Kathleen Akerley News

Actors Repertory Theatre presents Ghosts, A Family Drama in Three Acts by Henrik Ibsen in a new translation by Lanford Wilson. Directed by Kathleen Akerley and stage managed by Toni Goldberg, the show runs: January 31, February 1, 6, 7, 8 at 8 PM and February 1, 2, 8, 9 at 3 PM.

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) are resurrecting past champions (and a few new souls) in celebration of The Day of The Dead today, November 2, 2013 at the historic (and possibly haunted) Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. in Chicago.

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) are resurrecting past champions (and a few new souls) in celebration of The Day of The Dead on Saturday, November 2, 2103 at the historic (and possibly haunted) Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. in Chicago.

Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to announce its full 2013/14 Season, beginning this fall with the Chicago premiere of Bill Cain's spellbinding drama 9 CIRCLES directed by Marti Lyons. This winter, Sideshow begins its residency at Victory Gardens Theater with the Chicago premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig's THE GOLDEN DRAGON, translated by David Tushingham and directed by Artistic Director Jonathan L. Green and Marti Lyons. Sideshow's critically acclaimed 2012 production of Schimmelpfennig's Idomeneus earned the company a Jeff Award for Best Ensemble. Sideshow's 2013/14 Season concludes next spring with the world premiere drama TYRANT by Artistic Associate Kathleen Akerley. For tickets and additional information, visit www.sideshowtheatre.org.

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) are flexing their forearms and conjuring up some wicked good fun this fall at CLLAW-O-WEEN today, October 13, 2012 at O'Malley's Liquor Kitchen, 3551 N. Sheffield Ave. in Chicago. Get a taste of the event in the photos below!

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) are flexing their forearms and conjuring up some wicked good fun this fall at CLLAW-O-WEEN on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at O'Malley's Liquor Kitchen, 3551 N. Sheffield Ave. in Chicago. Get a taste of the event in the photos below!

This play presents a formidable challenge, but the cast and design team are up to the task. Playwright Kathleen Akerley shows promise.

Tickets are now on sale for 'THE ARISTOCRATS' at Warehouse Theater, located at 645 New York Ave NW

Tickets are now on sale for 'THE ARISTOCRATS' at Warehouse Theater, located at 645 New York Ave NW

The acclaimed American Century Theater, led by Artistic Director and founder Jack Marshall, announces its 2011-2012 Season, featuring five productions beginning in the Fall of 2011 and continuing throughout Summer 2012.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

The new theatrical season of Arlington's American Century Theater celebrates a Broadway masterpiece by a giant of TV's Golden Age, the first Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy by America's greatest tragedian, a return to the stage by the funniest Ziegfeld Girl, a grand comic classic by Ferber and Kaufman, and a science fiction social satire.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

Steppenwolf Theatre has selected Sideshow Theatre Company as one of three innovative Chicagoland storefront theatres to produce a show for Steppenwolf's 2nd Annual GARAGE REP.

Sideshow Theatre Company is bringing girl power back with a vengeance for the sixth time with The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestler's CLLAW VI! As arm wrestling leagues pop up all over this great country, Sideshow is proud to produce and host the Chicago League's sixth match benefiting Sideshow Theatre Company and Gilda's Club Chicago.

Sideshow Theatre Company is bringing girl power back with a vengeance for the sixth time with The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestler's CLLAW VI! As arm wrestling leagues pop up all over this great country, Sideshow is proud to produce and host the Chicago League's sixth match benefiting Sideshow Theatre Company and Gilda's Club Chicago.

As the Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on April 5th honors performances and productions from the past year, DC theatergoers will be hearing two gorgeous scores by Jason Robert Brown and Jeanine Tesori, and seeing a new opera about a boxer, a splashing pool on stage, Tyne Daley as diva Maria Callas, Maurice Hines tapping his way on the Lincoln Theatre stage, Mrs. Robinson seducing Benjamin, a red balloon thrilling young audiences, Harvey Fierstein wishing he was a rich man, tales and songs from a Scottish Jewish composer, a new children's show with lots of princesses, a little musical with the title in [ ], a triumphant mounting of a short-lived Broadway musical, and a wordless Kafka classic performed in Georgian style. The crocuses, cherry blossoms, and azaleas will be in full bloom, as the nation's capital will be awash in beautiful colors. It's the perfect time to visit and see some great shows in our DC area theatres.

Night Must Fall, a psychological thriller that takes audiences on a chilling journey into the mind of a murderer, targets Olney Theatre Center beginning September 30. Stage, screen and television actor Rosemary Prinz, perhaps best known for her role as Penny Hughes on As the World Turns, plays Mrs. Bramson.