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Full Cast and Creative Team Set for Regional Premiere of A BRONX TALE at Surging Films & Theatrics


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2024

The full cast and creative team has been revealed for Surging Films & Theatrics 2024 regional theater premiere of A Bronx Tale at The Edge Theater....

Surging's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Kicks Off 2024 at Edge


by Stephi Wild - February 16, 2024

The full cast and creative team has been announced for Surging Films & Theatrics 2024 production of The Drowsy Chaperone (Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison) at The Edge Theater in Chicago March 15th - 30th. Only 10 performances!...

Blue In The Right Way Announces Cast And Creative Team For Its Inaugural Production: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN


by A.A. Cristi - January 04, 2024

Blue in the Right Way presents its inaugural production, Women Beware Women, freely adapted by Kevin V. Smith and Daiva Bhandari, with Spanish translation by Sonia Perelló and directed by Smith, April 27 - May 12, at The Edge Theater....

Sarah Siddons Society Presents the Chicago Premiere of NOOR INAYAT KHAN: THE FORGOTTEN SPY At The Edge Theater


by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2023

In a first for the 71-year-old Sarah Siddons Society, will produce a one-night performance of Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy, a new one-woman play written and performed by Almanya Narula, a 2016 Siddons Scholarship recipient. ...

Cast and Creative Team Set for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at The Edge Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2023

The cast and creative team have been revealed for Surging Films & Theatrics' production of 'The Rocky Horror Show' at The Edge Theater in Chicago. Running from October 28th - November 5th, this live musical adaptation promises to be a rowdy, campy, and spooky experience. Get ready to do the Time War...

Photos: First Look at Surging's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing at The Edge Theatre


by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2023

Surging's Jeff Recommended production of Catch Me If You Can runs at The Edge Theater (5451 N. Broadway in Chicago), July 8th - July 23rd. ...

Surging's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Announces Cast and Creative Team


by Blair Ingenthron - May 27, 2023

The full cast and creative team has been announced for Surging Films & Theatrics 2023 production of Catch Me If You Can at The Edge Theater in Chicago July 8th - 23rd. Only 10 performances!...

Pivot Arts Presents THE MEMORY PLACE This June


by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2023

​​​​​​​Pivot Arts, a hub for adventurous, multidisciplinary performance celebrating its 10th anniversary, presents the world premiere of The Memory Place, a multi-arts experience about cultural memory and hidden histories. Performances take place June 1–11 at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway, Chic...

Cast Announced For AstonRep's THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE at The Edge Theater


by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2023

AstonRep Theatre Company will conclude its 15th and final season with The Language Archive, Julia Cho's insightful play about language and love, directed by Company Member Dana Anderson*, playing April 28 – May 28, 2023 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theatre....

Photos: First Look at BURIED CHILD at AstonRep Theatre Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2022

AstonRep Theatre Company has launched it 15th and final season with a revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Buried Child directed by Ensemble Member Derek Bertelsen*, playing through November 19, 2022 at The Edge Theater. Get a first look at photos here!...

Past Shows

A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale
4/4 - 4/14/2024


Based on the critically acclaimed play that inspired the now classic film, this streetwise musical will take you to the stoops of the Bronx in ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
3/15 - 3/30/2024


When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning musical farce. With the houselights down, ...

The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
10/28 - 11/5/2023


One fateful night, Brad Majors and his fiancée, Janet Weiss — a wholesome, well-behaved, young couple in love — innocently set out to visit an ...

The Consul by Gian Carlo Menotti


Join us for our long-awaited return to the work of Gian Carlo Menotti. The Consul was written in response to World War II, and yet ...

The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer
8/18 - 9/3/2023


Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were ...

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
7/8 - 7/23/2023


Based on the hit DreamWorks film starring Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, this splashy spectacle follows the high-flying adventures of a globetrotting con artist. Seeking ...

Catch Me If You Can The Musical


Based on the hit DreamWorks film starring Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, this splashy spectacle follows the high-flying adventures of a globetrotting con artist. Seeking ...

Heathers
Heathers
8/27 - 9/12/2021


Surging Films & Theatrics presents the original "Mean Girls" musical: 80s style. Enjoy the cult-classic film Heathers transplanted to the stage in this murderously funny ...

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
7/15 - 7/25/2021


Next to Normal, with book and lyrics byBrian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt,explores how one suburban householdcopes with crisis and mental illness.Winner of three ...

The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Cripple of Inishmaan
7/1 - 7/11/2021


The Cripple of Inishmaan is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) that follows Cripple Billy Claven ...


Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...

Equus
9/27


by Peter Shaffer. Presented by London Classic Theatre. In a Hampshire stable, a youth blinds six horses with a metal spike. Convicted of this appalling ...

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Rhapsody Theater (5/2 - 6/1)
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Baton Show Lounge (6/1 - 8/31)
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