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Raven Theatre Unveils Two New Commissions And A Play In Development For 2025–26 Season


by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2025

Raven Theatre has announced two newly commissioned plays and one play in development for its 2025–26 season. The projects include BLOODMOBILE: 1988 by Alex Lubischer, an untitled new work by Omer Abbas Salem, and MERCY by Felicia Oduh....

SAY GAY PLAYS to be Presented by About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 17, 2025

Chicago's About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center will present SAY GAY PLAYS. Learn more about the upcoming event and see how to purchase tickets here! ...

Preston Max Allen's MODERN GENTLEMAN and More Set for About Face Theater 2025-26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 01, 2025

About Face Theatre has unveiled its 2025-26 season. Building on the company’s history of developing and launching new plays that advance LGBTQ+ equity, the season ahead features new work from Chicago-based playwrights. Learn more!...

League of Chicago Theatres to Host 2025 Spotlight Gala in August


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 10, 2025

The League of Chicago Theatres will present the 2025 Spotlight Gala, A Night Under the Big Top – A Whimsical Affair for the Theatre Kid in You. Learn how to attend....

About Face Theatre to Present OM MISSION, Limited Engagement for Pride Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 16, 2025

About Face Theatre will present OM Mission, a special, limited engagement event for Pride Month, to be held at The Den Theater for two weekends only. Learn more!...

About Face Theatre to Present the Return of Re/Generation Studio


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 19, 2025

About Face Theatre will present the return of Re/Generation Studio, a weekend of community building, education, and performance to help build the future of queer theater. Learn more!...

Lineup Set For Fifth Annual Black Trans Women At The Center: A New Play Festival


by Stephi Wild - October 11, 2024

The five selected playwrights have been announced for Black Trans Women at the Center: a New Play Festival. ...

About Face Theatre To Host Anniversary Benefit To Kick Off 30th Season


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2024

About Face Theatre has announced plans for a 30th anniversary party and fundraiser on November 7 at Venue West in West Town....

Spotlight: THE VOTE at The Studio Theatre


by BWW Special Offer - October 04, 2024

The Studio Theatre - The Vote: Opens September 27th...

About Face Theatre Announces Local and National Partnerships for its 30th Anniversary Season


by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2024

About Face Theatre will begin its 30th season with programming to advance LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance. ...

Past Shows


Black Trans Women at the Center is a virtual play festival showcasing the work of Black trans women playwrights. Co-produced by Long Wharf Theatre, The ...

We Could Be
10/16 - 10/27/2024


About Face Theatre presents We Could Be, an interactive new play that invites the audience into the world of two siblings exploring their identities, crushes, ...

The Magnolia Ballet
The Magnolia Ballet
5/12 - 6/11/2022


Ezekiel is a Black teenager with a secret that threatens to destroy his already broken home. Hes haunted by the ghosts of racism, homophobia, and ...

Kickback
Kickback
12/11 - 8/31/2021


KICKBACK is an online festival of original plays and performances that highlights the intersection of queerness and Blackness in all its beauty and glory. When ...

Packing
Packing
10/31 - 12/7/2019


Half of discovering who you are is finding where you belong. PACKING, a solo performance from writer/performer Scott Bradley (Alien Queen, Carpenters Halloween, We Three ...

WHAT'S THE T?
7/14 - 7/31/2012

RENT
5/6 - 7/1/2012


RENT: DOWNTOWN LA takes place in a warehouse in industrial downtown Los Angeles, where an artistic renaissance is underway in the vein of 1990s Alphabet ...

THE KID THING
9/1 - 10/16/2011


Sarah Gubbins; dir: Becca Wolfe....

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