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The Fall 2020 Chicago Humanities Festival will host a range of leading voices on the most pressing issues of our time in the first all-digital Fall Festival in the organization's thirty-year history.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to welcome audiences back with UNDER THE STARS WITH HANDBAG: A Drive-In Festival a?' five fun and socially-responsible weekends of Handbag productions on a big outdoor screen! Featuring a different show each week, Handbag's pop-up drive-in festival will play

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary season with fall offerings that include the annual Collaborative Works Festival, two recitals as part of the Lieder Lounge series, and the first installment of a Polish song workshop.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project will present RHYTHM WORLD 29.

Dear Krannert Center, I miss you.

Northwestern University Theatre students are demanding the department take anti-racist action and accountability.

The next four plays which will be workshopped in The New Play Lab and streamed live on YouTube have been announced.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced a one-night watch party of Eastland: An Original Musical Watch Party, Thursday, August 20 at 7pm (Central), a free online public fundraiser of the acclaimed production in support of Lookingglass Theatre Company.

The Paramount Theatre has announced that it is postponing the entire 2020-2021 Paramount Broadway season one year, until 2021-2022.

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces Eastland: An Original Musicala??Watch Partya??will take place on Thursday, August 20 at 7pm CT, a free online public fundraiser of the acclaimed productiona??in support of Lookingglass Theatre Company.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Emmanuel Neal as the organization's new Interim Managing Director as a part of its 2019 strategic plan facilitated by the Arts and Business Council of Chicago's Business Volunteers for the Arts program.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced several online events taking place in August that speak to the organizationa??s mission to provoke conversations that lead to positive social change.

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF), the nation's leading pulmonary fibrosis (PF) patient education and advocacy organization, has appointed actress and comedienne, Julie Halston, to its Board of Directors.

Manager of Individual and Major Gifts Victoria Rodriguez shares her passion for building meaningful connections with donors and her coworkers to a?oetake care of the people who take care of us.

A new theatre ensemble, 'ACT NOW', has joined forces with SocialWorks and ChiArts Alumni to bring you a one night only event of monologues to support Black Lives.

American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, announces a?oeThe Rooma??, a brand-new reading series that brings original work, plays in development, and new stories to Chicago audiences.

To bring entertainment to audiences stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, It's Showtime Theatre of Huntley, the resident theater group of the Huntley Park District, is premiering a Virtual Talent Show on the park district YouTube channel.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced a new three-day celebration and fundraiser in honor of its 25th Anniversary, PorchlightPalooza, Friday, Aug.

Sana Selemon is the new executive director of BoHo Theatre in Chicago.

The historic Lincoln Square Theatre in  downtown Decatur will undergo renovations and restorations this year.

The Show Will Go On! promises to be an evening of joy featuring more than 60 of Chicagoland's best young professional actors covering their favorite musical theatre songs.

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago has announced their fall programming season, which includes classes, discussion groups, virtual residencies for local artists, and more.

In response to the need for more dance critics, new voices and emergent forms of dance writing, See Chicago Dance (SCD), the Chicago dance industry's nonprofit service organization, announces the inaugural cohort of Critical Dance Writing Fellows.

International Voices Project has announced that its 11th season of play readings by playwrights from around the world takes place virtually, September 2 - October 21.

Manual Cinema's LIVE Tele-FUN-draiser World Premiere Special, Saturday, August 22 at 8 p.