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Abigail Faulkner has vanished under mysterious circumstances, leaving her family with nothing but questions. Thankfully, true crime YouTuber Nathan Kraus has taken it upon himself…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hookman
For fans of movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Freaky & Scream, Bump in the Night Theatre brings slashers to the stage…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Hooch & Holler Comedy Show
Every Wednesday The Best Speakeasy In Chicago Hosts The Hottest Comedians The City Has To Offer! Indulge In Our Amazing Craft Cocktails And Enjoy An…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Fizz Show
Join iO house team Fizz for Chicago’s most carbonated improv show. Wednesdays at 10 p.m., Fizz cracks open a high-octane, full-sugar set of one-night-only scenes,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Theater of the Mind
Now through July 12, 2026 Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Covenant
BY YORK WALKER DIRECTED BY MALKIA STAMPLEY “Everybody got a secret.” Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Arts & Healing
Arts Healing Across Communities is a six-month initiative that integrates professional performance, participatory arts, and culturally grounded wellness workshops to foster healing, resilience, and collective…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Spamalot
THE SHOW THAT SET BROADWAY BACK 1,000 YEARS…RETURNS! TOURING ACROSS AMERICA THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL COMEDY MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Peter Marks of The Washington…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Stories
Join Cunning Folk Theatre Co. for a new play based on a tale by classic Yiddish author Y.L. Peretz (and the company’s Midwest debut!) In…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Conspirators Presents “Tartuffe, or The Charlatan”
The Conspirators present Tartuffe, or, The Charlatan by playwright Molière (1622-1673), directed by Wm. Bullion, at Stars & Garters, 3914 N. Clark St., May 8…
Theatre & Performing Arts
An Enemy of the People
An award-winning new take on the historic masterwork about citizens standing up to power. When a respected doctor in small-town Norway makes a deadly discovery…
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
Dark Side of the Pillow Sketch Comedy Show
The thoughts you have at 2 a.m.? We put them on stage. Looking for a night out that feels unmistakably Chicago? Dark Side of the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Covenant
BY YORK WALKER DIRECTED BY MALKIA STAMPLEY “Everybody got a secret.” Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed…
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
First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”
A catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist. A play that is not about corporations, not about warehouses, and certainly not about billionaires.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Windfall
This is a story about money. Don’t let them fool you otherwise. When a father loses his child in a clash with the local police,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
[producing body] Presents “Spaceman”
[producingbody] is pleased to announce the Chicago premiere of Spaceman, by Leegrid Stevens and directed by Eric Slater, May 19 – June 13, at The…
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
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Abigail Faulkner has vanished under mysterious circumstances, leaving her family with nothing but questions. Thankfully, true crime YouTuber Nathan Kraus has taken it upon himself…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Always…Patsy Cline
This musical play, complete with down-home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, Walkin’ After Midnight and more! Starring ensemble member Liz Chidester as Patsy…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play”
Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play, written and directed by Terry Guest, May 28…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hookman
For fans of movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Freaky & Scream, Bump in the Night Theatre brings slashers to the stage…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Le Bal
Le Bal is a newly commissioned devised play inspired by Ettore Scola’s iconic film—a sweeping, dialogue-free production that tells the story of political and personal…
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