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Past Shows

New Plays for a New Year


Victory Gardens Theater announces New Plays for a New Year, a one-night-only online reading of new ten-minute plays on February 12, 2021 from 7pm to ...


Victory Gardens Theater announces the Voices of Tomorrow: Their World on Stage fundraising event on DECEMBER 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The virtual event will ...

How to Defend Yourself
1/24 - 2/23/2020


Zacek-McVay Theater: How to Defend Yourself...

The First Deep Breath
The First Deep Breath
11/15 - 12/22/2019


Originally developed as part of Victory Gardens 2018 Ignition Festival of New Plays, The First Deep Breath tells the story of Pastor Albert Jones who ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
9/6 - 10/13/2019


Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that ...

Miriam for President
Miriam for President
6/7 - 7/7/2019


Miriam hates to be known as?“that girl who got kidnapped then escaped that sex trafficking ring.”?She wants to be known as Miriam, your top candidate ...

Cambodian Rock Band
Cambodian Rock Band
4/5 - 5/5/2019


Part comedy, part mystery, part rock concert, this thrilling story toggles back and forth in time, as father and daughter face the music of the ...

Pipeline
Pipeline
2/1 - 3/3/2019


Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son, Omari, opportunities her students will never ...

Rightlynd
Rightlynd
11/9 - 12/23/2018


Rightlynd is Chicago's 51st Ward. The L doesn't run here anymore and it is full of abandoned storefronts, crumbling apartment buildings, and its fair share ...

Indecent
Indecent
9/21 - 11/4/2018


Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) tells the deeply moving story of the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Jewish playwright Sholem ...

Fun Home
9/19 - 11/12/2017


Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The musical features music by Jeanine Tesori ...

Native Gardens
6/2 - 7/2/2017


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

A Little Bit Not Normal
4/20 - 6/4/2017


Arlene Malinowski; dir: Lisa Portes....

St. Jude
4/20 - 6/4/2017


Luis Alfaro; dir: Robert Egan....

Where Did We Sit On The Bus
4/20 - 6/4/2017


Brian Quijada; dir: Chay Yew....

Queen
4/14 - 5/14/2017


dir: Scottee ....

Roz And Ray
11/11 - 12/11/2016


Karen Hartman; dir: Chay Yew. World Premiere...

Roz And Ray
11/11 - 12/11/2016


Karen Hartman; dir: Chay Yew. World Premiere...

Hand to God
9/16 - 10/16/2016


After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...

Hand to God
9/16 - 10/16/2016


After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...


In the heat of summer in 1813, Louisiana passed from France to the United States. On the eve of the transfer, in a house in ...

Hillary And Clinton
4/1 - 5/1/2016


Hillary and Clinton is a play written by Lucas Hnath that premiered in 2016 at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. The play is set ...

C*CKed
2/12 - 3/13/2016


Sarah Gubbins; dir: Joanie Schultz....

Never The Sinner
11/6 - 12/6/2015


John Logan; dir: Gary Griffin....

Sucker Punch
9/18 - 10/18/2015


Roy Williams; dir: Dexter Bullard....

The Who and the What
6/12 - 7/12/2015


A poignant new comedy looks at a loving family divided by faith. Zarina is a talented young writer who often clashes with her very traditional ...

A Wonder In My Soul
4/3 - 5/3/2015


Marcus Gardley; dir: Chay Yew....

Samsara
2/6 - 3/8/2015


Lauren Yee; dir: Seth Bockley....

Zacek-McVay Theater:
6/13 - 7/13/2014


Death and the Maiden Ariel Dorfman; dir: Chay Yew....

The Gospel of Lovingkindness
2/21 - 3/23/2014


Zacek-McVay Theater: Marcus Gardley; dir: Chay Yew....

Appropriate
11/8 - 12/8/2013


Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to settle the accounts of the newly-dead patriarch. As his three ...

Chicago is Burning
5/31 - 6/30/2013


Zacek-McVay Theater: - Marcus Gardley; dir: Chay Yew....

The Whale
4/5 - 5/5/2013


Zacek-McVay Theater: - Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Joanie Schultz....

Disconnect
1/25 - 2/24/2013


Zacek-McVay Theater: - Anupama Chandrasekhar; dir: Dexter Bullard....

Oedipus el Rey
6/29 - 7/29/2012

We Are Proud to Present...
3/30 - 4/29/2012


Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Jackie Sibblies Drury; dir: Michael Garces....

Ameriville
1/27 - 2/26/2012


Performed by the celebrated performance ensemble Universes, this thrilling exploration of the American experience prowls the dark corners of our contemporary landscape and asks, "If ...


At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to pacify "hysterical" women, but it produces a shockingly different result. This ...

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