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Pegasus Theatre Chicago shines the spotlight on the next generation of authors at its 29th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, featuring three world premiere works written by Chicago high school students exploring 'expectations' and staged in a professional production.

Big Deal Productions managed by the Buffalo Grove Park District is pleased to offer STEEL MAGNOLIAS, which is packed with laughter, love and everything in the middle.

MadKap Productions will present BEAU JEST by local playwright James Sherman, for ten performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Skokie, February 5 - 21, 2016.

Court Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J.

Court's production of Satchmo will be part of a community-wide Louis Armstrong Festival, happening in partnership with The Beverly Arts Center, The Logan Center at the University of Chicago, The Promontory, South Shore Jazz Coalition, The Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Louis Armstrong Archive

Signal Ensemble Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of The Consultant by Heidi Schreck and directed by Signal Ensemble Theater Co-Artistic Director Ronan Marra at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W.

Big Noise Theatre Company, a division of Winnetka Theatre, announces the opening of their 2016 season with the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore - an intimate collection of stories written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

BoHo Theatre opens its 12th season with the popular song cycle FUGITIVE SONGS by Chris Miller and Nathan Lysen, directed by Zachary L.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of Annie Baker's 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick.

Since its debut in 2002, The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival has grown from 33 local Chicago Sketch Comedy groups gathering together to perform their craft to the largest festival of its kind in the world, attracting over 1,000 artists and 10,000 patrons annually.

From the rise of the Occupy movement to the outrage over the National Security Agency's data collection, these words have become familiar to anyone who scans news headlines.

The Trap Door Theatre presents THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, Thursday, January 14, 2016-Saturday, February 20, 2016.

From creator Priya Narayan, Bindis and Bruises is a dance and theater production bringing awareness and hope around domestic violence and sexual abuse; a piece that highlights the abuse while providing solutions of change.

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble continues with their 15th season dedicated to the woman's voice.

TEN, The Gift Theatre's annual season kickoff celebration of ten 10-minute plays curated by artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton and associate artistic director Paul D'Addario, returns this year as TEN (+5) to honor the 15 year anniversary, tonight, January 1-10, 2016.

Pegasus Theatre Chicago shines the spotlight on the next generation of authors at its 29th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, featuring three world premiere works written by Chicago high school students and staged in a professional production.

Promethean Theatre Ensemble's 10th Anniversary Season begins with Polly Teale's BRONTE, directed by guest artist Jaclynn Jutting.

The Broadway World Chicago team of critics looks back on the 2015 theater season for what we were most thankful for.

Blue Man Group will bring overjoy to the world this holiday season with the announcement of additional performances, including four special New Year's Eve shows, to its ongoing run at Chicago's Briar Street Theatre (3133 N.

?The Palmer House Hilton is proud to announce that it will once again host one of Chicago's premier New Year's Eve events Big Night America's Chicago New Year's Eve Party: Big Night Chicago, tonight, Dec.

Who are you? What are we? Do I repeat the chorus or hit the bridge? Explore these questions and more at The Neo-Futurists' upcoming show, POP WAITS.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) welcomes Cheek by Jowl and Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre's internationally acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE to kick off the line-up for the yearlong Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration.

The pre-Broadway World Premiere of GOTTA DANCE officially opened earlier this week on December 28 and will play through January 17, 2016, at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre (18 W Monroe St, Chicago), before opening on Broadway in the Fall of 2016.

Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to announce casting for its world premiere of David Jacobi's chilling new drama MAI DANG LAO, directed by artistic associate Marti Lyons, playing March 6 - April 10, 2016 at Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N.

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