Award-winning Redtwist Theatre’s new 22nd season, “State of Violence,” begins with Prayer Circle, September 17 - November 8, by Erik Gernand and directed by Executive Artistic Director Dusty Brown, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. As the world hurtles ever faster in...
A world premiere by Chicago playwright L.C. Bernadine, directed by Robert Falls and produced in collaboration with the New Theatre Project. The play follows two transport agents working in the troubled teen industry who are hired by a desperate mother to take her 15-year-old...
The second production of Redtwist Theatre's 2026-2027 season, titled the State of Violence, has yet to be announced. Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3:30 p.m. Further details will be announced at a later date.
Redtwist Theatre will be announcing the second production of its 2026-2027 season at a later date.
Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, closes Redtwist Theatre's 2026-2027 season. The production offers a riveting new take on Shakespeare's classic story of political violence and its consequences, exploring what came after the Ides of March. Performances run Thursdays...
Each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Redtwist invites unique solo performers to take over its black box space in Edgewater and bring their singular, edgy perspective to audiences. All performances are Pay-What-You-Can.
On select Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Redtwist welcomes audiences for new play readings from a variety of Chicago-based playwrights. All readings are Pay-What-You-Can.
Dirty Dancing: The Musical takes us back to the summer of 1963, a season of forbidden romance, deep passion, and electrifying dancing to iconic soundtracks. …
Birds of North America is a touching and supremely well-acted two hander. A Red Orchid Theatre’s return engagement reunites Cassidy Slaughter-Mason and John Judd as father-daughter duo Caitlyn and John, directed by Artistic Diretor Kirsten Fitzgerald. Over the course of roughly 10 years, Caitlyn a…
The Grease Parody musical shows love and respect to its imitation the best way it knows how — with creative commentary, meta music, and joyous jokes that are sure to make you chuckle, laugh, or anything in between.…
What did our critic think of MEAN GIRLS at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?…
Elephant in the Womb somehow strikes a perfect balance between inappropriate humor, social commentary, and tasteful fourth wall breaking that will leave you feeling uncomfortable, pensive, and warm and fuzzy all at once.…
Next Friday, the Country will pause to remember, mourn and honor those victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The town of Gander, Newfoundland, is called the Rock. During the week that followed, it truly was a rock. The current production at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is the emotional b…
It was a bold choice for Kokandy’s artistic director Derek Van Barham to stage such a huge musical in the tiny cabaret space at the Chopin Theater. Fortunately, Sondheim’s brilliant score and lyrics are gorgeously delivered in Kokandy’s version.…
What did our critic think of ADOLESCENT SALVATION at Theater Wit?…
The current production at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace is Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story. It was the first of the jukebox musicals premiering in 1989. It was conceived and written in England. It ran in London’s West End for 12 years. An interesting fact: Paul McCartney holds the copy…
I Love You Because is your typical rom-com with cute duets, silly jokes, and flawed characters that showcase exactly how love can be messy.…
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Anatomy of a Suicide, written by Alice Birch and directed by Alex Mallory, follows three generations of women — a mother, a daughter, and a granddaughter — whose individual stories are told simultaneously as they each grapple with a deeply rooted legacy of pain and trauma. The...
Deserted is a world premiere production currently running at Redtwist Theatre, located at 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces the cast and creative team for ‘night Mother, April 5 - May 10, by Marsha Norman and directed by Executive Artistic Director Dusty Brown, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Life has been difficult for Jessie and her hope for the...
Redtwist Theatre presents 'night Mother, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman, directed by Dusty Brown. This intense drama follows Jessie, portrayed by Anne Sheridan Smith, as she navigates despair amidst a tumultuous life, marked by a failed marriage and the burdens...
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre presents Confederates, January 29 - March 8, by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Aaron Reese Boseman, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Sandra is an accomplished professor, comfortable in her position until a racist cartoon is nailed...
In a culture that often equates fitness with thinness, Too Fat To Run by Eileen Tull delivers a powerful, honest, and empowering message: Movement belongs to everyone. Blending personal experience with sharp insight, Tull confronts the mythology of thin supremacy in the world of...
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre presents a world premiere production, Chicago: Queerly Adapted From The Play You've Never Heard Of That Inspired The Musical You Can't Get Away From, October 16 - November 23, by Maurine Dallas Watkins; adapted by Producing Artistic Director Eileen...
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre launches its 21st season, “Defiant Femmes,” with How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Elizabeth Swanson and movement directed by Sarah Scanlon, August 14 - September 21 at its home in Edgewater, the newly renovated Redtwist...
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre, currently presenting, the recently extended through April 6, Titus Andronicus, one of the top rated plays in Chicago, according to TheaterInChicago.com, presents Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, April 24 - June 1, at Redtwist...
CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces an original adaption of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, by Artistic Director of Development Dusty Brown, Caroline Kidwell and Jordan Gleaves is directed by Brown and stars Anne Sheridan Smith as the titular character...
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Fleetwood Max Raue Center For The Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Mean Girls Paramount Theatre (8/26-10/11) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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Therapist Zero Athenaeum Center (9/11-9/13) |
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Midday Matinee: Joan Curto: Both Sides Now ECC Arts Center (10/07-10/07) |
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Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre ECC Arts Center (3/20-3/20) |
