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I.A. Inteligencia Actoral – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral by Aguijón Theater. Written by: Flavio González Mello. Directed by: Marcela Muñoz A couple of weeks before a theater company opens Hamlet, its…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pandemonium, Please Hold
The Second City’s 114th Mainstage Revue Pandemonium, Please Hold is a loud, fast, and gloriously unhinged night of comedic mayhem. The Second City’s six-person cast…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Knock, Knock You There?
Get ready for 90-minutes of sketch comedy that flips classic horror on its head. From slasher tropes and urban legends to AI nightmares and gothic…
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America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Theatre & Performing Arts
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Young People’s Theatre of Chicago (YPT) launches its milestone Fifth-Anniversary Season with Laura Numeroff’s award-winning children’s classic, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! The…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I.
Step into the sugary, shadowy world of Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., a fairytale noir mystery filled with crime and double crosses! During the dark days…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The 37th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Returns September 20 – October 26 at Four Chicago Venues
Curious Theatre Branch, with co-producers Chicago Danztheater Ensemble, Chicago Dramatists and Labyrinth Club, are pleased to announce the 37th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, September 20…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I.
Step into the sugary, shadowy world of Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., a fairytale noir mystery filled with crime and double crosses! During the dark days…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Marriott Theatre Presents Come From Away
Marriott Theatre, Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre presents Come From Away, the internationally celebrated musical that was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, captured four Laurence Olivier Awards,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
T A K E | Visceral Dance Chicago
An immersive work set to an electronic recorded score mixed with live music, takes the audience “on a journey from darkness to light” TAKE is…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games!
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games is a Halloween-themed interactive comedy play written by Vicki Quade, one of the authors of the hit comedy,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Waitress – The Musical
The 10th Anniversary tour of the hit Broadway musical Waitress is coming to the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago, Il, October 17-18, 2026. The…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Don Giovanni
The path to damnation never sounded so sweet The 2026/27 Season kicks off with a thrilling fable of deceit and retribution. Sharp humor, high drama,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Dark Wood
World Premiere dystopian fable written by Broadway’s Eric Coble. ‘The Fix’ was supposed to correct everything that had gone wrong with the country. Now, three…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents “Mud Row”
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for the first production in its 2026 – 2027 season, Mud…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Tin Drum Theatre Company Presents the Chicago Premiere, “A Dark Wood”
Tin Drum Theatre Company announces the Chicago premiere of A Dark Wood, October 15 – November 1, written by Eric Coble and directed by Steve…
Theatre & Performing Arts
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral by Aguijón Theater. Written by: Flavio González Mello. Directed by: Marcela Muñoz A couple of weeks before a theater company opens Hamlet, its…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sanctuary Stories
“SANCTUARY STORIES: A JOURNALISM THEATER PROJECT” captures in words and images the lives and communities deeply connected with — and affected by — immigration in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog
“Take thuh cards and show me whatcha got!” Brothers Lincoln and Booth, named in jest, are two Black men living in America just trying to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Swallow
THE SWALLOW is set during a private singing lesson between a choral director and a new student. As they work together on a song, what initially…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Thibaudet, Batiashvili & Capuçon
In their early piano trios, the teenage Shostakovich and Debussy showed the world their youthful exuberance. By the time Dvořák wrote his Trio in F…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast and creative team of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, written by Samantha Hurley and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Dial M for Murder”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to announce the cast and creative team for its next production, Dial M for Murder, October 2 – November 1,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Vladimir
About this show In a world where facts are manipulated and fear is currency, the truth becomes dangerous. As a new authoritarian government tightens its…
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