Pandemonium, Please Hold
Oct2
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…

Friday, October 2nd
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
I am the Wind
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

I am the Wind

Two lifelong friends sail into open water: one edging closer to the pull of oblivion, the other with a question neither can escape. Nobel laureate…

Friday, October 2nd
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd
Jekyll& Hyde
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jekyll& Hyde

Kokandy Productions’ critically acclaimed revival of the 10-time 2025 Jeff Award–nominated musical JEKYLL & HYDE will make its Broadway In Chicago debut at the Broadway Playhouse at…

Friday, October 2nd
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
The 37th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Returns September 20 – October 26 at Four Chicago Venues
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The 37th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Returns September 20 – October 26 at Four Chicago Venues

Curious Theatre Branch, with co-producers Chicago Danztheater Ensemble, Chicago Dramatists and Labyrinth Club, are pleased to announce the 37th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, September 20…

Friday, October 2nd
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Facility Theatre
1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Chicago Horror Film Festival
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Horror Film Festival

The 28th Annual Chicago Horror Film Festival takes over Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema October 2–4, bringing 150+ independent horror films to two big movie theater…

Friday, October 2nd
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema
2828 N Clark St
Vape! The Grease Parody
Oct2
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…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
Blood of the Lamb
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blood of the Lamb

A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America. After her transcontinental flight is diverted to Dallas, a pregnant woman inexplicably finds herself trapped…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
The Swallow
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Swallow

THE SWALLOW is set during a private singing lesson between a choral director and a new student. As they work together on a song, what initially…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Black Girl From a White Suburb
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Black Girl From a White Suburb

Tour-de-force solo show by Tania Richard, adapted from her memoir Black Girl from a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice. Growing up in…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
El Jucio de Dorotea – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

El Jucio de Dorotea – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

This production is produced by Teatro Inovarte, written by Jose Rochel, Pachy Felix and Tim Johnson Felix and directed by Jose Rochel and presented in…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
The Goodman Premieres The 7 Fingers’ THE ATTIC – THINGS I’VE SEEN WHILE LYING ON MY BACK
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Goodman Premieres The 7 Fingers’ THE ATTIC – THINGS I’VE SEEN WHILE LYING ON MY BACK

The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, ground-breaking memoir that…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Topdog/Underdog
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Topdog/Underdog

“Take thuh cards and show me whatcha got!” Brothers Lincoln and Booth, named in jest, are two Black men living in America just trying to…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Vladimir
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Vladimir

About this show In a world where facts are manipulated and fear is currency, the truth becomes dangerous. As a new authoritarian government tightens its…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Theater Wit
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire”
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Refracted Theatre Company Presents “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire”

Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast and creative team of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, written by Samantha Hurley and…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Redtwist Theatre Presents The First Show of Its 22nd Season, “Prayer Circle”
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents The First Show of Its 22nd Season, “Prayer Circle”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre’s new 22nd season, “State of Violence,” begins with Prayer Circle, September 17 – November 8, by Erik Gernand and directed by Executive…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Dial M for Murder”
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Dial M for Murder”

Oil Lamp Theater is proud to announce the cast and creative team for its next production, Dial M for Murder, October 2 – November 1,…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents the Second Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival at the Dance Center of Columbia College
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents the Second Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival at the Dance Center of Columbia College

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) is proud to announce the return of the Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival, October 2 and 3, celebrating Latinx/e contemporary…

Friday, October 2nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Columbia College Chicago Dance Center
1306 South Michigan Avenue
Sir Thomas Madden Jr.
Oct2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Sir Thomas Madden Jr.

Then God created Sir Thomas Madden Jr. Averaging six feet, six-and-a-half inches, Sir Thomas Madden Jr. is Jeff Madden and Paul Thomas, an Atlanta-Chicago sketch…

Friday, October 2nd
8:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
The Cosmic Underground Show
Oct2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions

The Cosmic Underground Show

Step aboard for a one-of-a-kind journey where mind-reading, magic, comedy, and sci-fi collide in ways you won’t find anywhere else in Chicago. Hosted by real-life…

Friday, October 2nd
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
cosmic underground theater
3433 W Fullerton Ave
Freedom Riders with special guests Kurt Elling & Lizz Wright
Oct2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Freedom Riders with special guests Kurt Elling & Lizz Wright

In the 1960s, Freedom Rider activists challenged racial segregation in the Southern United States. With reverence for their courage and struggle, this groundbreaking international jazz…

Friday, October 2nd
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

220 S. Michigan Ave.
Idle Muse Theatre Company Presents “Witch”
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Idle Muse Theatre Company Presents “Witch”

Idle Muse Theatre Company continues its 20th anniversary season and kicks off the Halloween season with Witch, September 10 – October 10, written by Jen…

Friday, October 2nd
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.
Pandemonium, Please Hold
Oct2
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…

Friday, October 2nd
9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Rising Stars Burlesque Revue
Oct2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rising Stars Burlesque Revue

The Rising Stars Burlesque Revue runs regularly in Chicago, with recurring late-night Friday performances scheduled through December 11, 2026. This classic theatrical revue highlights the…

Friday, October 2nd
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Stars and Garters Theater
3914 N Clark St
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Oct3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

How did a dead body, a fake love letter, and — of all people — Ian Fleming turn the tide of World War II? Olivier…

Saturday, October 3rd
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602