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Dancers have returned to the Joffrey Ballet school after six months away due to the health crisis.

Goodman Theatre cancels this weekend's engagement of Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It!, including performances at Indian Boundary Park (tonight at 6pm) and Portage Park (tomorrow, September 26, at 3pm).

Arts Alliance Illinois and the Illinois Arts Council Agency will present a dynamic conference program for the 2020 One State Together in the Arts Virtual Conference taking place September 29 - October 2.

Teatro Vista announced today Ricardo Gutiérrez is stepping down as Executive Artistic Director after helming the company's artistic mission for the past eight years.

 PrideArts virtual fall season called REIGNITE will open on September 30 with a benefit concert conceived by PrideArts Artistic Director Donterrio Johnson that will intertwine original jazz compositions with poetry by James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams.

Chicago-based Possibilities Theatre Company has announced the cast and production team for its inaugural production of Tara Meddaugh's play Free Space.

Theatre venues in Chicago and across the world remain closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic while the industry in Chicago has developed creative ways to connect with audiences.

See Chicago Dance (SCD), the city's dance industry's nonprofit marketing and advocacy organization, reimagines its sixth annual Dance Community Celebration with an online video series, happy hour, and awards celebration.

Silent Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the expansion of its ensemble with two new members: Robyn Coffin and Phillip Lewis.

Strawdog Theatre Company is pleased to continue its all-virtual 33rd season with the digital U.

Chicago Philharmonic's 31st Season: Together safely brings beloved symphonic and chamber music to Chicagoans of all ages and backgrounds in virtual Fall a?oeHear it Togethera?? series and two socially-distanced, outdoor chamber concerts.

The Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (the Foundation) has announced today the launch of a major new Collections funding initiative to help museums, libraries, and other collecting organizations bring forward new and recovered narratives within the Foundation's two geographies:

National Geographic Documentary Films announced today that the critically acclaimed five-part documentary series from Participant and Kartemquin Films, CITY SO REAL, will air in an unprecedented one-night, five-hour, commercial-free event on Thursday, October 29 beginning at 7:00 p.

In light of ongoing 2020 health considerations and regulations that have forced Lyric to cancel live mainstage performances through December 31, 2020, Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera of Chicago's general director, president and CEO, has announced the company's reimagined slate of exciting artistic activi

As the COVID-19 continues to challenge the ways art is performed and experienced, ComEd and the League of Chicago Theatres today announced grants of up to $10,000 each to 12 non-profit arts organizations throughout northern Illinois to support the arts and encourage creativity in these unprecedented

PrideArts Artistic Director Donterrio Johnson today announced casting for the second entry in the company's four - show virtual fall season called REIGNITE! Johnson will direct the hilarious comedy BOX AND COX by John Maddison Morton, a loosely staged production to be recorded live in the Pride Arts

Chicago Sinfonietta today announced the young musicians who have been selected to participate in its nationally acclaimed Project Inclusion program, now in its 33rd season.

The New Colony will present a virtual reading of its sci-fi adventure Other Rockpools by Co-Artistic Director Fin Coe*, directed by Elyse Dolan on Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 pm.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its schedule for fall 2020, offering a variety of free and pay-to-view options for virtual experiences.

PYGMALION 2020 will kick off this Thursday, September 24 at 4PM CST and run through Saturday September 26 at midnight.

Naperville has a new school for the dramatic arts, a??Downstage Righta??, founded by local resident and Northern Illinois University graduate student Sylvie Baldwin.

Sponsored by the African American Arts Alliance and in celebration of Black Arts Month this October, several Black theaters of Chicago will partner for a united audition for Black theater artists.

Timber Lake Playhouse, the professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois has announced their next virtual offering in a season where coming together at the theatre isn't possible.

This winter, Trap Door Theatre will collaborate with eight directors to create a series of episodes adapted from Matei Visniec's Decomposed Theatre Or The Human Trashcan.

Come hear the singular voice and mind of Margaret Atwood at play, reflecting on the role of writing in helping us to understand our past and prepare for the future.