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Theater of the Mind: ASL-Interpreted Performance
ASL-Interpreted Performance on Thursday, July 16 at 7 pm Location: Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle (about a 10-min walk from The Goodman) Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best of The Second City: Chicago-Style
The Best of The Second City: Chicago-Style is a fast-paced sketch and improv comedy revue from The Second City featuring classic scenes from its legendary…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The School of Memory
Created by Héctor Álvarez in collaboration with Attilio Rigotti & Theatre Y What do we do with the darkness we inherit? The School of Memory is a family biography…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Suffs
BEHIND EVERY POWERFUL WOMAN… ARE MORE POWERFUL WOMEN. Direct from Broadway, comes the acclaimed Tony Award®-winning musical Suffs about the brilliant, passionate, and funny American…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Stars & Garters Presents “Stars & Garters After Dark”
Chicago’s brand new Stars & Garters, 3914 N Clark St, presents Stars & Garters After Dark, every Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rouge Room.…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dumb and Drummer
Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky’s epic novel distilled into a 90-minute play for three-actors and performed in TUTA’s hyper-intimate 24-seat theater. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT focuses on the plight of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Smiley
North American English-language premiere of the international hit by Spain’s Guillem Clua. When Alex leaves a voicemail for his ex, it lands in the inbox…
Theatre & Performing Arts
St. Nicholas
This is a play about theater critics. And this is a play about vampires. But we repeat ourselves. In this darkly humorous one-person show by…
Theatre & Performing Arts
“Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías
Welcome To The Block. Where the lawns are trimmed, the smiles are tight, and the passive aggression blooms year-round. Theatre EVOLVE presents “Native Gardens” —…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Goodman Theatre Presents Raven Theatre’s Production of OCTET
EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH August 2! Raven Theatre’s “astonishing” (Chicago Tribune) a cappella musical—hailed as “one of the most engrossing pieces of theater this…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Redtwist Theatre’s “‘Night Mother” By Marsha Norman
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces the cast and creative team for ‘night Mother, April 16 – May 24, by Marsha Norman and directed by Executive Artistic…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Redtwist Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “Deserted”
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre presents Deserted, playing June 14 through August 2, a world premiere by Melanie Coffey and directed by Laura Sturm, at Redtwist Theatre,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series
McAninch Arts Center (MAC) is pleased to announce the return of the Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series on Wednesdays and Thursdays, July 8-Aug. 6…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Iceboy! The Musical
Starts June 20 Extended a Third Time Through August 16! MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wizard of Oz”
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, 111 W. Campbell St., is proud to announce the cast and creative team…
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
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience is a high-energy night of improvisation from The Second City, with a few sketch surprises mixed in along the way. Built…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Factory Theater Presents “Two Out Of Three Falls” By Bill Daniel
The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to present Two Out of Three Falls, June 4 – July 18, written by Bill Daniel…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best Of Women Off-Colour
Enjoy an evening of sketch comedy at the world-renowned Second City! DESCRIPTION: An Indian, an Armenian and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar and…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Sketch Playlist at iO Theater
Sketch Playlist is a weekly sketch show that will feature all-new sketches every single week… the ultimate sketch playlist. Come see these writers and performers…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Theater of the Mind
Now Extended Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created by David Byrne…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions
Chicago Climate Week 2026
Chicago Climate Week is coming to Chicagoland July 18–25, 2026. As Chicago’s first community-led, distributed Climate Week, it brings together events hosted by nonprofits, businesses,…
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…
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