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Berlin is set to premiere at the Court Theatre, with Charles Newell directing this world premiere adaptation of the graphic novel by Jason Lutes, adapted ...


The Triumph of Love tells the story of a spirited princess who disguises herself to win the affections of a philosopher. Set in the lush ...


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Charles Newell to Transition Out of His Role as Court Theatre Artistic Director in Summer 2024


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2023

After a thirty-year tenure at Court Theatre, the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, Charles Newell has decided to transition out of his role as Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director in June 2024....

Past Shows

Falsettos
11/8 - 12/8/2024


Falsettos, presented by Court Theatre in collaboration with TimeLine Theatre, tells the story of Marvin, who navigates the complexities of love and family after leaving ...

East Texas Hot Links
9/6 - 9/29/2024


Court Theatre presents East Texas Hot Links, a poignant drama written by Eugene Lee and directed by Ron OJ Parson. Set in 1955 East Texas, ...

Antigone
2/2 - 2/25/2024


After a case of sibling rivalry culminates in civil war, King Creon of Thebes forbids anyone from burying the traitor who started it in this ...

The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
11/3 - 11/5/2023


It is Christmas in the 12th century, and Henry II’s family is in tatters. His once-loving wife and now sworn enemy, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has ...

Court Presents An Iliad (Streaming)


From the Archives: This March, stream the site-specific production of An Iliad filmed at the Oriental Institute!AN ILIAD, the site-specific production filmed at the Oriental ...

Court Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Theatre for One: Here We Are


Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, and Executive Director Angel Ysaguirre, announces the Chicago premiere of Theatre ...

The Mousetrap
1/16 - 2/16/2020


After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the ...

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
11/7 - 12/8/2019


Oedipus seeks to cure his city of a mysterious plague by discovering the murderer of the former king. Captivating and cathartic, Sophocles seminal Greek tragedy ...

King Hedley II
King Hedley II
9/12 - 10/13/2019


Placing his hopes and dreams on the line, a man pieces together his life in Pittsburgh after seven years in prison. Family ties are tested ...


Abelson Auditorium: David Auburn; dir: Charles Newell....

For Colored Girls
3/14 - 4/14/2019


For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf expresses the many struggles and obstacles that African-American women face throughout their lives. ...

Photograph 51
1/17 - 2/17/2019


Abelson Auditorium: Anna Ziegler; dir: Vanessa Stalling....

Manual Cinema's Frankenstein
11/1 - 12/2/2018


adapt: Elizabeth Breit, Drew Dir. World Premiere...

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
3/15 - 4/15/2018


November 29, 2013–January 5, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage Broadway and Arena Stage favorite Kenny Leon (every tongue confess) returns to direct a new adaptation ...

All My Sons
1/11 - 2/11/2018


Winner of the 1947 Tony Award for Best Play. During the war Joe Keller and Steve Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. ...

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
9/7 - 10/15/2017


An exuberant tribute to the music of rhythm and blues pioneer and alto saxophonist, Louis Jordan, Five Guys Named Moe is an international sensation. Initially ...

Five Guys Named Moe
9/7 - 10/8/2017


An exuberant tribute to the music of rhythm and blues pioneer and alto saxophonist, Louis Jordan, Five Guys Named Moe is an international sensation. Initially ...

Harvey
5/11 - 6/11/2017


When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen ...

The Hard Problem
3/9 - 4/9/2017


Above all don't use the word good as though it meant something in evolutionary science. Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is ...

Blues for an Alabama Sky
1/12 - 2/12/2017


In a Depression-era Harlem apartment building, a close-knit group of friends has become a chosen family. New roommates Angel and Guy — a recently fired ...

Electra
11/10 - 12/11/2016


Sophocles ; trans: Nicholas Rudall; dir: Seret Scott....

Electra
11/10 - 12/11/2016


Sophocles ; trans: Nicholas Rudall; dir: Seret Scott....

Man in the Ring
9/15 - 10/16/2016


Michael Cristoffer; dir: Charles Newell....

Man in the Ring
9/15 - 10/16/2016


Michael Cristoffer; dir: Charles Newell....

One Man, Two Guvnors
5/12 - 6/12/2016


One Man, Two Guvnors delighted both critics and audiences during its hugely popular debut at UK’s National Theatre and its subsequent productions in London’s West ...


Eugene O'Neill; dir: David Auburn....

Satchmo at the Waldorf
1/7 - 2/7/2016


It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and LOUIS ARMSTRONG has just played one of the final performances of his extraordinary career. Unwinding backstage, ...

Agamemnon
11/5 - 12/6/2015


Aeschylus ; trans: Nicholas Rudall; dir: Charles Newell....

Gem of the Ocean
9/10 - 10/11/2015


August Wilson; dir: Ron OJ Parson....

The Secret Garden
5/21 - 6/21/2015


The Secret Garden, a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel, takes you on a journey of healing and self-discovery. The music and ...

The Good Book
3/19 - 4/19/2015


Denis O?Hare, Lisa Peterson; dir: Lisa Peterson....

Waiting for Godot
1/15 - 2/15/2015


St. Dunstan's Theatre's Stage 2 presents Waiting for Godot. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Water by the Spoonful
3/6 - 4/6/2014


Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts ...

Seven Guitars
1/9 - 2/9/2014


August Wilson; dir: Ron OJ Parson....

An Iliad
11/13 - 12/8/2013


On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. ...

The Mountaintop
The Mountaintop
9/5 - 10/6/2013


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

Tartuffe
6/29 - 7/14/2013


Abselon Auditorium: - Moliere ; trans: Richard Wilbur; dir: Charles Newell....

The Misanthrope
5/18 - 6/9/2013


Abselon Auditorium: - Moliere ; trans: Richard Wilbur; dir: Charles Newell....

Proof
3/16 - 4/7/2013


Abselon Auditorium: - David Auburn; dir: Charles Newell....

Skylight
1/19 - 2/10/2013


Abselon Auditorium: - David Hare; dir: William Brown....

Angels in America
3/30 - 6/3/2012


"The Great Work Begins." The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term, and the deadly AIDS epidemic is at ...

Invisible Man
Invisible Man
1/12 - 2/19/2012


“I am an invisible man.” In this world premiere stage production, the first authorized by The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, a landmark American ...

Invisible Man
1/12 - 1/20/2012


“I am an invisible man.” In this world premiere stage production, the first authorized by The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, a landmark American ...

Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
5/12 - 6/19/2011


Porgy and Bess remains George Gershwin’s magnum opus, with an unforgettable score that includes songs (“Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So”) later recorded by popular musicians ...

Orlando
Orlando
3/10 - 4/10/2011


Sarah Ruhl, one of American theater’s most exciting young playwrights, adapts Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending novel about sex, love, and history. Often called the longest love ...

Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women
1/13 - 2/13/2011


Three Tall Women was written shortly after the death of Edward Albee’s adoptive mother, and it remains his most personal play. Wickedly funny, and told ...

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