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By Nick Robideau
Directed by Jeremy Wechsler
Directed by Jeremy Wechsler
Theater One
Theater Wit
It's the oldest story in the world: a woman and her sign
Now playing through May 04, 2024
by Charly Evon Simpson
directed by AmBer Montgomery
directed by AmBer Montgomery
Theater Three
Shattered Globe Theatre
Resident Company
A Midwest Premiere bridging heartbreak and hope…
Now playing through June 01, 2024
Coming Soon
Book by Joanne Koch music & lyrics by James Lucas directed by Joan Mazzonelli
Theater Three
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
HEARTS IN THE WOOD, chock full of lively bluegrass songs and poignant country ballads, is a musical for the whole family and kicks off the Chicago Writers' Bloc Festival of New Musicals.
May 05, 2024
Book and lyrics by Wencke Braathen, music by Gerald H. Bailey, director Elliott Dreher, music director Ronnie Lyall
Theater Three
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
Archangel Michael comes down to Lucifer and announces that God has decided that this department is defunct and will be liquidated.
May 06, 2024
Direction book and lyrics by June Finfer, Elizabeth Doyle, composer and lyricist, Ryan Brewster, music director
Theater Three
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
1890 Chicagoans get ready to host a great World's Fair, and everyone wants benefit from it.
May 07, 2024
By John S. Green Directed by Jack Hickey
Theater Three
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
When Jake a former student and Afghani War Vet, re-enters the tightly controlled world Earl has created to protect himself, he is forced to face the ghosts – real or imagined? – that haunt him and keep him frozen in time.
May 08, 2024
Adapted and Written for the Stage by Thomas Mullen
Directed by Paul Oakley Stovall
Directed by Paul Oakley Stovall
Theater Two
Frame of Reference Productions
Visiting Company
A retired Hollywood legend, James Whale, know for classics like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is haunted by his past.
May 09, 2024 through June 02, 2024
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Book and lyrics, directed by Richard K Thomas
Music by Richard K Thomas and Ryan Hopper
Music by Richard K Thomas and Ryan Hopper
Theater One
Purdue University & Full Steam Ahead Productions
Visiting Company
Inspired by Karel Capek’s 1920 play R.U.R., Entropics is a 1950’s science fiction that explores a future world 100 years later, a world enhanced by humans created with artificial intelligence.
May 10, 2024 through May 11, 2024
Chloe Bolan: words; Gerald H Bailey: music; Mary Bonnett: director; Kevin Wood, pianist
Theater Two
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
"Driving the Dream" is a bioplay about Bertha Benz, the first long-distance driver of an automobile who changed the landscape of the world.
May 12, 2024
By Fran Zell Directed by Joan Mazzonelli
Theater Two
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
This one-act documentary theatre piece is based on the playwright’s experiences volunteering with asylum seekers in Chicago.
May 13, 2024
Written by Nic Hamel, Directed by Jeffery Lyle Segal
Theater Two
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
One woman fights to live her ideals, no matter the price.
May 14, 2024
Music by Whitney E. George
Lyrics by Bea Goodwin
Lyrics by Bea Goodwin
Theater One
Chicago Fringe Opera
Visiting Company
Fizz & Ginger traces the steps of the 1920s "New Yorker" nightlife reviewer, Lipstick, as she comes to a party in pursuit of a hot story.
May 19, 2024 through May 25, 2024
Merry Widows: Book by Joanne Koch & Diane Dorsey, Lyrics by Francesca Peppiatt, Music by Ilya Levinson, directed by Joan Mazzonelli, Deconstruction of a Honky by Blake Levinson
Theater Two
Chicago Writers' Bloc
Visiting Company
A double bill of new plays – MERRY WIDOWS, the MUSICAL and THE DECONSTRUCTION OF A HONKY presented by the Chicago Writers’ Bloc 2024 New Play Festival
May 19, 2024
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Co-Directed Devon Lloyd & Brittany Latta McMahon
Theater One
Hot Crowd Dance
Visiting Company
Hot Crowd Dance celebrates their 7th Season with six new commissioned works exploring the essence of connection through the inherent and intricate patterns of human relationships.
May 31, 2024 through June 02, 2024
Later This Season
Featuring Various Local Artists (Chicago)
Theater One
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
Scratch Night is a curated showcase of works-in-progress featuring innovative local theater makers.
July 15, 2024
by Theater Y, Michael Montenegro & Marvin Tate (Chicago)
Theater One
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
In Little Carl, Theatre Y’s Youth Ensemble grapples with the difficult issue of gun violence by creating a dream play using puppets, masks, and poetry, making beautiful imagery as an antidote to despair.
July 16, 2024 through July 17, 2024
By Chula, The Clown (Mexico)
Cervantes Institute
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
If at first you don't succeed, try again... and again... and again.
July 16, 2024 through July 18, 2024
by Clayton Nascimento, Cia do Sal (Brazil)
Theater One
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
MACACOS is a multi award winning show about how racism and the erasure of black memories and ancestralities are rooted in Brazíl´s history.
July 18, 2024 through July 20, 2024
by Voloz Collective (France/UK)
Theater One
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
Raucously funny and endlessly inventive, this Lecoq-trained theater company delights and stuns with live, original music and virtuosic acrobatics in this fast-paced whodunnit.
July 19, 2024 through July 21, 2024
by The Gottabees (Boston)
Theater One
Physical Theatre Festival
Visiting Company
All ages welcome, recommended for ages 3-8 and anyone who has ever had trouble getting dressed.
July 20, 2024 through July 21, 2024