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Deerfield High School Theatre in Deerfield, Illinois, has announced that they will be the first high school in the world to produce Making Gay History: Before Stonewall, created by Joe Salvatore, adapted from Eric Marcus's Making Gay History.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago's newest, state-of-the-art training studio, Dance On Broadway, has opened in Lakeview East on the popular stretch of Broadway at 3126 N.

Chicago's own Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon will perform in this virtual gala benefiting the rebuilding and restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents two live, online readings of Days of Decision—the music of Phil Ochs, devised and performed by Artistic Affiliate Zachary Stevenson as part of “The Room” series.

In Chicago, old habits die hard.

THE SPIN is a brand-new dark comedy written specifically for the digital medium, commissioned and produced by Interrobang Theatre Project of Chicago.

The Wirelings, an experimental digital theatre company, have announced their formation, as well as their first production season.

Stage Left Theatre announces their upcoming online production of The Project(s), written by PJ Paparelli and Joshua Jaeger, and directed by Christian Helem in his Stage Left debut.

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces the new digital membership: The Secret Passage, which includes exclusive programming of enthralling stories, virtual delights and artist engagement opportunities.

Chicago Dance Crash and Artistic Director Jessica Deahr will premiere The Last First: Professional Dancemaking in 2020 Chicago — a bouncing, 50-minute documentary telling the story of the Crash Performance Ensemble and creative staff negotiating today’s climate to create and film three new re

When a racist Snapchat makes its way around a high school its students are left to grapple with their own history, biases and privilege.

Familiar tales from long ago and student-created stories will debut Oct.

Arts + Public Life, an initiative of UChicago Arts, and Definition Theatre Company announce Definition as the resident theatre company for Fall 2020/Winter 2021 at the Green Line Performing Arts Center, 329 E Garfield Blvd in Chicago.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its newest virtual offering, the first online production of its New Faces Sing Broadway series, New Faces Sing Broadway 1987, hosted by Larry Adams, directed by Christopher Pazdernik and with music direction and arrangements by David Fiorello.

Celebrating Asian-American theater artists, and forging ahead in the face of COVID-19 to promote inclusive Chicago theatre, Token Theatre is offering a glimpse into an original play, featuring Telly Leung of Broadway's RENT and GODSPELL, and TV's GLEE.

The Conspirators will be making videos of their works, Accidental Death of a Black Motorist (2019) and The Deckchairs, or Make the Titanic Great Again (2018) available to the public for a LIMITED RUN on their website.

Season of Concern, the emergency fund for Chicago theater artists, is thrilled to announce it will co-produce a virtual production of Fefu and Her Friends, Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés' feminist masterwork, in partnership with much-admired Chicago theater artist Mary Beth Fisher.

To celebrate the Indian holiday of Diwali, the National Indo-American Museum presents The Story of Ram 2020, a virtual performance by Mandala South Asian Performing Arts and collaborating guest artists in four sequential episodes December 1–4, with the entire story December 5.

Due to popular demand, Strawdog Theatre Company's U.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has canceled the remainder of Lyric's 2020/21 Season, based on guidance from city and state agencies regarding the ongoing health crisis.

Chicago Children’s Theatre has added one more week to its current fall run of The Beatrix Potter Drive-In Theatre Experience, the company’s all-new, outdoor, socially distanced production that has been playing since October 1 to sold out parking lots.

From Sunday, October 25th through Tuesday, October 27th, the Alliance For Jewish Theatre will hold its annual conference completely online.

On Friday, October 23, 2020, theater director Corey Bradberry will be the guest on radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee.

The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago has announced the 2020 winner of the prestigious Actor of the Year Award, Brian Stokes Mitchell, one of our country's central leading Broadway stars since the 1990s, as well as an accomplished TV and film actor.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the Voices of Tomorrow: Their World on Stage fundraising event on December 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.