1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
The Den Theatre is a theatre in Chicago, IL.
4000 Miles by Amy Herzog explores the relationship between 21-year-old Leo and his 91-year-old grandmother, Vera, after his unexpected arrival at her West Village apartment following a grueling 4000 mile bike trip from Seattle. The production is co-directed by Josh Leeper and...
PlayGround-CH prePLAY New PlaySeries Katherine Swan’s Blue Eyes November 1, 2026, 2pm CT NEW VENUE: The Den & Simulcast Admission-Free (Suggested Donation: $10-30) New for this year! Four PlayGround alumni in each PlayGround City will receive a public table read of an...
Carol and Therese are coming again! After last year’s smash-hit, sold-out premiere, Tyler Anthony Smith and Patrick O’Keefe’s WE ARE NOT UGLY PEOPLE (a.k.a. an unauthorized cabaret parody of Todd Haynes’ film CAROL) is back—and this time for the hole holiday season. Everything...
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.…
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.…
What did our critic think of HAYWARD at Gift Theatre?…
Saturday night brought the long-awaited return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to The Auditorium for a celebratory evening of dance that showcased the range and versatility of this 57-year old company, which had not been seen in Chicago since 2016.…
With spooky season upon us, what better way to get into the haunted spirit than with a murder mystery — one that no one has ever seen before, and one that no one will ever see again.…
Backyard Theatre Company’s production of Red Bike is an enchanting, imaginative story from a kid’s perspective about growing up and seeing the town you’ve grown up in change, and the formative stuff and thoughts that shape who we are as a result. …
Whether you leave the theater with intensified despair or renewed hope is up to you — and that’s what makes this terrifying and achingly sad story, with just the right dose of humor, hope, and humanity, a brilliant piece of art. …
Premonitions Inc. is an oddball new cabaret and acrobatics show in the Spiegeltent of the Loop’s Cambria Hotel.…
Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.…
Michael R. Jackson’s wildly inventive and unique 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop now makes its Chicago premiere. A Strange Loop is a “big Black and queer-ass American Broadway show,” in the main character Usher’s words, about the lead trying to write a musical called A Str…
4000 Miles by Amy Herzog explores the relationship between 21-year-old Leo and his 91-year-old grandmother, Vera, after his unexpected arrival at her West Village apartment following a grueling 4000 mile bike trip from Seattle. The production is co-directed by Josh Leeper and...
Funny, But Make It Fashion is a live comedy-fashion competition where stand-up comedians become creative directors and audience members become runway models. After each comedian performs a set, an original T-shirt design inspired by one of their jokes is revealed. Then, each...
A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America.
As seen on ABC, Bravo, and as the co-host of the GLAAD Media Award nominated podcast The Daily Beans, queer comedian Dana Goldberg is bringing her OUTRAGEOUS stand-up comedy tour to Chicago’s Den Theatre! Featuring David Ian (OUTtv, Edinburgh Fringe), join Dana on September 23...
Good Day is a world premiere production by Diana Lynn Small, presented by A Short Leap Theatre Company as part of their second season, Breathe. The play follows Anna, a woman visiting home who finds she cannot make it past her parents' front lawn, and over the course of one...
|
Adirondack Chair Circle Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theater (10/22-12/06) |
|
Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
|
Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
|
Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
|
The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
|
Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
|
Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
|
Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
|
When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
|
Constellations Hoover-Leppen Theatre in Center on Halsted (11/13-12/13) |
