Seven Guitars at City Lit Theater Company
Dates: 10/18/2024 - 12/1/2024
📍 Theatre: City Lit Theater Company
URBAN BROADWAY THEATRE GROUP
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: 8723624407
Tickets: $35.00
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The Chicago non-Equity premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their friend Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, a rising blues star trapped by his circumstances and cut down in his prime. One of Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle” of ten plays depicting the African American experience in each of the 20th Century’s decades.
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City Lit Theater Company Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ
What shows are coming up next at CITY LIT THEATER?
Scaramouche (5/1/26-6/14/26)
Where is CITY LIT THEATER located?
CITY LIT THEATER is at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL.
What shows have played recently at CITY LIT THEATER?
Changing Channels (2/27/26-4/12/26)
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-1/4/26)
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter (10/10/25-11/23/25)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (7/25/25-9/7/25)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (5/2/25-6/15/25)
Glassheart (1/10/25-2/23/25)
The House of Ideas (8/23/24-10/6/24)
Wells and Welles (7/18/24-8/11/24)
Murder in the Cathedral (5/3/24-6/16/24)
Two Hours in a Bar (3/8/24-4/21/24)
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-1/4/26)
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter (10/10/25-11/23/25)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (7/25/25-9/7/25)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (5/2/25-6/15/25)
Glassheart (1/10/25-2/23/25)
The House of Ideas (8/23/24-10/6/24)
Wells and Welles (7/18/24-8/11/24)
Murder in the Cathedral (5/3/24-6/16/24)
Two Hours in a Bar (3/8/24-4/21/24)
Where is City Lit Theater Company located?
City Lit Theater Company is at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL.
What shows have played recently at City Lit Theater Company?
St Nicholas (06/26/26-07/26/26)
Scaramouche (05/01/26-06/14/26)
Changing Channels (02/27/26-04/12/26)
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-01/04/26)
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter (10/10/25-11/23/25)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (07/25/25-09/07/25)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (05/02/25-06/15/25)
Glassheart (01/10/25-02/23/25)
The House of Ideas (08/23/24-10/06/24)
Wells and Welles (07/18/24-08/11/24)
Scaramouche (05/01/26-06/14/26)
Changing Channels (02/27/26-04/12/26)
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-01/04/26)
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter (10/10/25-11/23/25)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (07/25/25-09/07/25)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (05/02/25-06/15/25)
Glassheart (01/10/25-02/23/25)
The House of Ideas (08/23/24-10/06/24)
Wells and Welles (07/18/24-08/11/24)
What shows are coming up next at City Lit Theater Company?
St Nicholas (06/26/26-07/26/26)
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