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.
What did our critic think of WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater?…
The actors drive the story forward with their strong acting and execution of the characters' fervor for emancipation, freedom, and equality. …
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?…
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The Totality of All Things centers around Judith Benson, a well-respected journalism teacher in a small Indiana high school, whose beliefs are challenged when an anti-gay hate crime occurs at the start of the school year. As she grapples with the impact of this event on her...
Twisted Playfest at Redtwist Theatre features a selection of ten plays at various stages of development, showcasing emerging talents in the theatrical landscape. Highlights include staged readings and a mainstage production of Eric Gernand's The Totality of All Things, which...
Bottle Fly, written by Jacqueline Goldfinger and directed by Eileen Dixon, explores the complexities of love against the backdrop of queer survival in the Everglades. This world premiere at Redtwist Theatre delves into themes of race, poverty, and bigotry embedded in South...
This fall, award-winning Redtwist Theatre bring’s Steve Yockey’s intimate, gory, gay reimagining of “Little Red Riding Hood” to life. Embrace fear and paranoia with the slowly unraveling relationship of Ben (Joshua Servantes) and Jack (Gardy Gilbert), once lovers, now roommates...
A revolutionary, multicultural play about the effects of systemic racism on two Black American teens, The Great Khan is a National New Play Network rolling world premiere. Jayden is a high schooler struggling with what he wants to be, a nerd who loves video games and fantasy, or...
An absurdist corporate comedy. Somewhere, in an anonymous factory cranking out units of some unnamed product, three men try to maintain some semblance of humanity and self, despite a crushingly conformist and hyper-masculine bureaucracy.
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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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TobyMac, Third Day & Chris Tomlin Carver Arena (11/21-11/21) |
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The Last Light on Halsted CIBC Theatre (9/18-9/27) |
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American Son Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co (9/17-10/04) |
