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Nana
Apr19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Nana

Trap Door Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Season closes with Olwen Wymark’s splendid dramatization of Zola’s Nana: a story of sexual and financial greed in nineteenth-century Parisian…

Friday, April 19th
8:00 p.m.9:45 p.m.
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland, Chicago, IL, 60622
Bible Bingo: A Comedy With God, Games, & Silly Prizes
Apr19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bible Bingo: A Comedy With God, Games, & Silly Prizes

Now in its 14th year, Bible Bingo is a long-running comedy about the Catholic culture of fundraising and bingo, featuring the character, Mrs. Mary Margaret…

Friday, April 19th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield
Apr19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield

Tickets for Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield in Chicago🎫 VIP – Get a free VIP bag full of various merchandise from Thom Britton…

Friday, April 19th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Sideshow Gelato
4819 North Western Avenue
The Factory Theater Announces Party at the Pantheon: A Modern Greek
Apr19
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Factory Theater Announces Party at the Pantheon: A Modern Greek

CHICAGO – The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to announce the second production of The Factory’s 28th season, Party at the Pantheon:…

Friday, April 19th
8:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St. , Chicago, IL, 60626
Improvised Sitcom
Apr19
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised Sitcom

Cue the laugh track- it’s a very special episode of your favorite long running tv show! The gang gets up to the same ‘ol wacky…

Friday, April 19th
8:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Second City
230 W North Ave., 2nd Floor
The Improvised Housewives of iO
Apr19
Friday, April 19th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
The Improvised Housewives of iO
Apr19
Friday, April 19th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Voila: The Improvised Musical
Apr19
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Voila: The Improvised Musical

iO Chicago presents: a fully made-up, off-off-off Broadway style musical every Friday at 10pm in the Fremont Theater. Spend your Friday night with us. See…

Friday, April 19th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s The S Paradox
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s The S Paradox

CHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2024 season opens with The S Paradox, written by Joining Sword & Pen International Playwright Competition and…

Saturday, April 20th
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St. , Chicago, IL, 60626
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble presents the world premiere of “Meditations On Being”
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble presents the world premiere of “Meditations On Being”

CHICAGO – Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE) begins its 22nd season with “Meditations On Being,” March 1 – 9 in the Auditorium at Ebenezer Lutheran Church,…

Saturday, April 20th
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
1650 W Foster Ave
A Year with Frog and Toad
Apr20
Jun16
Saturday, April 20th
9:30 a.m.Sunday, June 16th
11:30 a.m.
Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S. Racine St, Chicago, IL, 60607
Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Apr20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

When young Goldilocks stumbles upon a quaint cottage and goes inside to explore, she has no idea it belongs to three bears who are on…

Saturday, April 20th
10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Apr20
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Saturday, April 20th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
Chicago
Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Apr20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

When young Goldilocks stumbles upon a quaint cottage and goes inside to explore, she has no idea it belongs to three bears who are on…

Saturday, April 20th
11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Apr20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, April 20th
12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Celebrating over 55 years of partnership with the Auditorium Theatre, the illustrious Alvin Ailey returns to its Chicago home for a must-see six-performance program with…

Saturday, April 20th
1:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Auditorium Theatre
50 E Ida B Wells Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Everyone dies, but not everyone’s death is pre-ordained by Shakespeare. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead puts the spotlight on two of Shakespeare’s minor characters as they wrestle…

Saturday, April 20th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Purpose
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Purpose

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there…

Saturday, April 20th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Working – A Musical
Apr20
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…

Saturday, April 20th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804
Late Nite Catechism
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Late Nite Catechism

Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade &…

Saturday, April 20th
5:00 p.m.6:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Teatro Zinzanni
Apr20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, April 20th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Apr20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Saturday, April 20th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Dalí: Surrealist Symphony of Dance
Apr20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dalí: Surrealist Symphony of Dance

Dalí is an evening-length dance work inspired by the life and art of Salvador Dalí. Dancers explore surrealism through movement and bring visually stimulating worlds…

Saturday, April 20th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Apr20
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…

Saturday, April 20th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
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