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See Chicago Dance’s Chicago Dance Month Returns This June
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

See Chicago Dance’s Chicago Dance Month Returns This June

See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago…

Friday, June 6th
Various locations
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Jun6
Jun7
Theatre & Performing Arts

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, June 6th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, June 7th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency

The Open Studio series is a wide variety of public engagements during each residency cohort. Open Studio events are free, informal, and open to the…

Friday, June 6th
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
Scandalous Boy
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Scandalous Boy

The story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in pre-Christian Rome but framed in a twenty-first century setting with the statue of…

Friday, June 6th
6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Teatro Zinzanni
Jun6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Friday, June 6th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Jun6
Music & 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, June 6th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
ComedySportz Chicago
Jun6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, June 6th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
ComedySportz Chicago
Jun6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, June 6th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
The Olde School Shakespeare Collective Presents Julius Caesar
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Olde School Shakespeare Collective Presents Julius Caesar

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar explores the nature of power, loyalty, and betrayal, focusing on a conspiracy that leads to the assassination of a powerful leader. In…

Friday, June 6th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
My Buddy’s
4416 North Clark Street
You Will Get Sick
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

You Will Get Sick

A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz. Welcome…

War of the Worlds
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

War of the Worlds

Breaking news: the Martians have landed…in Chicago! Our world is being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours, yet just as mortal. They…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.
Lifeline Theater, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60626
6912 N. Glenwood Ave.
Titanique
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Titanique

Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.9:10 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
An Iliad
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

An Iliad

A timely and gripping retelling of Homer’s epic poem, An Iliad returns to Court’s stage, illuminating the human cost of conflict with breathtaking urgency. Timothy Edward Kane reprises his…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

In 1920, Karel Čapek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents its 2025 Concert Series
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents its 2025 Concert Series

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) is pleased to announce its Spring 2025 Concert Series, helmed by co-founder and artistic director Wilfredo Rivera, at the Ruth…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Oil Lamp Theater Announces “The Marvelous Wonderettes”
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Oil Lamp Theater Announces “The Marvelous Wonderettes”

Oil Lamp Theater’s next production is The Marvelous Wonderettes, written and created by Roger Bean, with musical arrangements by Brian William Baker, orchestrations by Michael…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.10:10 p.m.
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
The Joffrey Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Joffrey Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Experience this Chicago premiere with The Joffrey Ballet, the first American ballet company to bring Wheeldon’s Wonderland to life. Plunge down the rabbit hole into…

Friday, June 6th
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
The Lincoln Lodge
Jun6
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…

Friday, June 6th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Evanston Salt Costs Climbing

Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL, where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes…

Friday, June 6th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Galileo
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Galileo

Galileo is a humanizing and compelling portrait of the great scientist, torn between his scientific principles and his desire for the comfortable life that compliance with…

Friday, June 6th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland St.
Chicago Cop Macbeth
Jun6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Cop Macbeth

The Conspirators present Chicago Cop Macbeth by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Wm. Bullion, at the Otherworld Theatre, 3914 N. Clark St., May 16…

Friday, June 6th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
Lowkey Funny Comedy Show
Jun6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Lowkey Funny Comedy Show

This monthly show will shine light on some of Chicago’s emerging talent in stand-up, improv/ sketch comedy, and up and coming music artists. Break away…

Friday, June 6th
8:30 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
3175 N. Broadway St
Trapped in a Musical – an improvised musical
Jun6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Trapped in a Musical – an improvised musical

Trapped in a Musical is a completely improvised Broadway-style show created before your very eyes. It’s the opening and closing night of a brand new…

Friday, June 6th
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
ComedySportz Chicago
929 W. Belmont Ave.
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