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Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit

by Angela Lin · June 19, 2026

When honest artistic integrity meets conservative religious outrage, what follows is escalating frenzy, controlled chaos, and poignant reflections on what it means to produce art and tell the stories where they need to be heard — and the conflicting struggles that come with such intentions. Tin Dr…

Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company

Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Rachel Weinberg · June 17, 2026

Untitled Vampire Play — a world premiere from Lookingglass ensemble member Kevin Douglas — is a fun, wacky romp. The play doesn’t take itself seriously, and director Devon de Mayo’s cast has plenty of fun with vampire and human antics alike. Douglas’s script draws on all sorts of vampire l…

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · June 14, 2026

Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt follows multiple generations of an Austrian Jewish family from prosperity to despair — spanning over 50 years from 1899 to 1955. Now in its Chicago-area premiere at Writers Theatre, the late Stoppard’s final play includes a cast of 24 actors and many, many character…

Review: SMILEY at Open Space Arts

Review: SMILEY at Open Space Arts

by Angela Lin · June 13, 2026

We might not know if our relationships will have a happy ending, but we can guarantee a happy beginning. At the end of the day, isn’t that all we can ask for?…

Review: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Review: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Rachel Weinberg · June 5, 2026

Rugged masculinity meets forbidden queer romance in Brokeback Mountain. Based on Annie Proulx’s short story (which was adapted into a buzzy 2005 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger), Ashley Robinson’s play follows the clandestine romance between ranchers Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar o…

Past Shows

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Miracle on 34th Street: A Radio Play

Miracle on 34th Street: A Radio Play

Dec 2 – Dec 16, 2017

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

Jun 28 – Aug 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

Feb 8 – Mar 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

Dec 10 – Dec 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

May 18 – Jul 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

Feb 22 – Apr 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

Jun 13 – Jul 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

Feb 1 – Mar 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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