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Two staged readings of 'Palmer Park,' a play about a Detroit neighborhood's valiant fight to maintain racial integration during one of the nation's worst race riots, will coincide with Northwestern University's Martin Luther King Jr.

16th Street Theater, a part of the North Berwyn Park District, is proud to announce Joel Drake Johnson's THE END OF THE TOUR directed by Cecilie Keenan performing February 4 - March 6, 2010 at the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, with a press opening of Saturday, February 6 at 5:0

Private Lives by Noël Coward directed by Gary Griffin in Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater January 6 - March 7, 2010

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 25th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of Distracted, written by Lisa Loomer.

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Northwestern University's Dolphin Show is proud to announce that its 68th annual production, Parade, will open next Friday, January 22, 2010 in Cahn Auditorium on Northwestern's Evanston campus.

Strawdog Theatre Company is proud to announce a special event performance of Strawdog and Friends Present: The Phone Book, Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7 p.

Village Players Theater has decided the best way to warm up their Studio stage is with HOT STORIES, a late night event with hot soup and even hotter stories, on January 16th 2010 at 10:45pm.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year its Professional Leadership Program has been honored as one of the Top 10 Internships in America by leading career website Vault.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in association with Michael James presents Chess at the intimate, 50-seat setting of No Exit Café, 6970 N.

Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) proudly presents the first play in this season's New Play Workshop Series: a reading of Beau Johnson's The Whipping Boy, adapted from Sid Fleischman's Newbery Medal-winning novel of the same name.

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Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Share the Language of Shakespeare with the Young Person in Your Life!

The Saint Sebastian Players invite Chicago audiences to experience the fun side of one of the world's most respected playwrights with its second production of the 2009-10 season, "Chekhov's Shorts.

A Red Orchid Theatre closes its 2009-2010 season with Abigail's Party, written by Mike Leigh and directed by Shade Murray.

The one-woman, autobiographical show, Aiming for Sainthood, the third offering in Millennium Park's new theater lab series, In the Works, is coming to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion from March 25-27, 2010 at 7:30 p.

More than 500 of Chicagoland's young professionals will gather for a spectacular evening of cocktails, food, music, dancing, a silent auction and raffle prizes at the Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council's eighth annual Red or White Ball on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.

The stakes are high, the skirts are even higher, and you better believe the guitars are sharp!

Rehearsals begin today for Goodman Theatre's world-premiere production of The Long Red Road by Brett C.

Two community leaders in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago have accepted to serve on a new Board of Directors for Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, a Rogers Park-based cabaret theatre company.

The Noble Fool Theatricals Performing Arts Academy invites local youth to audition for several opportunities during the winter session, including: NFT Youth Ensemble's musical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the NFT Show Choir, and the children's musical performance program of You're a

Pegasus Players will kick off the New Year with its 24th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, a professional production of three winning one-act plays written by Chicago high school students.

New Millennium Theatre Company (NMTC) presents The Flaming Dames, Chicago's premier concept burlesque troupe.

Skokie Theatre Music Foundation is proud to present 'Love Letters', with performances on January 10th and January 24th, 2010.