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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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU
Hot Kitchen Collective premieres THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU, a brand new multimedia performance. THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU is a strip of magnetic…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Dramatic Improv Festival
The Dramatic Improv Festival returns to Chicago, August 20-23 for four days celebrating the art of grounded, human, emotionally authentic improvisation. Hosted by Theatre Momentum,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Adolescent Salvation
Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker, and push each other to the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Presents the 17th Annual Newspaper Living Festival
Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to announce the schedule for the 17th Annual Living Newspaper Festival, August 20 – 24, at the Jackalope Theatre in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Music Theater Works Presents the Beloved Classic “West Side Story”
Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the second production of its 2026 season, West Side Story, in the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Nova Entertainment Presents “Hail Mary/Maria” by Playwright RJ Silva and Directed by Adam Reed
Nova Entertainment is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for Hail Mary/Maria, written by RJ Silva and directed by Adam Reed, August 14…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Windows
Olivia is a former soccer player still recovering from a career-ending injury. Her girlfriend, Natalie, is stuck in a job she’s not passionate about, caught…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Babes With Blades Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “yo ho.”
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2026 season opens with a world premiere, yo ho., by playwright SMJ, directed by JD Caudill and fight choreography…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “I Love You Because”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to announce its next production, I Love You Because, August 14 – September 13, book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Shane
In this World Premiere adaptation of the classic western, Shane, a mysterious stranger, shows up at the Starrett homestead in the Wyoming Territory in 1889.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Metal Shop Performance Lab & JunkHeart Present “Anatomy of a Suicide”
Produced in partnership with JunkHeart, The Metal Shop Performance Lab is proud to present Anatomy of a Suicide, August 12 – 30, at Redtwist Theatre,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Make Your Own Crappy Cake Art Class
The popular Crappy Cake Art Making Class is returning to WNDR this summer! Join Anna Lasbury, creator of one of WNDR’s most colorful installations “Life…
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
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Trouble With My Hair by Ada Cheng
The Trouble With My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am by Ada Cheng comes to five different locations across Chicago for five…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Henry IV Part 1
With war on the horizon, King Henry IV faces a rebellion led by the Percy family while his wayward son, Prince Hal spends his days…
Theatre & Performing Arts
THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU
Hot Kitchen Collective premieres THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU, a brand new multimedia performance. THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU is a strip of magnetic…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Make Your Own Crappy Cake Art Class
The popular Crappy Cake Art Making Class is returning to WNDR this summer! Join Anna Lasbury, creator of one of WNDR’s most colorful installations “Life…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Presents the 17th Annual Newspaper Living Festival
Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to announce the schedule for the 17th Annual Living Newspaper Festival, August 20 – 24, at the Jackalope Theatre in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Make Your Own Crappy Cake Art Class
The popular Crappy Cake Art Making Class is returning to WNDR this summer! Join Anna Lasbury, creator of one of WNDR’s most colorful installations “Life…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Happy Hour 3: A Staged Reading of Short Plays Set in Bars
In August, Ghostlight Ensemble will present the third installment of Happy Hour — a staged reading series made up of short plays with one thing in common,…
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
Music Theater Works Presents the Beloved Classic “West Side Story”
Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the second production of its 2026 season, West Side Story, in the…
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