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In its continuing mission to help address the absence of live theater performances, First Folio Theatre will offer a streaming video recording of MADMEN & PRISONERS: TWO TALES BY POE, adapted for the stage by David Rice and directed by Skyler Schrempp.

Black Lives, Black Words, a Chicago-based activist theater company that provides local black creatives with an artistic platform, is bringing its poignant and powerful a?oePlays for the Peoplea?? virtual series to a close with the last two plays to be livestreamed via Zoom in October and November.

Trap Door Theatre has announced its 27th season, which includes Decomposed Theatre Or The Human Trashcan, The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey, Medea Material, and The Water Hen.

Tony Award winner Rondi Reed and Steppenwolf's Francis Guinan will star in a world premiere virtual reading of Adam Szymkowicz's Such Small Hands, directed by Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre BJ Jones on October 14, 2020, at 7:30 PM, as part of Kane Repertory Theatre's New Play Lab.

Indian Valley Theatre has announced that it will be taking an intermission, and will not present any shows until 2021.

On Friday, October 16, radio host Rikki Lee Travolta welcomes New Works Virtual Festival producer Kevin Pollack to 101.

Mundelein Theatre will present an outdoor production of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare in the Mundelein High School Stadium.

Just in time for Halloween, AstonRep Theatre Company launches its 2020-21 season with a free streaming radio broadcast of Twisted Tales of Poe, based on Tales of Edgar Allen Poe, adapted by Philip Grecian and directed by Aaron Mays.

Ghostlight Ensemble is seeking short scripts (a maximum of 15 minutes) that are geared toward young audiences.

SapphFest: All Boo'd Up is Violet Surprise Theatre's fifth virtual variety show celebrating queer women and non-binary artists.

Actors, artists and craftsmen, interested in expanding your skill set? Learn the art of puppetry with live, online workshops from the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.

Northwestern Universitya??s School of Communication has announced the creation of the Kelsey Pharr, Jr.

Actor Bradley Mott, a bright star in the Chicago theatre scene, has passed away at age 64 of pancreatic cancer.

The iO Theater has been put up for sale.

Envisioning a rich, thriving creative arts community in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, arts professionals Phil Reynolds and Heather Hartley announce the launch of Trillium Arts, a nonprofit residency center that provides regional, national and international artists in various disciplines tim

Transporting viewers to the heart of the Indian state of Rajasthan, Mandala South Asian Performing Arts presents a?oeRaj Rang: Colors of Rajasthan,a?? a virtual concert Sunday, October 18 at 8 p.

Interrobang Theatre Project is pleased to launch its eleventh season with The Spin, a virtual dark comedy ripped from the headlines, written and directed by Spenser Davis and commissioned by ITP.

Lifeline Theatre is adding to their new membership program to accommodate for upcoming KidSeries programming.

With an eye on the future and a connection to its roots, Red Clay Dance Company (RCDC) is relocating to a newly developed space at Woodlawn Station, 808 E.

Hell in a Handbag Productions once again takes on the classic 1970s disaster film genre with a totally ridiculous twist! Airport 1970SOMETHING is a parody that celebrates the popular '70s Airport disaster film series, edited and dubbed over with new dialogue by Handbag ensemble members and some of C

American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents two live, online readings of Alma, winner of the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, written by Benjamin Benne and directed by Ana Velazquez as part of 'The Room' series.

Looking for a fun event for the Halloween season? Get your best costume on, have a safe-distanced get-together, and watch HOLY GHOST BINGO, the perfect comedy for this fall season!

Northwestern's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts today announced its fall 2020 lineup of virtual offerings.

This year the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! Eligibility is for productions which opened between 2011 and September 30th, 2020.

The Annoyance Theatre will celebrate the ONLINE return of its flagship show; 'Splatter Theater'.