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Destinos – Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Sep28
Nov12
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos – Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

Destinos, 6th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and Latin America, returns…

Thursday, September 28thSunday, November 12th
Multiple Locations
Silver Dollar Road Documentary Screening
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Silver Dollar Road Documentary Screening

The DuSable Museum will host a free screening of Silver Dollar Road on Thursday, September 28 at 6:00pm. The film, which just premiered at The…

Thursday, September 28th
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The DuSable Museum
740 East 56th Place
NORTH & SUR
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

NORTH & SUR

The extraordinary encounter between two icons of World Literature: the great North American writer Edgar Allan Poe, who is recognized as one of the foremost…

Thursday, September 28th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W. Ohio St
Pirate Legends : William Dampier
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pirate Legends : William Dampier

Dead Reckoning Theater Co. is bringing their signature immersive theater production to Navy Pier. “Pirate Legends : William Dampier ” is performing now aboard the…

Thursday, September 28th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Tall Ship Windy
600 East Grand Avenue Navy Pier
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatre company in North America, stages Matt Cox’s PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain…

Thursday, September 28th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
Welcome to Matteson!
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Welcome to Matteson!

A dark comedy by Chicago-born playwright Inda Craig-Galván, WELCOME TO MATTESON! follows two Black couples over the course of a dinner party; one couple has…

Thursday, September 28th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Abott Hall on Northwestern University’s Downtown Campus
710 N Lakeshore Dr.
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience

Go back in time to Chicago’s Prohibition Era at The Roar on Rush! A lively Speakeasy that lights the way to a hidden 4-room cocktail…

Thursday, September 28th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
Redtwist Theatre Presents Wolves
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents Wolves

Redtwist Theatre is proud to announce the first production in its 2023 – 2024 Season of Pride with a gay reimagining of Little Red Riding…

Thursday, September 28th
7:30 p.m.8:15 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
as though your body were right
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

as though your body were right

This work is an invitation to confront the bodiliness of being human. It is a shared experience of the vulnerability of being a body, and…

Thursday, September 28th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Make Do
2210 West Morse
composition as explanation
Sep28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

composition as explanation

Join us from September 28 – 30 for composition as explanation, a one-of-a-kind experience from acclaimed ensemble Eighth Blackbird! Eighth Blackbird (8BB) has been pushing the…

Thursday, September 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian
Sep28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian

Join Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a sensuous journey to Italy. Richard Strauss’ Aus Italien whisks the listener through the sun-soaked countryside, past Roman ruins and…

Thursday, September 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
In The Back/On The Floor
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

In The Back/On The Floor

IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…

Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Student Play Fest
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Student Play Fest

Three New One-Act Plays about Being and Dating. The Familiar Perils of a Vacation Bible School Education by Annika Halonen Much To Do About Valentine by…

Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.
Mundelein Center For The Fine & Performing Arts
1020 W Sheridan Rd
End of the Worm as We Know It
Sep28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

End of the Worm as We Know It

It’s the end of the worm, and we want to spend it with you. Even moments away from being sucked into an inevitable wormhole, the…

Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
CLATA Presents: La Carne Asadas
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

CLATA Presents: La Carne Asadas

Stop by your tia Vanessa’s carne asada filled with tortas, Spanish and punch lines. Everyone will be there: Your abuelita, your tio Pancho, el cutie…

Lincoln Park

Event details
Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Jane: Abortion and the Underground
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jane: Abortion and the Underground

Idle Muse Theatre Company is proud to announce the first production in its 2023 – 2024 Season,Jane: Abortion and the Underground, written by Paula Kamen…

Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.
Pippin
Sep28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pippin

Music Theater Works, recently launched its 43rd season with the highly recommended “Avenue Q,” announced the cast and creative team for its second production in…

Thursday, September 28th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Sep29
Sep30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, September 29th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, September 30th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Walk With Amal – Stroll With Me
Sep29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Walk With Amal – Stroll With Me

All of Chicago is invited to walk alongside Amal as she strolls through Chicago’s beautiful Riverwalk.

Friday, September 29th
11:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.
Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian
Sep29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian

Join Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a sensuous journey to Italy. Richard Strauss’ Aus Italien whisks the listener through the sun-soaked countryside, past Roman ruins and…

Friday, September 29th
1:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Working – A Musical
Sep29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Working – A Musical

Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes…

Friday, September 29th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804
M.A.D.D. Rhythms presents Chicago Tap Summit
Sep29
Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Performing Arts

M.A.D.D. Rhythms presents Chicago Tap Summit

M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Chicago’s esteemed tap company, is excited to present this year’s Chicago Tap Summit, September 29 – October 1, at the Harold Washington Cultural…

Friday, September 29th
3:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
4701 S. King Drive
Haunted Soirée: A Macabre Cocktail Party
Sep29
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Haunted Soirée: A Macabre Cocktail Party

Haunted Soirée: A Macabre Cocktail Party is a free-roam cocktail party inside of a historical haunted venue. It’s a night of themed mini-cocktails, extravagant entertainment,…

Friday, September 29th
6:15 p.m.11:15 p.m.
The International Museum of Surgical Sciences
1524 N. Lake Shore Drive – Chicago, IL 60610
MONSTER HIGH LIVE
Sep29
Theatre & Performing Arts

MONSTER HIGH LIVE

See your favorite children of legendary monsters in an all-new live show with fangtastic singing, clawesome dancing, and friendship that never ends…literally! In Monster High…

Friday, September 29th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
NOW Arena
5333 Prairie Stone Parkway
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