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The Innocence of Seduction
Sep25
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Innocence of Seduction

The second play in Mark Pracht’s projected “Four-Color Trilogy” of plays set during the early years of the comic book industry, The Innocence of Seduction…

Monday, September 25th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater Company
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Destroy Your Art
Sep26
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destroy Your Art

Destroy Your Art invites select filmmakers to make original short films and then destroy them in front of the only audience to ever see them,…

Tuesday, September 26th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Music Box Theatre
3733 North Southport Avenue
Chicago’s Best Standup
Sep26
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago’s Best Standup

Chicago’s Best Standup Comedy is back better than ever. We’ve compiled the absolute best standup comedy lineup that you will see in the city. Today’s…

Tuesday, September 26th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
3175 N. Broadway St
Broken Planet
Sep26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Broken Planet

The Absurd Cabaret of Apocalyptic Proportions is an interactive, uplifting subversive live experience. It is your permission to misbehave. It is an immersive celebration of…

Tuesday, September 26th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Hide Out
1354 West Wabansia Avenue
Best Night Ever Comedy Show
Sep26
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Best Night Ever Comedy Show

Best Night Ever is one of the city’s longest-running standup comedy showcases. Since 2009 the show has been highlighting comics from all over the city…

Tuesday, September 26th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave
The Flying Dutchman
Sep27
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Flying Dutchman

The first opera that revealed Wagner’s genius, The Flying Dutchman is the story of a young woman’s obsession. Senta dreams of the Dutchman, who’s cursed…

Wednesday, September 27th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Lyric Opera House
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
as though your body were right
Sep27
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…

Wednesday, September 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Make Do
2210 West Morse
Broken Planet
Sep27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Broken Planet

The Absurd Cabaret of Apocalyptic Proportions is an interactive, uplifting subversive live experience. It is your permission to misbehave. It is an immersive celebration of…

Wednesday, September 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Hide Out
1354 West Wabansia Avenue
Massage Therapy
Sep27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Massage Therapy

“Micro-theater” presentation of a two-character play. Over the course of one year, a gay massage therapist and his female client grow to form an unusually…

Wednesday, September 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Senza Fine
Sep27
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Senza Fine

Senza Fine is a one woman show conceived and developed by Ashlyn Quintus; meditating on flushing the toilet at appropriate times, how to get out…

Wednesday, September 27th
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Color Club
4146 North Elston Avenue
Pippin
Sep27
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…

Wednesday, September 27th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
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
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