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This performance is specifically dedicated to serving and celebrating Black identifying theatergoers and the Black community at large.
Two generations of sisters fight for home, legacy, and the future in MacArthur Genius Dominique Morisseau’s funny, fierce family drama.
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Running Time: 2 hours with no intermission
There is no late seating available for this production.
A night of discovery, conversation, and envisioning, Explore the In Between excavates the history, heart, and value of midsized theatres in Chicago.
This one-night-only event, moderated by Mark Larson, Chicago theatre historian and author, and Matt Randle-Bent, Associate Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, brings together Chicago theatre voices from four storied companies: Remy Bumppo, A Red Orchid, Teatro Vista, and About Face to discuss how midsized theatres have shaped our city’s cultural ecosystem and what role might they play in what is to come.
Ticket sales benefit Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes with no intermission
King Lear, in order to “unburdened, crawl toward death,” chooses to divide the ruling of the kingdom between his three daughters via a verbal joust of who loves him the most. When his youngest daughter Cordelia does not meet the standards he expected her, chaos, greed and betrayal creep in to take over the story. Parallel to Lear’s suffering, his friend the Earl of Gloucester is manipulated by one son to turn on his other son.
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes with intermission
There is no late seating available for this production.
Set in the historically Black neighborhood of Mud Row in West Chester, Pennsylvania, two generations of sisters protect and defy the legacy of their foremothers in this surprisingly funny, thrilling and ultimately hopeful play from Tony Nominee and MacArthur “Genius” Grant Recipient Dominique Morisseau. Mud Row deftly shifts between past and present exploring themes of identity, belonging and the complexities of heritage through the lives of several Black women and men, each with their own struggles and aspirations.
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes with intermission
There is no late seating available for this production.
As a new authoritarian government tightens its grip on Russia, Erika Sheffer's Vladimir follows an independent journalist who uncovers a story that could expose the truth behind a nation in transition. But when every headline comes with consequences and every source becomes a target, she must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice for the story. Vladimir is a gripping political thriller about what happens when silence becomes complicity.
Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes with intermission
There is no late seating available for this production.