Topdog/Underdog – Chicago
Oct3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Topdog/Underdog – Chicago

Get ready for an unforgettable night at the Downstairs Theatre At Steppenwolf Theatre – Chicago as we present “Topdog/Underdog – Chicago.” This powerful play delves…

Saturday, October 3rd
Downstairs Theatre At Steppenwolf Theatre – Chicago
1650 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60614
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents the Second Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival at the Dance Center of Columbia College
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Columbia College Chicago Dance Center
1306 South Michigan Avenue
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Oct3
Theatre & Performing Arts

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Young People’s Theatre of Chicago (YPT) launches its milestone Fifth-Anniversary Season with Laura Numeroff’s award-winning children’s classic, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! The…

Saturday, October 3rd
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Marriott Theatre Presents Come From Away
Oct3
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,…

Saturday, October 3rd
1:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive
The Goodman Premieres The 7 Fingers’ THE ATTIC – THINGS I’VE SEEN WHILE LYING ON MY BACK
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Black Girl From a White Suburb
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Topdog/Underdog
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Dial M for Murder”
Oct3
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,…

Saturday, October 3rd
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Shane
Oct3
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.…

Saturday, October 3rd
3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
The 37th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Returns September 20 – October 26 at Four Chicago Venues
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Facility Theatre
1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
The Cosmic Underground Show
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
cosmic underground theater
3433 W Fullerton Ave
Pandemonium, Please Hold
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
The Séance
Oct3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Séance

The Séance is an original stage show that recreates an authentic Victorian-era séance. We investigate the history, tell the stories of the participants, and demonstrate…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Stars & Garters
3914 N Clark St
The Séance: Live (and dead) in Chicago
Oct3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Séance: Live (and dead) in Chicago

We play with the dead. The Séance returns to Chicago’s Stars & Garters for Saturday nights this fall. Recreating the atmosphere and techniques of 19th-century…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Stars and Garters Theater
3914 N Clark St
I am the Wind
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd
The Second City Improv Social at Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
Oct3
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Second City Improv Social at Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk

Enjoy a 90-minute improv experience with The Second City, plus two cocktails and small bites for $110. Looking for a unique way to spend your…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
301 E. North Water Street
Jekyll& Hyde
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Chicago Horror Film Festival
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema
2828 N Clark St
Vape! The Grease Parody
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
Blood of the Lamb
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
The Swallow
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
El Jucio de Dorotea – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
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
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Topdog/Underdog
Oct3
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…

Saturday, October 3rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.