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NORTHLIGHT THEATRE

9501 Skokie Blvd
Skokie, IL 60077

Gaslight
Gaslight
11/28 - 12/28/2025


In this turn-of-the-century Victorian mystery, strange things start to happen as the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Bella devolves into something sinister. Why is ...



2025 BLACK THEATRE ALLIANCE AWARDS Nominations Announced


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2025

The 2025 Black Theatre Alliance Awards have announced nominations celebrating excellence in Chicago’s African American theatre community. The ceremony will take place October 27, 2025, at the Beverly Arts Center and honor ILesia Duncan with the Lifetime Achievement Award....

THE FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION Extends at Northlight Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 12, 2025

Northlight Theatre has extended its 50th Anniversary season opener, James Sherman’s The First Lady of Television, directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Cast Set for GASLIGHT at Northlight Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 27, 2025

Northlight Theatre has revealed the cast for Steven Dietz’s Gaslight, based on the original play by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Jessica Thebus. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets here!...

THE FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION To Open Northlight's 50th Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 19, 2025

Northlight Theatre will open its 50th Anniversary season with James Sherman’s new play The First Lady of Television, directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones. Learn more!...

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY Comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in November


by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2025

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in November. The show is by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Performances will run November 29 – December 13....

TWISTED MELODIES to Close Northlight Theatre 2024-2025 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 27, 2025

Northlight Theatre will conclude its 2024–2025 season with the story of soul music icon Donny Hathaway in Twisted Melodies, written and performed by Kelvin Roston, Jr. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Extends Again At Northlight Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - May 05, 2025

Northlight Theatre has announced an additional week of performances of Joshua Harmon's celebrated play Prayer for the French Republic, directed by Jeremy Wechsler in a co-production with Theater Wit....

Northlight Adds Week To PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC


by Stephi Wild - April 22, 2025

Northlight Theatre has announced an extension of Joshua Harmon's celebrated play Prayer for the French Republic, directed by Jeremy Wechsler in a co-production with Theater Wit....

Northlight Theatre and Theater Wit Announce Cast of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC


by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2025

Northlight Theatre its 2024–2025 season with Joshua Harmon’s celebrated play Prayer for the French Republic, directed by Jeremy Wechsler in a co-production with Theater Wit. Prayer for the French Republic runs April 10 – May 11, 2025, at Northlight Theatre....

THE HEART SELLERS by Lloyd Suh to be Presented at Northlight Theatre This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 07, 2025

Northlight Theatre will continue its 2024–2025 season with The Heart Sellers, Lloyd Suh’s funny and moving play about the Asian immigrant experience in the 1970s, directed by Helen Young. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Past Shows

The First Lady of Television


In 1950, Gertrude Berg was the popular creator and star of America’s first family sit-com,  The Goldbergs . When co-star Philip Loeb is accused of ...


Prayer for the French Republic, a play by Joshua Harmon, explores the enduring fears of a Jewish family in France across generations. Set against the ...

The Catastrophist
The Catastrophist
3/11 - 3/31/2021


How do you plan for catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIMEs 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking Ebola ...

Northlight Theatre presents an Interplay reading of Such Small Hands


Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents an Interplay reading of Such Small Hands, written ...

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley


From the authors of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley comes a charming new companion piece!While the Bennets and Darcys are celebrating upstairs, the servants below ...

Mother of the Maid
Mother of the Maid
9/12 - 10/20/2019


Isabelle Arc is a hard-working, pious peasant woman with an odd and extraordinary daughter. When adolescent Joan announces shes having visions, her mother isnt quite ...

Into the Breeches!
Into the Breeches!
5/9 - 6/16/2019


It’s 1942 and with the men off at war, the Oberon Play House is lacking its director and leading men. The season will be canceled… ...

Nina Simone:
Nina Simone:
3/14 - 4/22/2019


In the aftermath of 1963’s 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Nina Simone rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four ...

Landladies
Landladies
1/24 - 3/2/2019


Self-made landlord Marti and her new tenant Christine strike up a complicated relationship in this compelling world premiere. Despite a tentative friendship, neither can afford ...

Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
11/8 - 12/16/2018


When shy but clever Fanny Price is sent away by her overburdened parents, she must learn to navigate life as the poor relation at her ...

Curve of Departure
Curve of Departure
9/13 - 10/23/2018


In a cramped motel room in New Mexico, a “ragtag little group of humans” gathers in anticipation of the funeral of a man they loved ...

Stella & Lou
5/3 - 6/9/2013


- Bruce Graham; dir: BJ Jones....

Stones in His Pockets
3/8 - 4/14/2013


- Marie Jones; dir: J.R. Sullivan....

The Whipping Man
1/18 - 2/24/2013


- Matthew Lopez; dir: Kimberly Senior....

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5/4 - 6/10/2012


An original musical based on the lives of four people and a musical they create. This production about "two guys writing a musical about two ...

Ten Chimneys
3/9 - 4/15/2012

Black Pearl Sings
2/13 - 2/19/2012


Featuring beautiful, a cappella renditions of rare American folk songs, this play with music tells the Depression-era story of two extraordinary women dependant on one ...

Black Pearl Sings!
1/13 - 2/19/2012


In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...


Susie McMonagle, Heidi Kettenring and Christine Sherrill - These celebrated women of song have graced countless stages in Chicago, on Broadway, and around the country. ...

Season's Greetings
11/11 - 12/18/2011

Snapshots
9/16 - 10/23/2011

The Outgoing Tide
The Outgoing Tide
5/12 - 6/19/2011


World Premiere! In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an unorthodox plan to secure his family's future but meets with resistance from ...

Sense & Sensibility
Sense & Sensibility
3/10 - 4/17/2011


World Premiere! Featuring a fresh new adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen - author of Pride and Prejudice and Emma! A lack of ...

Eclipsed
Eclipsed
1/13 - 2/20/2011


Amid the wreckage of the Liberian civil war, the "wives" of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community - until the balance ...

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