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The Artistic Home

1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60222

The Artistic Home is a theatre in Chicago.

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Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Porchlight Music Theatre

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Porchlight Music Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · November 9, 2026

Porchlight Music Theatre kicks off the 2027-2027 with the campy crowd-pleaser Little Shop of Horrors. Artistic Director Michael Weber directs this traditional and intimate staging that puts human-eating plant Audrey II at the center (with set and props design by Jonathan Berg-Einhorn). Porchlight’…

Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at A Red Orchid Theatre

Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at A Red Orchid Theatre

by Angela Lin · November 9, 2026

Arbery’s script, dado’s direction, and this ensemble’s haunting performance all come together for a wickedly brilliant and curious show that speaks what is true for many people that cannot be ignored — and we cannot look away. …

Review: THEATER OF THE MIND Presented by Goodman Theatre

Review: THEATER OF THE MIND Presented by Goodman Theatre

by Angela Lin · November 3, 2026

Step into the memory palace and experience a one-of-a-kind experience where neuroscience, philosophy, and theater collide. Theater of the Mind, presented by Goodman Theatre, co-created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar, and directed by Andrew Scoville, is a fascinating immersive theatrical journey tha…

Review: MANUAL CINEMA'S FRANKENSTEIN at Studebaker Theater

Review: MANUAL CINEMA'S FRANKENSTEIN at Studebaker Theater

by Zac Thriffiley · November 2, 2026

Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein has come to life once again, further establishing itself as one of the city’s most thrilling holiday traditions in the shadowy hall of the Studebaker Theater.…

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Zac Thriffiley · October 23, 2026

The Winter’s Tale—now playing and soon to run in repertory with the even wilder Midsummer Night’s Dream—provides audiences with an emotional, uplifting, and even redemptive story sure to thaw frozen hearts and provide a much needed escape.…

Review: TIME TRAVELER at Chicago Magic Lounge

Review: TIME TRAVELER at Chicago Magic Lounge

by Angela Lin · October 22, 2026

Magic is a timeless art full of secrets, and as Parr reveals through the course of Time Traveler, history is even stranger and more serendipitous than we know.…

Past Shows

19 total · showing 1–10

Eurydice

Eurydice

Oct 23 – Nov 21, 2021

Whisked down to the underworld on her wedding day, Eurydice tries to make sense of her memories and her passions, and poignantly reconnects with her long-dead father, even as her heartbroken groom seeks to wrench her back into the life she left behind. Ruhls atmospheric play...

Summer on the Patio -Staged Readings

Summer on the Patio -Staged Readings

Aug 1 – Aug 28, 2021

Staged readings of three contemporary plays. Dubbed SUMMER ON THE PATIO, the series will include the plays MUD by Mara Irene Forns, a contemporary classic delving into poverty and emancipatory feminism that is ultimately undercut; IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok, an intimate story of...

Summer on the Patio - Open Rehearsals

Summer on the Patio - Open Rehearsals

Jul 9 – Jul 31, 2021

A series of staged readings and open rehearsals of three contemporary plays: MUD by Mara Irene Forns, a contemporary classic delving into poverty and emancipatory feminism that is ultimately undercut; IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok, an intimate story of an immigrant womans fight to...

Vanya on the Plains

Vanya on the Plains

Sep 11 – Oct 27, 2019

Elijah has a hard job. Hes a Content Moderator, coping with the technological divide that separates him from his family. To bridge the gap, he casts them in a production of Chekhovs UNCLE VANYA. But, putting on a play in the Plains proves a strange and difficult endeavor, since...

Ada and the Engine

Ada and the Engine

Jun 19 – Aug 4, 2019

As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant and notorious Lord Byron) sees the boundless creative potential in the analytic engines of her friend and soul-mate, Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. Ada...

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Feb 13 – Apr 14, 2019

The story of Mountain McClintock, a punch-drunk fighter past his prime; a trusting soul whose innocence proves his undoing after those closest to him sell him out. Torn between betraying his moral code and saving his manager, Mountain must find a way to move forward with the one...

Miracle on 34th St: A Radio Play

Miracle on 34th St: A Radio Play

Dec 8 – Dec 22, 2018

The ever-relevant story of the overworked Macy’s Department Store public relations executive and the young daughter she raises to be too realistic to believe in Santa Claus will be delivered as an old-time radio play complete with onstage sound effects by The Artistic Home...

Rock 'N' Roll

Rock 'N' Roll

Oct 3 – Nov 18, 2018

ROCK 'N' ROLL is an electrifying collision of the romantic and the revolutionary. It is 1968 and the world is ablaze with rebellion, accompanied by a sound track of the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Clutching his prized collection of rock albums, Jan, a Cambridge graduate...

The Maids

The Maids

Jun 22 – Jul 21, 2018

In Jean Genet’s subversive drama, in which two maids fantasize killing their mistress. The maids construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their role-playing is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying both sides of...

How I Learned to Drive

How I Learned to Drive

Mar 21 – May 20, 2018

A Pulitzer Prize winner and a pioneering drama for its examination of pedophilia and sexual abuse of women. It follows a young woman, named L’il Bit, from age 11 to age 18 and her friendship and sexual affair with her uncle. Director Adams says, “this courageous and surprising...

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