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Northlight Theatre Will Break Ground in March 2025
by Stephi Wild - December 12, 2024
Northlight Theatre has announced the progress of the theater’s Next Act Campaign, leading up to groundbreaking for the new theater in downtown Evanston in March 2025....
LITTLE WOMEN Comes to Northlight Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2024
Northlight Theatre will continue its 2024–2025 season with Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, directed by Associate Artistic Director Georgette Verdin....
Goodman Theatre Welcomes Two New Fellows For 24/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2024
The Goodman Theatre has announced the addition of two outstanding artists to its fellowship programs for the 2024/2025 season: Tor Campbell and Raquel Torre. Both fellows bring exceptional talent, experience, and dedication to the arts, enriching the Goodman's artistic community....
Cast Set for LITTLE WOMEN at Northlight Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 11, 2024
Northlight Theatre has revealed the cast and additional dates for their production of LITTLE WOMEN. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....
Lauren Gunderson Receives Co-Commission From Four Theaters For New Adaptation Of LITTLE WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - August 15, 2024
In a unique creative partnership, four regional theaters have jointly commissioned playwright Lauren Gunderson to adapt the classic novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. This new theatrical work will enjoy a “rolling” world premiere with four independent productions occurring between 2024- 2026 ...
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Extends Run At Northlight Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - July 09, 2024
Northlight Theatre has added performances for 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra, directed by Rob Lindley, and starring Adam LaSalle and Matthew McGloin.
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2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Comes to Northlight Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - June 11, 2024
Northlight Theatre will coclude its 2023–2024 season with 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra, directed by Rob Lindley, and starring Adam LaSalle and Matthew McGloin. ...
Northlight Theatre Receives $3 Million Gift From The Finnegan Family
by A.A. Cristi - March 28, 2024
Northlight Theatre has announced a leadership gift from past President/Chairperson of the theatre’s Board of Trustees Paul Finnegan for its new theatre building at 1012-16 Church Street in downtown Evanston....
Video: See Highlights From SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2024
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani. See video highlights from the play below!
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Photos: First Look At Pulitzer Prize-Winning SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2024
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani. ...
Past Shows
Birthday Candles
9/7 - 10/8/2023
Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. ...
Lerner And Loewe's Camelot
10/21 - 11/13/2022
The legendary love triangle of King Arthur, Guenevere and Sir Lancelot leaps from the pages of T.H. White's novel in Lerner and Loewe's award-winning, soaring ...
The Catastrophist
3/11 - 3/31/2021
How do you plan for catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIMEs 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking Ebola ...
Fireflies (Love)
1/21 - 2/28/2021
Donja R. Love University of Maryland-Eastern Shore...
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents an Interplay reading of Such Small Hands, written ...
The Lifespan of a Fact
9/24 - 11/1/2020
Northlight Theatre Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal...
Intimate Apparel
3/12 - 4/19/2020
At 35, Esther is lonely. A skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, she makes exquisite undergarments for clients including a sincere socialite from tony Fifth ...
How a Boy Falls
1/23 - 3/1/2020
How a Boy Falls...
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
11/7 - 12/15/2019
From the authors of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley comes a charming new companion piece!While the Bennets and Darcys are celebrating upstairs, the servants below ...
Mother of the Maid
9/12 - 10/20/2019
Isabelle Arc is a hard-working, pious peasant woman with an odd and extraordinary daughter. When adolescent Joan announces shes having visions, her mother isnt quite ...
Into the Breeches!
5/9 - 6/16/2019
It’s 1942 and with the men off at war, the Oberon Play House is lacking its director and leading men. The season will be canceled… ...
Nina Simone:
3/14 - 4/22/2019
In the aftermath of 1963’s 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Nina Simone rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four ...
Landladies
1/24 - 3/2/2019
Self-made landlord Marti and her new tenant Christine strike up a complicated relationship in this compelling world premiere. Despite a tentative friendship, neither can afford ...
Nina Simonoe: Four Women
1/24 - 3/2/2019
Christina Ham; dir: Kenneth L. Roberson....
Mansfield Park
11/8 - 12/16/2018
When shy but clever Fanny Price is sent away by her overburdened parents, she must learn to navigate life as the poor relation at her ...
Curve of Departure
9/13 - 10/23/2018
In a cramped motel room in New Mexico, a “ragtag little group of humans” gathers in anticipation of the funeral of a man they loved ...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
3/15 - 4/22/2018
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely ...
Skeleton Crew
1/25 - 3/4/2018
As the Great Recession of 2008 begins to decimate industries across America, the once-gleaming “Motor City” has lost its luster. At one of its still-standing ...
