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My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


David lost his enthusiasm for Christmas after his grown children moved out. However, the magic of the holiday season may have other plans for him.

Holiday Show New Comedy

Leroy and Lucy
Leroy and Lucy
10/24 - 12/15/2024


Two lost souls meet at a crossroads, in the dead of night, deep in the Mississippi of it all.

Becky Nurse of Salem
Becky Nurse of Salem
10/4 - 11/16/2024


Becky Nurse, a tour guide at the Salem Museum of Witchcraft and a descendant of Becky who was burned at the stake, consults a witch.

Coronation
Coronation
10/11 - 11/16/2024


Refracted Theatre Company , recipient of eight Jeff Awards for its most recent production Tambo & Bones, is honored to present Coronation, by Laura Winters ...

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
10/12 - 11/17/2024


It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark—maid to “America’s Little Sweetie Pie” Gloria ...

Mercy Killing
Mercy Killing
11/1 - 11/17/2024


Mercy is a barista is San Francisco. She’s also a serial killer. But it’s fine, the only person who knows is Thana, the Grim Reaper ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
10/16 - 11/23/2024


CHICAGO - Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) announces tickets are now on sale for one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, A Midsummer Night’s ...

Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends
10/19 - 11/23/2024


Bluebird arts kicks off its sixth season with Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies. Dinner with Friends is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that delves into ...

Inheritance -or- Brothers From the Deep


The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to announce the first production of their 30th season, Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep, opening ...

My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Palos Village Players to Debut the Heartwarming Holiday Comedy: My Kind of Christmas by Dana Hall—Bringing Festive Cheer and Laughter to the South Side The ...

My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Palos Village Players to Debut the Heartwarming Holiday Comedy: My Kind of Christmas by Dana Hall—Bringing Festive Cheer and Laughter to the South Side The ...

My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Palos Village Players to Debut the Heartwarming Holiday Comedy: My Kind of Christmas by Dana Hall—Bringing Festive Cheer and Laughter to the South Side The ...

My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Palos Village Players to Debut the Heartwarming Holiday Comedy: My Kind of Christmas by Dana Hall—Bringing Festive Cheer and Laughter to the South Side The ...

My Kind of Christmas
My Kind of Christmas
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Palos Village Players to Debut the Heartwarming Holiday Comedy: My Kind of Christmas by Dana Hall—Bringing Festive Cheer and Laughter to the South Side The ...

Bottle Fly
Bottle Fly
10/17 - 11/24/2024


CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre is proud to announce the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Bottle Fly, directed by Co-Artistic Director Eileen Dixon, October 17 ...

DOGS
DOGS
11/1 - 11/24/2024


Five women compete in the 4th of July National Hot Dog Eating Contest. How far are they willing to go?

Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars
10/18 - 12/1/2024


The Chicago non-Equity premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of ...

 Yippee Ki Yay
Yippee Ki Yay
11/19 - 12/15/2024


Acclaimed retelling of classic film  Die Hard  from Richard Marsh – Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner ...

Adverses
Adverses
11/1 - 12/15/2024


ADVERSES By: Rey Andújar Directed by: Sándor Menéndez & Marcela Muñoz   November 1 - December 15, 2024   ABOUT THE PLAY Jealousy and intrigue ...

The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
10/29 - 12/15/2024


One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring tragedies. A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day ...

It's A Wonderful Life Radio Play


The Dickensian tale of George Bailey, a savings and loan manager who spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of ...

Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs 'A Christmas Carol'


Jeff Award-Winner Blake Montgomery is proud to present Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again, at The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave, December ...

The Long Christmas Dinner
The Long Christmas Dinner
11/19 - 12/29/2024


THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER - nine decades long in just one 75-minute act - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder ...

The Berlin Diaries
The Berlin Diaries
12/20 - 1/5/2025


The great-grandfather of Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz kept a journal for his descendants after escaping to New York City in 1939 as a ...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child  is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. ...

I and You
I and You
2/21 - 3/23/2025


Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Scott Shallenbarger. This extraordinary touching story is written by the same playwright who brought us "Silent Sky" this last ...

DOG SEES GOD
DOG SEES GOD
4/3 - 4/6/2025


An "unauthorized continuation," this play reimagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as degenerate teenagers.


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