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RAVEN THEATRE

4145 N. Ravenswood #204, Chicago, IL 60640
Chicago, IL 60640

The Drowning Girls
The Drowning Girls
3/13 - 3/30/2025


Prepare to RSVP for the weddings of the year as The Drowning Girls takes center stage, bringing true crime, ghostly brides, and a bathtub-bound mystery ...



LIE OF THE MIND Extended At Raven Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - March 10, 2025

Chicago’s Raven Theatre Company has announced the extension of its hit production of Sam Shepard’s A LIE OF THE MIND, now running through March 29, 2025....

Cast and Crew Set For GORGEOUS at Raven Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2025

Chicago's Raven Theatre Company, in a co-production with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, have announced the cast and production team for Keiko Green's World Premiere of GORGEOUS, directed by Kirsten Fitzgerald. ...

Three Crows Presents THE DROWNING GIRLS In March


by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2025

Prepare to RSVP for the weddings of the year as The Drowning Girls takes center stage, bringing true crime, ghostly brides, and a bathtub-bound mystery to life. ...

Raven Theatre To Present Chicago Children's Theatre's BEATRIX POTTER TEA PARTY


by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2025

Chicago’s Raven Theatre Company has announced the cast and production team for the limited run of Chicago Children’s Theatre’s THE BEATRIX POTTER TEA PARTY. ...

Chicago Theatre Week Tickets Are Now on Sale


by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2025

Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Tuesday. January 7, 2025, for Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW25), an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets....

Chicago Theatre Week Tickets On Sale In January


by A.A. Cristi - December 19, 2024

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Tuesday. January 7, 2025, for Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW25), an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets. Chicago Theatre Week is February 6-16, 2025.  ...

Cast Set for Sam Shepard's A LIE OF THE MIND at Raven Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 05, 2024

Chicago's Raven Theatre Company has revealed the cast and production team for Sam Shepard's A LIE OF THE MIND, directed by Azar Kazemi. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets. ...

The Outer Loop to Present 13 SUITS: A MOTHER'S MONOLOGUES in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2024

The Outer Loop Theater Experience will present 13 SUITS: A MOTHER'S MONOLOGUES, an immersive production addressing drunk driving and grief. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

IRONBOUND Extends at Raven Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 11, 2024

Chicago’s Raven Theatre Company announced the extension of their current production, the Chicago Premiere of Martyna Majok’s IRONBOUND, directed by Georgette Verdin. ...

Cast Set For THE COMEDIANS at Chicago's Raven Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2024

Chicago’s Raven Theatre Company announced the cast and production team for the limited engagement World Premiere of Philip Dawkins’ THE COMEDIANS, running November 14 - 24, 2024 and directed by Colm Summers.  ...

Past Shows

Night Watch
Night Watch
10/5 - 11/12/2023


Synopsis: What’s more nightmarish: not being able to trust those around you… or not being able to trust yourself? Moonlit streets, a restless mind and ...

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
9/7 - 9/17/2023


The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a gripping and darkly comedic play by Martin McDonagh. Set in a remote Irish village, it follows the strained ...

Beggars and Bums
Beggars and Bums
8/18 - 8/19/2023


Beggars and Bums is a comical lighthearted stage play about the misconception that all beggars and bums are homeless. It's about a group of people ...

Raven Theatre: The October Storm by Joshua Allen


Raven Theatre presents 'The October Storm' by Joshua Allen, directed by Malkia Stampley. In 1960s South Side Chicago, the solitary landlady Mrs. Elkins oversees her ...

Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
11/18 - 11/20/2022


From The Outer Loop Theater Experience, comes  "Sizwe Banzi is Dead"  by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona.  Sizwe  tells the story of a ...

CHICAGO WRITERS’ BLOC 2022 NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL


Staged readings of 10 new works presented as part of its 2022 New Plays Festival, running May 23 to June 14 at the Raven Theater ...

Late, A Cowboy Song
6/18 - 6/28/2020


Svaha Theatre Collective...


Mlima is a magnificent elephant trapped by the underground international ivory market. As he follows a trail littered by a history of greed, Mlima takes ...

Marisol
Marisol
10/20 - 11/26/2017


An absurdist comedy in which a young New York City woman of Puerto Rican descent finds herself immersed in a battle led by angels to ...

Not About Nightingales
Not About Nightingales
4/19 - 6/3/2017


When rules are unjust, we need to break them. This early play by Tennessee Williams is the story, based on real events, of a prison ...

Sycamore
Sycamore
3/8 - 4/29/2017


Celia and Henry are teenaged siblings living in a Midwestern suburb who both become romantically interested in the same boy - their new next-door neighbor ...

The Assembled Parties
The Assembled Parties
1/25 - 3/25/2017


In 1980, the Bascov family gathers with relatives and friends in their sprawling Central Park West apartment to celebrate the holidays and the accomplishments of ...

Betrayal
Betrayal
10/26 - 12/17/2016


Pinter’s modern classic drama concerns the nine-year affair between a London writer and the wife of his publisher and best friend. A thoughtful, rich play ...

Red Velvet
Red Velvet
9/28 - 11/27/2016


The backstage story of African-American actor Ira Aldridge and how in 1833 he became the first black actor to perform on a London stage. The ...

Direct From Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys


Nine African-American teenagers falsely accused in 1931 of assaulting two white Alabama women spent decades in the legal system fighting for their lives. They return ...

Bang the Drum Slowly
3/15 - 7/14/2012


A moving look at life, loyalty and America's pastime, this touching drama unfolds during a season of baseball with the New York Mammoths, focusing on ...

The Price
2/28 - 4/14/2012


Two long estranged brothers - one a cop of limited means, the other a successful doctor - meet in the attic of a New York ...

Dating Walter Dante
2/7 - 3/24/2012


His first wife may or may not have died accidentally. His second wife is missing.The police watch him around the clock. Walter Dante isn't exactly ...

Port
Port
1/8 - 2/26/2011


Spanning 12 years, the American premiere of Simon Stephens powerful play looks at the life a young girl–Rachel Keats. Abandoned by her mother, she is ...

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