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Theatre & Performing Arts
For Gustave
On the Spot Theatre Company is delighted to present the world premiere of For Gustave, a new drama about French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. For Gustave…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Physical Theater Festival Chicago Returns, Celebrating Movement-Based Performance
Physical Theater Festival Chicago announces their 2026 festival lineup of contemporary and movement-based performance, June 1 – 7, 2026 with performances at both Theater Wit,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
3 Stages of Love: Extraordinary Love
Ghostight presents the final installment of the cabaret series 3 Stages of Love: Extraordinary Love at My Buddy’s on three Fridays in June. The semi-autobiographical…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago, now in its 19th year! Join us for an evening of…
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
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
Smiley
North American English-language premiere of the international hit by Spain’s Guillem Clua. When Alex leaves a voicemail for his ex, it lands in the inbox…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
DRINK! The Sketch Comedy Drinking Game: Conspiracy Theory Edition
What really happened with the magic bullet? Is your phone listening to you? What are birds??? We may not have the answers, but we can…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Catch As Catch Can
When a prodigal son returns to blue collar New England, his homecoming sets off a spiraling crisis for two families, threatening not only their relationships…
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
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
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Now Extended Through June 21st: “Going Bacharach” Presenting the Greatest Hits of Bacharach at the Apollo Theater
Following the success of the Going Bacharach: The Songs Of An Icon Chicago debut, the musical revue has been extended to run through June 21 at the Apollo Theater. Rediscover the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Scaramouche
A musical based on the rip-roaring novel by Rafael Sabatini. Radicalized by his friend’s brutal murder on the eve of the French Revolution, a sardonic…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “The Last Five Years”
Oil Lamp Theater presents The Last Five Years, written and composed by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Christina Ramirez, June 5 – July 5,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
3 Stages of Love
Ghostlight begins its 9th Season with the first installment of a three-part cabaret experience devised by Ensemble Member Khnemu Menu-Ra, 3 Stages of Love. The…
Theatre & Performing Arts
3 Stages of Love Part 2: Simple Love/Unperfect Actor
Love always makes for a good story because some part of it is always relatable. And what better way to explore all the various sides…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Physical Theater Festival Presents Jet Lag
Jetlag is, above all, an emotional journey—one that is constantly out of step. Moving between airports, from crowded transit zones to the confined cabin of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Lincoln Lodge
The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Antigone
Contemporary adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s poetic drama of a woman forced to choose between following her moral compass and obedience to the laws of her…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Factory Theater Presents “Two Out Of Three Falls” By Bill Daniel
The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to present Two Out of Three Falls, June 4 – July 18, written by Bill Daniel…
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