UFO Case Files
Nov1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions

UFO Case Files

A strange object in the sky. A cursed gas station hot dog. A llama with government clearance. Our performers create a brand new story influenced…

Sunday, November 1st
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
cosmic underground theater
3433 W Fullerton Ave
Pandemonium, Please Hold
Nov1
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…

Sunday, November 1st
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Vape! The Grease Parody
Nov1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Vape! The Grease Parody

Vape! lovingly pokes fun at all of the wonderful moments, sexual innuendos, outrageous characters, rivalries and secret romances from the original musical. The hair products may…

Sunday, November 1st
7:30 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
Nov1
Theatre & Performing Arts

ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”

After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…

Sunday, November 1st
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Albany Park
3030 West Lawrence
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

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…

Monday, November 2nd
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Monday Night PlayGround
Nov2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Monday Night PlayGround

PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 5 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND November 2, 2026, 7pm CT NEW VENUE: The Den & Simulcast Topic: AMERICA 250: The Dreamers, The Builders &…

Monday, November 2nd
7:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Jerker, or The Helping Hand
Nov2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jerker, or The Helping Hand

One of the most provocative and enduring theatrical works to emerge from the AIDS crisis. The play follows J.R. and Bert, two gay men who…

Monday, November 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
HERE: for the holidays
Nov2
Theatre & Performing Arts

HERE: for the holidays

A fitting show the night before the Midterm Elections— HERE: for the holidays on Monday, November 2 at 7:30PM at The Newport Theater; an innocently…

Monday, November 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
The Newport Theater
956 West Newport Avenue
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
Nov2
Theatre & Performing Arts

ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”

After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…

Monday, November 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Albany Park
3030 West Lawrence
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
Nov3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

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…

Tuesday, November 3rd
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Little Shop of Horrors
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Little Shop of Horrors

SOMETHING BIG IS GROWING ON SKID ROW… A down-on-his-luck floral assistant discovers an exotic plant with a craving for human flesh. As the carnivorous plant…

Tuesday, November 3rd
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Porchlight Music Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave
Adirondack Chair Circle
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Adirondack Chair Circle

A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their…

Tuesday, November 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
A Quiet End
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Quiet End

sSaged reading of Robin Swados’ deeply human drama about three gay men living together during the early years of AIDS. The play examines friendship, chosen…

Tuesday, November 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”

After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…

Tuesday, November 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Albany Park
3030 West Lawrence
Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 Chicago
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 Chicago

Tuesdays@9 Chicago is a popular cold-reading series that meets every Tuesday at 8:00 at Chicago Dramatists. Writers have 10 minutes of their newest writing read…

Tuesday, November 3rd
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
Nov4
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

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…

Wednesday, November 4th
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Always, Sometimes, Maybe
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Always, Sometimes, Maybe

Always, Sometimes, Maybe is an award winning, internationally acclaimed solo show about a janitor so lonely she makes her friends out of trash. When Lou…

Wednesday, November 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Adirondack Chair Circle
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Adirondack Chair Circle

A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their…

Wednesday, November 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Porchlight Music Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight Music Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors

For more than four decades, the Tony Award-winning musical Little Shop of Horrors has delighted millions of fans around the world with the funny and…

Wednesday, November 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
2433 North Lincoln Avenue
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”

After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…

Wednesday, November 4th
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Albany Park
3030 West Lawrence
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
Nov5
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

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…

Thursday, November 5th
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
You Are Here Presents: Fear
Nov5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

You Are Here Presents: Fear

Think Sesame Street, but queerer and for adults. Hopping wildfires, Jessee is stuck on scared! From the climate crisis to the hyper surveillance state, Jessee’s…

Thursday, November 5th
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy
2500 W. Chicago Ave.
Vape! The Grease Parody
Nov5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Vape! The Grease Parody

Vape! lovingly pokes fun at all of the wonderful moments, sexual innuendos, outrageous characters, rivalries and secret romances from the original musical. The hair products may…

Thursday, November 5th
7:30 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
73 Seconds
Nov5
Theatre & Performing Arts

73 Seconds

Obie Award winner and “multi-media whiz” (New York Times) Jared Mezzocchi tells the story of his mother’s relationship to NASA and outer space while asking us to…

Thursday, November 5th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Northwestern University Chicago Campus – Abbott Hall Wirtz Theatre
710 N DuSable Lake Shore Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60611