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Tracy Letts' SUPERIOR DONUTS Comes to The Den Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2025

The Artistic Home announced it will stage Tracy Letts' Chicago-set SUPERIOR DONUTS for a five-week run. This comedy drama, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2008 and transferred to Broadway in 2009, is set in a run-down donut shop....

Complete Cast & Creative Team Set for MALAPERT LOVE at The Tank


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 29, 2025

The Tank and The Artistic Home have revealed the complete cast and creative team for Malapert Love written by Siah Berlatsky. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

The Acting Company Reveals New Artistic Leadership


by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2025

The Acting Company announced that after four years as Artistic Director, Kent Gash will step into the new role of Director of Special Projects to serve as an artistic advisor to the Company. ...

Daryl Nitz Entertainment Hosts SONDHEIM AT 95: A Birthday Celebration Concert at Skokie Theatre


by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2025

Chicago's After Dark Award-winning entertainer Daryl Nitz will celebrate one of the musical theater's greatest songwriters Stephen Sondheim on what would be his 95th birthday....

Pittsburgh Playhouse Fall 2025 Lineup to Feature Etta Cox, Sidra Bell, Fall Fest, and More


by A.A. Cristi - July 14, 2025

The award-winning Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University has announced its fall 2025 programming, launching the 2025–2026 season with a mix of jazz, theater, dance, festivals, and community conversations....

Daryl Nitz to Celebrate Elgin Pride Day with the DARYL NITZ & FRIENDS SHOW in June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2025

Elgin fasten your seat belts as Chicago's After Dark Award-winning entertainer Daryl Nitz celebrates Elgin Pride Day with the Daryl Nitz & Friends show....

JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN Extended At Citadel Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - April 30, 2025

Citadel Theatre has announced a one-week extension of Chicago premiere of A JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN, by Chicago/Skokie-based actor and playwright Paul Stroili....

Double-Bill of Plays Come to Meanwhile Park This Summer


by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2025

Meanwhile Park has announced this year's summer shows, set to be a live-theater double feature. Audiences will enjoy two shorter, world-premiere plays in one night. ...

The Artistic Home to Present CUT TO THE CHASE Festival at The Den Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2025

The Artistic Home Studio will present the 2025 edition of its annual CUT TO THE CHASE festival of new one act plays. Learn more about the festival and see how to attend....

Cast Set For Citadel Theatre's JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN


by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025

Citadel Theatre will close its 2024-25 season with the Chicago premiere of A JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN, by Chicago/Skokie-based actor and playwright Paul Stroili....

Past Shows

Eurydice
Eurydice
10/23 - 11/21/2021


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 ...

Summer on the Patio -Staged Readings


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 ...

Summer on the Patio - Open Rehearsals


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 ...

Vanya on the Plains
Vanya on the Plains
9/11 - 10/27/2019


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 ...

Ada and the Engine
Ada and the Engine
6/19 - 8/4/2019


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 ...

Requiem for a Heavyweight
Requiem for a Heavyweight
2/13 - 4/14/2019


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 ...

Miracle on 34th St: A Radio Play


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 ...

Rock 'N' Roll
Rock 'N' Roll
10/3 - 11/18/2018


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 ...

The Maids
The Maids
6/22 - 7/21/2018


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. ...

How I Learned to Drive
How I Learned to Drive
3/21 - 5/20/2018


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 ...

Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White


In the summer of 1918, there is a war in Europe, and a smaller war in South Carolina. Julia is an African-American seamstress and Herman ...

Miracle on 34th Street: A Radio Play


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 be believe ...

The School for Lies
The School for Lies
6/28 - 8/13/2017


The comedy is a battle of wits between Frank, a traveler from England known for his misanthropic wit, and Celimene, a beautiful young widow with ...

By the Bog of Cats
By the Bog of Cats
2/8 - 3/26/2017


Set on a ghostly landscape in Ireland, By the Bog of Cats is the story of a woman who's had a lifetime of abandonment and ...

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
12/10 - 12/18/2016


Delivered as an old-time radio play, complete with onstage sound effects, Miracle on 34th Street is perfect for families looking for a fun outing that ...

The Seagull
The Seagull
5/18 - 7/3/2016


Anton Chekhov’s classic comedy of unrequited love and unrealized dreams, The Seagull. Company Artistic Director Kathy Scambiatterra (a Jeff Award nominee for The Artistic Home’s ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
2/22 - 4/4/2015


Thirst comes in many flavors. Some men thirst for power and the taste is so strong they cannot see or hear reason for the want ...

The American Plan
6/13 - 7/29/2012


A young girl, continually waiting for her white knight. A mother unwilling to relinquish her hold on her beautiful, damaged daughter. The young man cast ...

Tea and Sympathy
2/1 - 3/18/2012


Behind the closed doors of a seemingly idyllic boarding school, one boy struggles with what it means to be a man. A woman realizes her ...

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