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OIL LAMP THEATER

1723 Glenview Road
Glenview, IL 60025

A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play


Oil Lamp Theater returns to WBFR Studios on Christmas Eve in 1946! Join a familiar cast of characters as they bring you an entirely new ...


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Oil Lamp Theater Announces Final Extension Of FIRST DATE


by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2024

Oil Lamp Theater has announced its current production of the musical comedy First Date....

ComEd and League of Chicago Theatres Award More Than $200,000 to 18 Local Arts Organizations


by Joshua Wright - September 26, 2024

In a continued effort to broaden access to arts and culture across northern Illinois, ComEd and the League of Chicago Theatres today announced the distribution of more than $200,000 in grants to 18 local arts organizations....

Oil Lamp Theatre Extends FIRST DATE


by Stephi Wild - September 26, 2024

Oil Lamp Theater’s production of the musical comedy First Date, with a book by Austin Winsberg and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, is now extended through October 27....

Cast Set for UNTIL THE FLOOD at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 09, 2024

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revealed the cast for UNTIL THE FLOOD this fall. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

Photos: FIRST DATE At Oil Lamp Theater


by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2024

Oil Lamp Theater’s First Date, with a book by Austin Winsberg and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, is now playing through October 20, at Oil Lamp Theater. See photos from the show! ...

League Of Chicago Theatres Announces Fall Highlights


by A.A. Cristi - August 28, 2024

Chicago will continue to produce some of the most exciting work in the country this Fall. Offerings from the city’s more than 250 producing theatres include a wide variety of plays and musicals, as well as comedy, dance, festivals, and more. ...

Cast and Creative Team Set for FIRST DATE at Oil Lamp Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 01, 2024

Oil Lamp Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for its mainstage production of First Date. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

CHICAGO THEATRE WEEK CONTINUED To Launch On Monday


by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2024

Chicago Theatre Week Continued returns with over 30 shows throughout the city and suburbs, including seven productions from Broadway In Chicago. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 19 at 10am at HotTix.org....

Winners Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards


by BWW Awards - January 12, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Chicago! Winners include Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Stage Coach Players, Chicago Summer Opera and more....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Chicago Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Past Shows

First Date
First Date
9/5 - 10/20/2024


When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes ...

Mary's Wedding
Mary's Wedding
5/30 - 7/14/2024


Get swept away on a passionate, poetic journey with Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte. In the midst of World War I, Mary and Charlie, two ...

Rooted
Rooted
3/21 - 5/5/2024


Climb up into the whimsical world of "Rooted" by Deborah Zoe Laufer for its Chicago premiere. When a treehouse dwelling plant enthusiast becomes an overnight ...

Cry It Out
Cry It Out
1/25 - 3/3/2024


In this comedy with dark edges, playwright Molly Smith Metzler delves into the challenges and complexities of motherhood. Cry It Out revolves around the lives of three ...

The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
11/16 - 12/30/2023


Jon Jory’s lovely adaptation of the short story by O. Henry is about a young couple, Jim and Della,who are very much in love but ...

Ripcord
Ripcord
9/21 - 10/29/2023


An uproarious comedy about two women who are forced to share a room in a senior living facility is the setting for this hilarious play. ...

Collected Stories
Collected Stories
7/20 - 9/3/2023


Collected Stories traverses the relationship between an established writer/professor and her adoring fan turned protégé. Spanning a number of years, and exploring the changes of ...

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change


"Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit." The second longest running Off-Broadway ...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
3/16 - 4/30/2023


Imagine four badass, very real women, who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror had met and exchanged ideas before losing ...

Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
1/19 - 2/26/2023


Welcome to Almost, a quaint sort of place located in northern Maine. The town is called Almost because the residents never really got around to ...

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


The performance runs approximately two hours with an intermission. Don’t miss the final year and production of everyone’s favorite holiday tradition,  It’s a Wonderful Life: ...

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
9/22 - 11/6/2022


Frankenstein tells the story of gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein who succeeds in giving life to a being of his own creation. However, this is not ...

Failure: A Love Story
Failure: A Love Story
7/23 - 9/4/2022


You can either be a grump about death, or you can live, love, and sing some songs along the way.The performance runs approximately two hours ...

Talley's Folly
6/17 - 7/18/2021


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talleys Folly is a lyrical romance that follows the unlikely courtship of young Sally Talley and her much ...


Oil Lamp Theater adapted by Steven Dietz, based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle...

The Front Page
10/4 - 11/18/2018


In this landmark comedy set inside the crowded pressroom at Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building during the 1920s, a group of reporters cover a controversial execution ...

The God Committee
8/19 - 9/23/2018


Mark St. Germain; dir: Keith Gerth....


Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of ...

Par for the Corpse
10/12 - 11/19/2017


Jack Sharkey; dir: Keith Gerth....

A Love Affair
8/17 - 10/1/2017


Jerry Mayer; dir: Keith Gerth....

The Faculty Lounge
6/22 - 8/6/2017


Teri Folz; dir: Keith Gerth....

Motherhood Out Loud
4/27 - 6/11/2017


Leslie Ayvazian, Brooke Berman, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik, Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Annie ...

44 Plays for 44 Presidents
10/6 - 11/13/2016


Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Chloe Johnston, Karen Weinberg; dir: Keith Gerth....

44 Plays for 44 Presidents
10/6 - 11/13/2016


Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Chloe Johnston, Karen Weinberg; dir: Keith Gerth....

Father of the Bride
4/14 - 6/5/2016


For tickets and more information, please visit the website....

Proof
3/3 - 4/3/2016


Winner of the 2001 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, ...


Joe Landry; dir: Keith Gerth....

Jest A Second
9/24 - 11/8/2015


James Sherman; dir: Keith Gerth....

Bleacher Bums
8/6 - 9/13/2015


Joe Mantegna; dir: Keith Gerth....

Never the Bridesmaid
6/25 - 7/26/2015


Bill Jepsen; dir: Keith Gerth....

Murderers
7/5 - 7/22/2015


The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law is Gerald Halverson’s confession of an elicit love and a plan to shelter five million dollars from the IRS. ...

Later Life
4/30 - 6/14/2015


A.R. Gurney; dir: Barbara Anderson....


"Laundry and Bourbon" and "Lone Star," a pair of popular, interlocking one-act comedies by James McLure were written during (and set in) the late '70s. ...

CLOSER THAN EVER
7/19 - 8/18/2013


In this brilliant companion to their hit revue STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW , Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire follow up their earlier "songs of ...

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