4/10 & then available to stream across the USA starting 4/11 ❤️❤️❤️
April 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The New York Times calls ‘Eric LaRue’ “searing” & “a gut-punching indie drama”! In theaters NOW thru 4/10 & then available to stream across the USA starting 4/11 ❤️❤️❤️
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Years ago, Brett Neveu’s “Eric LaRue” unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it’s a Michael Shannon movie
@mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social talks to them both
@mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social talks to them both
Column: Years ago, Brett Neveu’s ‘Eric LaRue’ unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it’s a Michael Shannon movie.
Hundreds of school shootings after Brett Neveu’s “Eric LaRue” made its Chicago stage entrance, Michael Shannon takes the story to the screen.
www.chicagotribune.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Years ago, Brett Neveu’s “Eric LaRue” unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it’s a Michael Shannon movie
@mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social talks to them both
@mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social talks to them both
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Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue” - an interview by Isaac Feidberg. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/m...
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on "Eric LaRue" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The actor talks about the deep bench of acclaimed filmmakers he's collaborated with, and working with Chicago actors for his own directorial debut.
www.rogerebert.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue” - an interview by Isaac Feidberg. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/m...
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Michael Shannon’s directorial debut, “Eric LaRue,” is in theaters this week. The film, based on a 2002 play by the same name, follows a mother (Judy Greer) numbly navigating her new reality after her son killed three classmates in a school shooting.
www.wbez.org/movies-tv/20...
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Michael Shannon, movie director, sinks into the dark aftermath of an American school shooting
‘Eric LaRue,’ starring Judy Greer supported by a cast of unflinching Chicago actors, opens in theaters this week.
www.wbez.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Michael Shannon’s directorial debut, “Eric LaRue,” is in theaters this week. The film, based on a 2002 play by the same name, follows a mother (Judy Greer) numbly navigating her new reality after her son killed three classmates in a school shooting.
www.wbez.org/movies-tv/20...
www.wbez.org/movies-tv/20...