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Adventure Stage Chicago is thrilled to welcome award-winning HOLES novelist Louis Sachar for the first stop of his HOLES: 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION book tour on Sunday, October 19 at 7pm. Mr. Sachar will read a selection from his book HOLES, answer questions from the audience and sign readers' copies of the novel. This event is free and open to the public. Families are encouraged to attend, but space is limited. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Adventure Stage Chicago box office at 773-342-4141.

Eurydice, a bold, slyly comic, visually fascinating take on the classic Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl, is enjoying an ambitious revival by Victory Gardens Theater, to open the 35th season at Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays.

National Headquarters presents its debut physical theatre performance 'ANGELUS NOVUS.' Conceived and created by Filipina-American Angeline Gragasin and directed by Richard Newman, 'NOVUS' is a stylish, rigorous, ultra-contemporary production inspired by the combined traditions of medieval pageantry and American historical re-enactments, as well as consumer culture

Gregor and the Squonk is a modern fairy-tale; a twisted, yet touching examination of how far people are willing to go for the sake of beauty. Set in a Pennsylvania forest during the dead of winter, Gregor and the Squonk centersaround Gregor Courtepy, a hunter deeply devoted to his vain wife, Margaret. After a countless number of plastic surgeries leaves her broken and self-loathing, Gregor enlists the help of their doctor to find a creature rumored to grant eternal beauty to whoever captures it.

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy is happy to announce our 9th season of our self titled Comedy Showcase kicks off this month with a great line up.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. This rollicking roll through the forest includes wild fairies and mixed-up lovers, all with the modern twist that made last season's Hamlet Remix'd so popular. Directed by Jean Gottlieb, the show runs about two hours with one intermission.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays, will host two 2008-09 Season Preview events - Sunday, September 14 at 11 am, and Wednesday, September 24 at 6 pm - to give prospective new audiences an exclusive sneak peek at all six productions that make up the company's upcoming subscription season.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces its eighth annual collaboration with The Chicago Chamber Musicians (CCM) on a program for young audiences and their families. Leaping Leopold! The Mozart Show by Bruce Adolphe is an interactive concert designed to introduce families with children ages four and up to the joys of live performance. The hour-long interactive concerts are Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. At 11:00 a.m. on both days, performers are available for autographs and pictures in the Theater's lobby, while young musicians demonstrate and answer questions about the featured instruments. Tickets to Leaping Leopold! The Mozart Show are $15-18 and can be purchased by calling Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Box Office at 312.595.5600 or by visiting the Theater's website at www.chicagoshakes.com/leaping.

Chicago's famed orchestra leader and pianist Stanley Paul will share 'Songs & Stories of a Glamorous Era' in a free multi-media, one-man show on Tuesday, September 16 at 12:15 pm in Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street. The public is invited to be part of the audience as Paul tells stories and plays the piano accompanied by tapes of the Stanley Paul Orchestra, while some 300 rarely seen photographs from the golden era of show business are shown. The performance will be videotaped.

On September 26, New Millennium Theatre Company presents the must see Halloween event of 2008: The Texas Chainsaw Musical. This new musical parody of the cult film 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' takes audiences through the hot desert highway following the adventures of Sally, her disabled brother Franklin, and their three friends on the worst day of their lives. Short on gas and unfamiliar with the neighborhood, they run into the misunderstood Leatherface, whose attempts to make new friends, despite his best efforts, always seem to end in accidental decapitation.With original music performed live on stage by 'The Family Band' featuring Grandpa, The Cook, The Hitchhiker, and Leatherface himself. The Texas Chainsaw Musical will take you on an emotional journey of hilarity giving new meaning to the phrase, 'Don't Mess With Texas'.

Anna Livia, Lucky in Her Bridges, by David Brendan Hopes and directed by Kevin Mayes, is a world premiere Irish ghost story about fear, hope, and love. It is Dublin on the first Bloomsday, June 16, 1904. Ellen is about to lose her beau, James Joyce, to a lump of a girl from Galway. Her brother Des is following his heart towards forbidden love. Barry, their young brother, wants to join the resistance. And a stranger from America seeks illicit companionship under the dark bridges of the Liffey. Anna Livia, Lucky in Her Bridges is a chronicle of the endurance of love, and the ways in which God himself will intervene if the passion is deep enough, strange enough, and tenacious even beyond death.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of David Mamet's sleek adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker, running Sept. 18 through Nov. 2 in the Upstairs Mainstage of the Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Preview performances begin Thursday, Sept. 18 with opening night Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 pm. The Voysey Inheritance is directed by Remy Bumppo Artistic Director James Bohnen, and features Artistic Associate David Darlow and guest artist Raymond Fox.

