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LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show
Who’s Line is it Anyways meets Fear Factor in LETS PLAY A GAME, a new short form show that’s a unique blend of comedy, chaos,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Direct from New York City, the tavern returns to Chicago with an all new production! The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is now…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Czech Heritage Week 2025
A vibrant celebration of Czech culture in Chicago! From September 20 to 28, 2025, a wide variety of Czech-themed events will take place across the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Part Two of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Late Nite Catechism, the Comedy Legend, Returns
Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade &…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Tom & Eliza
Tom & Eliza is a dual meditation on the choices we make (and those we don’t) in a world that spins relentlessly into the future. Performed…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Big White Fog
Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the Federal Theatre Project, and influenced…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Gangsta Baby
The hit production from the London Pub Theatre scene – first production in the US Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Book of Will
Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like ROMEO AND JULIET. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Light
Refracted Light was developed in workshops over the course of a year as part of EFCT’s New Works Development Project. A family faces the upheaval…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “Dream Hou$e”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company presents Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, September 12 – October 18, at the Den…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Wheel of Improv
Chicago’s top comedians battle it out for laughs, glory, and sweet sweet points in an interactive game show, featuring a live studio audience (that’s you!)…
Theatre & Performing Arts
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mr. Wolf
12 years ago, Theresa was stolen from her parents. Now a precocious 15-year-old, she has been rescued and returned to a family that had nearly…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Big White Fog
Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the Federal Theatre Project, and influenced…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Annoyance Sketch Show: Late Stage Everything
The trains are late, the apps are broken, the bees are dying, and the algorithm knows your deepest fears. So what do we do? We…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Direct from New York City, the tavern returns to Chicago with an all new production! The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is now…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Czech Heritage Week 2025
A vibrant celebration of Czech culture in Chicago! From September 20 to 28, 2025, a wide variety of Czech-themed events will take place across the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Shakespeare!
Gift this experience to your loved ones! Click here to check out our gift card. Join The Drunk Shakespeare Society for an unforgettable evening of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive
Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive is a solo show written and performed by Neo-Futurist Ensemble Member, Abby Pajakowksi. THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TICKS 89 SECONDS…
Theatre & Performing Arts
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mr. Wolf
12 years ago, Theresa was stolen from her parents. Now a precocious 15-year-old, she has been rescued and returned to a family that had nearly…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Direct from New York City, the tavern returns to Chicago with an all new production! The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is now…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Czech Heritage Week 2025
A vibrant celebration of Czech culture in Chicago! From September 20 to 28, 2025, a wide variety of Czech-themed events will take place across the…
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