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4/19 - 6/1/2024
A Midwest Premiere bridging heartbreak and hope… Fay gives Hopkins hope and Hopkins helps Fay grieve her mother and the loss of her childhood home. ...
The Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright's Festival
6/1 - 6/2/2024
Public staged readings of three new plays by Chicago-based African American playwrights: Jessica Posey, Michael Jones, and Nehanda Loiseau Julot; directed by Melissa Golden, Jamal Howard, ...
Moonlight and Magnolias
6/2 - 6/3/2024
ELGIN THEATRE COMPANY in Elgin, IL to hold auditions for: Moonlight and Magnolias The Elgin Theatre Company is pleased to announce auditions for its upcoming ...
Murder in the Cathedral
5/3 - 6/16/2024
Murder in the Cathedral dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the hands of knights loyal to Henry II in 1170. Eliot wrote it ...
The Singularity Play
5/19 - 6/22/2024
CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with the world premiere of The Singularity Play, ...
Qualia
6/8 - 6/29/2024
An unusual love story that explores AI, human relationships, and the imperfection of human existence. In the aftermath of a global warming-induced nuclear apocalypse, Alex ...
Lifeline Theater’s Retelling of Nambi E. Kelly’s Native Son
5/10 - 6/30/2024
Lifeline Theatre continues their 2023-24 season of Big Stories, Up Close with a retelling of Native Sonm Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley ’s “gutsy, powerful, and ...
Romeo and Juliet
7/5 - 7/7/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Die Hard 4 Your Luv
5/31 - 7/13/2024
The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to announce the third production of The Factory’s 29th season, Die Hard 4 Your Luv, opening ...
The Sarcoma Cycle
6/5 - 7/13/2024
Director/playwright Logan Berry presents the world premiere of THE SARCOMA CYCLE , a new trilogy of plays, opening at the Color Club in June, 2024. ...
Romeo and Juliet
7/12 - 7/14/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Three Sisters
6/4 - 7/14/2024
Anton Chekhov’s classic play, packed with action and emotion, chronicles three and a half years in the falling fortunes of the four children of a ...
Romeo and Juliet
7/19 - 7/21/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Romeo and Juliet
7/26 - 7/28/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Romeo and Juliet
8/2 - 8/4/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Romeo and Juliet
6/28 - 8/4/2024
Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...
Wells and Welles
7/18 - 8/11/2024
It’s 1940, exactly two years after Orson Welles’ infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, a show that infuriated author HG Wells. By an amazing ...
Act of God
8/2 - 8/25/2024
An Act of God by David Javerbaum directed by Pat Henderson TICKETS* Tickets: $39.50 RaueNOW: $27.65 Based on a satirical book and Twitter account, An ...
Bandstand
9/13 - 10/20/2024
Bandstand Music by Richard Oberacker Book and Lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker Directed by Dan Ellis TICKETS* Tickets: $39.50 RaueNOW: $27.65 It’s 1945. ...
Re-Writing the Declaration
11/1 - 11/3/2024
Written and Directed by Quenna Barrett Friday, November 1, 2024 at 7:30PM Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 7:30PM Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2PM PERFORMED ...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
9/10 - 2/1/2025
IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. ...
DOG SEES GOD
4/3 - 4/6/2025
An "unauthorized continuation," this play reimagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as degenerate teenagers.
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