The Black Playwrights Reading Series presented by the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and features first year Master of Fine Arts directing students and undergraduate and graduate actors. The three plays were chosen by the directors in consultation with faculty and the centers managing director from among hundreds and hundreds of scripts some which are familiar and others that deserve a wider audience and center around Racism in America, Police Brutality, Anti-Blackness, the Fight for Justice, and the Celebration of Black Lives. These directors are the first all-black cohort to join Northwestern Universitys MFA Directing Program.
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | ||
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | ||
Little Bear Ridge Road
Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | ||
JUBALEE! After Jam
Jazz Showcase (7/16 - 7/16) | ||
Warm on the Coolin' Board
Greenhouse Theater Center (5/2 - 6/1) | ||
CHICAGO DANCE MONTH 2024’S PIER DANCE RETURNS THIS JUNE
See Chicago Dance (6/5 - 6/26) | ||
PORCHLIGHT’s FREE CONCERT SERIES: BROADWAY IN YOUR BACKYARD, JUNE 6 - AUGUST 6
Porchlight Music Theatre (6/6 - 8/6) | ||
Die Hard 4 Your Luv
The Factory Theater (5/31 - 7/13) | ||
ARTRAGEOUS!
The Center for Performing Arts (3/15 - 3/15) | ||
BOOM X: The Music, Politics, and Culture of Generation X
The Center for Performing Arts (9/13 - 9/13) | ||
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