Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy
The Sarah Siddons Society presents this Chicago premiere written and performed by Almanya Narula. Born into an Indian family of Sufi royalty, Noor Inayat Khan…
National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen
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Purpose
For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there…
Sunsets: Two Acts on a Beach
Long-lost drama by an early pioneer of gay theater. An evening of two plays set next to a men’s room on a Florida gulf coast…
I Think It Could Work – A Works in Progress Contemporary Circus Show
Young Circus Company & Acrobatic Trio’s Work-In-Progress Show Plays in Chicago’s Logan Square Neighborhood at Aloft Circus Arts November 17th Chicago, November 13, a new…
Killing of a Gentleman Defender
When Martín is hired to create a play for Chicago’s youth about violence on the Southside, he’s conflicted between the Northside institution funding him and…
Is God Is
Twins Anaia and Racine receive a mission from their presumed dead mother, God, to seek revenge on their father. Stretching from the Dirty South to…
Cafecito
In their local coffee shop, creatives of all ages gather to work on, discuss, and perform art. Cafecito is a story about how the capitalist…
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch
Marjorie Taub lives comfortably with her doctor husband Ira in an expensively furnished condo near Zabar’s and spends her days and evenings pursuing culture at…
Fairview
Dinner is served in the Frasier household…or at least, it is cooking. With the clock ticking towards Mama’s birthday party, Beverly frantically tries to corral…
The Lion in Winter
It is Christmas in the 12th century, and Henry II’s family is in tatters. His once-loving wife and now sworn enemy, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has…
A Christmas Carol
“It is a gift from the Goodman to us. Experience it for yourself. You will not be disappointed” – Broadway World Experience the “perfect Chicago holiday…
Hit the Wall Special Reading
HIT THE WALL offers a poignant and powerful exploration of the 1969 Stonewall riots. The play’s recurring phrase, “I was there,” lends a sacred weight…
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