Sanctions
9/14 - 10/22/2017
Bruce Grahm; dir: BJ Jones. World Premiere...
Relativity
5/11 - 6/18/2017
Mark St. Germain; dir: BJ Jones. World Premiere...
By the Water
3/16 - 4/23/2017
Hurricane Sandy has just ravaged the lifelong home of Marty and Mary Murphy. But the storm has ripped apart more than just the walls: with ...
Faceless
1/26 - 3/5/2017
Selina Fillinger; dir: BJ Jones....
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
11/10 - 12/18/2016
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish ...
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
11/10 - 12/18/2016
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish ...
The City of Conversation
9/15 - 10/23/2016
Anthony Giardina; dir: Marti Lyons....
The City of Conversation
9/15 - 10/23/2016
Anthony Giardina; dir: Marti Lyons....
The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord
5/6 - 6/12/2016
Scott Carter; dir: Kimberly Senior....
Butler
3/11 - 4/17/2016
The Civil War, 1861. An escaped slave seeks sanctuary, but the laws of the land are unrelenting. With sharp wit and tongue-in- cheek humor, Butler ...
Mothers and Sons
1/22 - 2/28/2016
Terrence McNally; dir: Steve Scott....
You Can't Take It With You
11/6 - 12/13/2015
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker. The date for the families to meet is misunderstood and ...
Funnyman
9/11 - 10/18/2015
Bruce Graham; dir: BJ Jones....
Shining Lives: A Musical
5/8 - 6/14/2015
book: Jessica Thebus; lyrics: Jessica Thebus; music: Amanda Dehnert, Andre Pluess; dir: Jessica Thebus....
Outside Mullingar
3/13 - 4/19/2015
This is a new romantic comedy from the Pulitzer-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner John Patrick Shanley, writer of Doubt and Moonstruck. Anthony and Rosemary are ...
White Guy on the Bus
1/23 - 3/1/2015
Bruce Graham; dir: BJ Jones....
Chapatti
3/7 - 4/13/2014
Romance is a distant memory for two lonely animal-lovers living in Dublin. When forlorn Dan and his dog Chapatti cross paths with the amiable Betty ...
Tom Jones
1/17 - 2/23/2014
North Shore Center: adapt: Jon Jory; dir: William Brown....
Detroit '67
11/8 - 12/15/2013
Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....
4000 Miles
9/13 - 10/20/2013
Amy Herzog; dir: Kimberly Senior....
Stella & Lou
5/3 - 6/9/2013
- Bruce Graham; dir: BJ Jones....
Stones in His Pockets
3/8 - 4/14/2013
- Marie Jones; dir: J.R. Sullivan....
The Whipping Man
1/18 - 2/24/2013
- Matthew Lopez; dir: Kimberly Senior....
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5/4 - 6/10/2012
An original musical based on the lives of four people and a musical they create. This production about "two guys writing a musical about two ...
Ten Chimneys
3/9 - 4/15/2012
Black Pearl Sings
2/13 - 2/19/2012
Featuring beautiful, a cappella renditions of rare American folk songs, this play with music tells the Depression-era story of two extraordinary women dependant on one ...
Black Pearl Sings!
1/13 - 2/19/2012
In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...
The 3 Divas
2/14
Susie McMonagle, Heidi Kettenring and Christine Sherrill - These celebrated women of song have graced countless stages in Chicago, on Broadway, and around the country. ...
Season's Greetings
11/11 - 12/18/2011
Snapshots
9/16 - 10/23/2011
The Outgoing Tide
5/12 - 6/19/2011
World Premiere! In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an unorthodox plan to secure his family's future but meets with resistance from ...
Sense & Sensibility
3/10 - 4/17/2011
World Premiere! Featuring a fresh new adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen - author of Pride and Prejudice and Emma! A lack of ...
Eclipsed
1/13 - 2/20/2011
Amid the wreckage of the Liberian civil war, the "wives" of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community - until the balance ...
Videos
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The Little Mermaid
Drury Lane Theatre (11/6 - 1/12) | |
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Legally Blonde, The Musical
Music Theater Works (12/19 - 12/29) | |
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Million Dollar Quartet
Paramount's Stolp Island Theatre (9/15 - 12/29) | |
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Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) | |
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Elton Rohn
Raue Center For The Arts (12/31 - 12/31) | ||
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Sabado Night Laughs - December 2024
The Pocket at Surge Billiards (12/21 - 12/21) | |
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LOVE Happens
The Center for Performing Arts (2/8 - 2/8) | |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas
The Marriott Theatre (10/30 - 12/29) | |
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Sunny Afternoon: The Story of The Kinks
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier (3/21 - 4/27) | |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier (2/8 - 3/8) | |
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