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Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…
Friday, May 22nd
12:00 a.m. – Saturday, May 23rd
1:00 a.m.Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.Theatre & Performing Arts
The Three Little Pigs at Stahl Family Theatre
Meet Roxanne, Petunia, and Babe…three Sister Piggies who set out to build their own houses. Roxanne (the Rock’n Roll Pig) builds hers out of Sticks,…
Friday, May 22nd
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont AveTheatre & 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…
Friday, May 22nd
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Infinite Wrench
Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…
Friday, May 22nd
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.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
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
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
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,…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614Theatre & 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…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.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
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wedding Singer”
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, 111 W. Campbell St., is proud to announce the cast and creative team…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell StreetTheatre & Performing Arts
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
Wild Door Theater presents the Midwest premiere of Maybe Tomorrow, a darkly funny and unsettling new play by Max Mondi and directed by Andrew Gallant,…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657Theatre & Performing Arts
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
Wild Door Theater presents the Midwest premiere of Maybe Tomorrow, a darkly funny and unsettling new play by Max Mondi and directed by Andrew Gallant,…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657Theatre & Performing Arts
Content
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…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N. Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614Theatre & 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…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.TimeLine Theatre Company
5035 N BroadwayTheatre & 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…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln BlvdTheatre & 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
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…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Company
From musical theatre’s most renowned composer, Company is largely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and the winner of six Tony Awards,…
Friday, May 22nd
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln AvenueMusic & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Missed Call Sketch Comedy Show
Missed Call is a premier Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday — inspired by the audience’s suggestion!
Friday, May 22nd
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.The Annoyance Theatre
851 W. Belmont Ave.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…
Friday, May 22nd
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
3905 N Lincoln AveTheatre & 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…
Friday, May 22nd
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.

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