Arman, a writer blocked by the pressures of unexpected success, follows his girlfriend to the redwood forests of northern California. In this isolated landscape, he develops a friendship with an enigmatic treesitter and is soon caught in the struggle between those who make their living cutting timber and those who risk their lives to preserve nature. Torn between conflicting information and expectations, Arman must reach into his past for the key that will allow him to determine exactly where-and with whom- he stands. ODIN'S HORSE is the winner of the national EcoDrama Award from the EcoDrama Playwrights Festival and makes its professional World Premiere in this Infamous Commonwealth Theatre production.

One September night in 1941, the German Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg visited his friend and mentor Niels Bohr in Nazi-occupied Denmark. The two went for a walk, and their conversation ended in an argument, stemming from Heisenberg's revelation that he was leading a research effort that might provide Nazi Germany with atomic weapons. What was said and exactly why Heisenberg came to Copenhagen in the first place has remained a puzzle ever since.

The creative team that captivated audiences in 2007 with the smash-hit The Sparrow, will re-imagine their 2005 hit, DAVE DAVINCI SAVES THE UNIVERSE, this fall for a limited engagement at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division St. Written by Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen, directed by Nathan Allen, and presented by The House Theatre of Chicago, DAVE DAVINCI SAVES THE UNIVERSE will run September 18 - November 8, 2008. Press opening is Sunday, September 21. Tickets are $10-$29, and may be purchased by calling (773) 251-2195 or online at www.thehousetheatre.com.

Fourteen-year-old Stanley Yelnats is convicted for a crime he didn't commit and sentenced to Camp Green Lake-where nothing is green and no lake is in sight. He blames his rotten luck on the Yelnats family curse, which traces back to his 'no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealin'-great-great-grandfather.' Supposedly to build character, the camp boys spend their days digging huge holes under the brutal desert sun. But as Stanley discovers the real reason behind all those countless holes, fate begins to point him toward his true destiny. Join Stanley, Zero, Kissin' Kate, Mr. Sir, the Warden, and other favorite characters from Mr. Sachar's immensely popular novel for a rowdy adventure you won't soon forget.

Join us for a spectacular evening Honoring Amanda McBroom and Frank D'Rone with Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Gold Coast Award honor to Nan Mason. Featuring members of Chicago Cabaret Professionals

Carla Gordon works in two professions that are as different as night and day. Her 'day job' is as professor of financial planning at De Paul University. Her night job is as a cabaret singer. Gordon will present a musical show combining both of her chosen pursuits. She will star in a cabaret show called 'On the Money…Songs About Everyone's Second Favorite Subject.' It will be performed on September 7 and on September 14 at 7:00 PM at Davenport's Cabaret, 1383 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.

For the second year running, Seanachai teams with the Storefront Theatre to showcase another large cast production, this time set in the North of Ireland. With only a murmur heard of the Troubles that simmer under the surface, McCafferty's 'marvelous, engrossing, ensemble play' smashes the big picture into vivid snapshots of a single day of contemporary Belfast life. Originally presented by London's Royal National Theatre in 2003, this tale of 'lust, loss, hope, anger, grief, tenacity, old age [and] young fury' makes its Midwest premiere under the splendid direction of Scott Cummins.

Munster, INDIANA - Theatre at the Center's Theatre for Young Audiences, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, recognized for bringing exciting, fun and educational productions, announces their 2008-2009 season. The tale of mischievous Max & Ruby putting on a play takes the stage October 15 through October 18; The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, the 'behind the scenes' story of Christmas written by children, for children, will run December 1 through December 15; a story of courage and equality, The Color of Justice runs February 2 through February 6; and the funny, loveable Junie B. Jones comes to the stage April 21 through April 25.