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The Chicago theatre community will band together for a Memorial Bike Ride to commemorate those lost over the last year, including CHICAGO FIRE actress Molly Glynn.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Black Ensemble Theater will present a musical inspired by renowned Chicago film critic Roger Ebert as part of its 2015 season.

Mercy Street Theatre Company has announced its 2nd season featuring a slate of new plays written by local playwrights.

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble Announces Chicago Premiere of SUMEIDA'S SONG by Mohammed Fairouz October 23rd! Third Eye Theatre Ensemble unveils the Chicago premiere of SUMEIDA'S SONG by Mohammed Fairouz on October 23rd, 2015 at Prop Thtr.

Oracle Productions is proud to partner with Red Theater Chicago to announce the opening of R+J: THE VINEYARD.

'Tis the season! Step Up Productions is pleased to continue its 2015-16 season with the return of its wildly popular HOLIDAZE, a hilarious and heartwarming line-up of original holiday-themed short works by Jake Carr, MT Cozzola, Mia McCullough, Steven Simoncic, Steven Peterson and Joshua Rollins.

Random Acts is proud to announce that the final production of their inaugural season, the world premiere of Ladies Night of the Living Dead, will return for a limited engagement from October 9-30.

Victory Gardens Theater opens its 41st season with the Midwest Premiere of Sucker Punch by Roy Williams, directed by Dexter Bullard.

The Off-Broadway cult-classic musical, TRIASSIC PARQ, has its Chicago Premiere with Circle Theatre, co-directed by Tommy Bullington and Nicholas Reinhart, and music directed by Justin Harner.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J.

MCL Chicago, the first theater in Chicago dedicated to innovative musical comedy, is proud to announce the premiere of its production ONE BRAIN MORE: A ZOMBIE LES MISICAL this fall.

Stage 773 has a treat for October audiences in the ONE ACT FESTIVAL: HALLOWEEN EDITION.

Lyric Opera will present acclaimed actress, comedian and singer Jane Lynch in her critically-praised cabaret show See Jane Sing during the 2015/16 season.

Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to welcome James Sie to Lifeline Theatre for a book event and signing on Sunday, October 4 from 6:30- 8 p.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the launch of The Directors Inclusion Initiative to encourage and develop talented and emerging Chicago stage directors identifying as people of color, disable, women, transgender and gender non-conforming.

The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, wraps up their sensational 40th Anniversary 2015 Season with one of Broadway's newest holiday comedies, ELF, previewing October 21, opening Sunday, November 1 and running through December 31.

Signal Ensemble Theatre announces this, the company's 13th season, will be the final presenting season as one of Chicago's premiere storefront theatre companies.

The New Colony is pleased to conclude its 2015 season with the world premiere dark comedy THE TERRIBLE by Morgan McNaught, directed by Jesse Roth, playing October 16 - November 21, 2015 at its resident home, The Den Theatre's Main Stage, 1333 N.

REELING, the second-oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world and a beloved Chicago cultural institution for more than 30 years, features a host of events of interest to the theater community.

Celebrating 40 years as America's premier ensemble theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its landmark 2015/16 Subscription Season with a large-scale world premiere production of John Steinbeck's masterpiece East of Eden.

A massive hit on Broadway, playing over 1,500 hysterical performances seen by more than two million people, Monty Python's SPAMALOT continues Theatre at the Center's exceptional 25th Anniversary Season.

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

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to invite high schools across the state of Illinois to participate in the Fifth Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University's Auxiliary Board brings "Old Chicago" back to the National Historic Landmark Theatre with the fifth annual The Devil's Ball, Friday, Oct.