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POT GIRLS Comes to The Story Theatre in February


by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2026

The Story Theatre will close its Season V with the world premiere production of Pot Girls by Governing Ensemble member Paul Michael Thomson and directed by Governing Ensemble member Ayanna Bria Bakari....

Raven Theatre Company Sets Cast And Creative Team For TOP GIRLS


by A.A. Cristi - January 06, 2026

Raven Theatre Company will present Top Girls by Caryl Churchill on the Johnson Stage in Chicago. Directed by Lucky Stiff, the production examines ambition, class, and power through intersecting narratives....

LA FEMME SHAKESPEARE To Be Presented By Blue Raven Theatre And Teatro Paraguas


by A.A. Cristi - January 05, 2026

Blue Raven Theatre and Teatro Paraguas will present La Femme Shakespeare, a one-woman show written and performed by Talia Pura. The production will be staged at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe....

Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week 2026 to go on Sale This Week


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 05, 2026

Tickets will go on sale for Chicago Theatre Week, an annual celebration of the rich tradition of...

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....

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA Full Cast Announced at A Red Orchid Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2025

A Red Orchid Theatre will continue its 33rd season with the Chicago premiere of Anna Ouyang Moench’s Birds of North America, directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald, running January 15 – February 22, 2026....

Christopher Donahue and More to Star in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Goodman


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2025

Holiday cheer will return to The Goodman for the 48th consecutive year with the Centennial Season production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Learn more!...

Chicago Premiere of WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY Comes to First Floor Theater


by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2025

Chicago's First Floor Theater has announced its 13th season with the Chicago Premiere of WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY, written by reid tang and directed by Tina El Gamal....

Photos: First Look at the Chicago Premiere of Terry Guest’s OAK at Raven Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2025

Raven Theatre in Chicago has released new production photos of OAK, the Southern Gothic drama by playwright Terry Guest, directed by Mikael Burke. The play, opening Raven’s 43rd season, runs through November 9, 2025. ...

The League of Chicago Theatres to Offer Buy One, Get One Half-Price Tickets


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 03, 2025

The League of Chicago Theatres will present It’s Theatre Season!, a new promotion featuring buy one, get one half-price tickets to select shows on Hot Tix....

Past Shows

Come Along for the Ride
Come Along for the Ride
6/26 - 6/29/2025


“Come Along for the Ride: A Journey Through Climate Grief”  follows two women navigating life with climate anxiety. Sophie, a millennial in New York City, ...

Free America Festival (Obviously)


Many of the best comedians, musicians, and entertainers in Chicago will be converging on The Raven Theater, 6157 North Clark, taking over their mainstage and ...

The Drowning Girls
The Drowning Girls
3/13 - 3/30/2025


Prepare to RSVP for the weddings of the year as The Drowning Girls takes center stage, bringing true crime, ghostly brides, and a bathtub-bound mystery ...

Macbeth By The Sea
Macbeth By The Sea
11/20 - 12/15/2024


Shakespeare’s tragic power couple, The Macbeths, murder the king and ascend the throne. Bestie Banquo has been killed, too. Worried her husband’s hallucinations will thwart ...

Macbeth By The Sea
11/20 - 12/15/2024


John Hancock Productions presents Macbeth By The Sea, a comedic reimagining of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, directed by Andrea J Dymond. The show features Kelly Haran, ...

Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
11/18 - 11/20/2022


From The Outer Loop Theater Experience, comes  "Sizwe Banzi is Dead"  by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona.  Sizwe  tells the story of a ...

CHICAGO WRITERS’ BLOC 2022 NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL


Staged readings of 10 new works presented as part of its 2022 New Plays Festival, running May 23 to June 14 at the Raven Theater ...

Marisol
Marisol
10/20 - 11/26/2017


An absurdist comedy in which a young New York City woman of Puerto Rican descent finds herself immersed in a battle led by angels to ...

Not About Nightingales
Not About Nightingales
4/19 - 6/3/2017


When rules are unjust, we need to break them. This early play by Tennessee Williams is the story, based on real events, of a prison ...

Sycamore
Sycamore
3/8 - 4/29/2017


Celia and Henry are teenaged siblings living in a Midwestern suburb who both become romantically interested in the same boy - their new next-door neighbor ...

The Assembled Parties
The Assembled Parties
1/25 - 3/25/2017


In 1980, the Bascov family gathers with relatives and friends in their sprawling Central Park West apartment to celebrate the holidays and the accomplishments of ...

Betrayal
Betrayal
10/26 - 12/17/2016


Pinter’s modern classic drama concerns the nine-year affair between a London writer and the wife of his publisher and best friend. A thoughtful, rich play ...

Red Velvet
Red Velvet
9/28 - 11/27/2016


The backstage story of African-American actor Ira Aldridge and how in 1833 he became the first black actor to perform on a London stage. The ...

Bang the Drum Slowly
3/15 - 7/14/2012


A moving look at life, loyalty and America's pastime, this touching drama unfolds during a season of baseball with the New York Mammoths, focusing on ...

The Price
2/28 - 4/14/2012


Two long estranged brothers - one a cop of limited means, the other a successful doctor - meet in the attic of a New York ...

Dating Walter Dante
2/7 - 3/24/2012


His first wife may or may not have died accidentally. His second wife is missing.The police watch him around the clock. Walter Dante isn't exactly ...

Port
Port
1/8 - 2/26/2011


Spanning 12 years, the American premiere of Simon Stephens powerful play looks at the life a young girl–Rachel Keats. Abandoned by her mother, she is ...

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Raue Center For The Arts (2/21 - 2/21)
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Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse (1/21 - 3/7)
Lungs
A Short Leap Theatre Company (3/19 - 4/4)
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