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Chicago Dramatists has announced its spring line up of writing courses! For a limited  time, the company is offering a 20% Early Bird Registration Discount on specific classes, when students  select the Early Bird Registration option at checkout.

The co-chairs of Northwestern University's 90th annual Waa-Mu Show have announced the title and theme for its upcoming production.

Looking ahead to its 35th anniversary later this year, the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg, welcomes guest musicians from around the world for its free virtual performance, How Can I Keep from Singing, which takes place Sunday, March 14 at 2 p.

Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for the FREE live reading of its newest Future Labs' play, The Secretaries by Omer Abbas Salem and directed by Audrey Francis.

After a successful inaugural event, Token Theatre returns with a new installment of ​ZAC EFRON ​by David Rhee, co-written by Wai Yim.

pring Break Camp dates are March 29-April 2, which coincide with CPS Spring Break.

Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F.

2020 winners of annual Winning Works choreographic competition reimagine their works for the virtual stage; livestream performances on March 25-26 and April 8-9

Northlight Theatre continues to engage audiences with its commitment to developing new work with two new plays.

By popular demand, in conjunction with Chicago Theatre Week, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre reopens streaming on-demand for their production of Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery February 25-March 7, 2021.

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On March 6th at 7:30pm CT, South Side Stage is hosting a staged reading of André Richardson Hogan II's Raisin Puffs - a play about three men's perspectives based on an assault (and upon a former classmate.

Based on the hit 1992 film of the same name, the musical tells the story of an aspiring Disco Diva who finds her true calling breathing new life into a dusty convent and finding a sisterhood she’s never had before!

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has selected Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell as its Artistic Director, following an executive search process led by Arts Consulting Group.

Is it a sin to answer your cell phone during Mass? Can you text your confession to your priest? Is it a sin to eat meat on a Friday during Lent? You'll learn the answers to these and more in Vicki Quade's comedy, Easter Bunny Bingo: Jesus, Resurrection, & Peeps!, reopening February 25, just in time

Bailey will work closely with Ian Damont Martin and Sandra Thompson, both of the Inclusion and Belonging arm of People and Culture.

Sideshow Theatre Company will launch its 2021 season with a one-night-only benefit screening of its 2018 hit You For Me For You, written by Mia Chung and directed by Ensemble Member Elly Green*.

Each year, Porchlight Music Theatre celebrates an individual who has made an exceptional and lasting contribution to the state of the art of Chicago music theatre with the prestigious Guy Adkins Award.

It was recently announced that Come From Away would be filmed live this spring, for release in September.

Award-winning Chicagoland romance author Dania Voss's Windy City Nights series is taking part in the Writers on the Moon project.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents Duchess! Duchess! Duchess! by emerging playwright Vivian J.

The Academy Award-winning actor graciously donated the autographed typewriter after working with SGT ensemble member Joe Forbrich on Broadway and several other projects.

South Side teens are invited to submit original digital shorts, storytelling, poetry, or prose in one of four categories.

This spring, the University of Chicago Presents shares eight new virtual programs featuring artists from around the world.

A 9-year-old boy overcomes challenges of being an outsider in the classroom in “Tomás and the Library Lady,” a play for young audiences based on the true story of American educational leader and author Tomás Rivera.