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Go To Productions Hosts The 2024 Go To New Play Fest: An Inaugural Celebration Of Original Works

Go To Productions has announced the launch of its inaugural 2024 Go To New Play Fest, a dynamic showcase featuring seven short plays by acclaimed playwrights Darren Canady, Stuart Day, and Douglas Post.
Photos: First Look at DIRECTOR'S HAVEN 7 at The Den Theatre

Haven is celebrating its 10th season with its annual Director’s Haven, which features three emerging directors. Check out photos here!
Full Cast And Creative Team Set For DIRECTOR'S HAVEN 7 at The Den Theatre

Haven has revealed its cast for Director's Haven 7, which features three emerging directors. See who is starring and learn more bout the program!
Get Ready for the Suspenseful Opening of THE MOUSETRAP at Citadel Theatre

Get all the details about the upcoming production of THE MOUSETRAP at Citadel Theatre. Discover the talented cast and crew, the opening date, and immerse yourself in Agatha Christie's thrilling murder mystery. Don't miss this exciting premiere at Citadel Theatre in September.
SNOW WHITE " AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL, SHE LOVES ME & More Set for Citadel Theatre 2023-24 Season

Citadel Theatre’s programming for 2023-24 will include a four-show subscription season, and two all-family musicals. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!
Cast Announced for THE CHRISTIANS at Citadel Theatre

 Citadel’s 2022-23 season will continue when Lucas Hnath’s thought-provoking and Obie Award winning play THE CHRISTIANS begins performances on February 8. 
Citadel Theatre Releases Four-Show 2022-23 Season

Citadel Theatre Company recently announced its 2022/2023 season, featuring an Obie Award winner and three comedies –one of them a beloved musical.
The Artistic Home SUMMER ON THE PATIO Series To Offer Free Workshop Productions And Open Rehearsals Of Three Plays

The Artistic Home is inviting the public to share in their process of play selection this summer by offering free admission each weekend to staged readings and open rehearsals of three contemporary plays.
Chimera Ensemble Hosts the Chicago Premiere of HOW TO LIVE ON EARTH

Chimera Ensemble presents the Chicago Premiere of How to Live on Earth, written by award-winning playwright MJ Kaufman, and directed by Gwendolyn Wiegold. The production will go up March 8-24 in The Pentagon Theater at Collaboraction Studios in The Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL 60622. There will be one preview performance on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 pm. Opening night, followed by a reception, will be Today, March 9 at 7:30 pm.
Chimera Ensemble Hosts the Chicago Premiere of HOW TO LIVE ON EARTH

Chimera Ensemble presents the Chicago Premiere of How to Live on Earth, written by award-winning playwright MJ Kaufman, and directed by Gwendolyn Wiegold. The production will go up March 8-24 in The Pentagon Theater at Collaboraction Studios in The Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL 60622. There will be one preview performance today, March 8 at 7:30 pm. Opening night, followed by a reception, will be Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 pm.
Chimera Ensemble Hosts the Chicago Premiere of HOW TO LIVE ON EARTH

Chimera Ensemble presents the Chicago Premiere of How to Live on Earth, written by award-winning playwright MJ Kaufman, and directed by Gwendolyn Wiegold. The production will go up March 8-24 in The Pentagon Theater at Collaboraction Studios in The Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL 60622. There will be one preview performance on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 pm. Opening night, followed by a reception, will be Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 pm.
Random Acts, About Face Youth Theatre And Pride Films & Plays Announce THE LARAMIE PROJECT Reading

Random Acts, About Face Youth Theatre and Pride Films & Plays have announced a special 20th Anniversary Reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kaufman, directed by Jason Gerace. The event, set to feature some of Chicago's best talent, will take place on Sunday, November 4 at 7:30pm at Pride Films and Plays' Broadway space. Tickets are tiered from $5-20 and can be purchased at www.RandomActsChicago.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
Cast Announced for SEX WITH STRANGERS at Citadel

Citadel Theatre will continue its 2017-18 season with Laura Eason's SEX WITH STRANGERS, in its first area production since its 2009 and 2011 stagings at Steppenwolf Theatre. The play received its World Premiere as part of Steppenwolf's First Look Repertory of New Work in 2009 and was restaged as one of the company's regular season offerings in 2011.
Photo Flash: The Artistic Home presents WEDDING BAND

The Artistic Home will open its 2017-18 season with a lesser known, but wholly timely piece: WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE, by eminent African-American playwright and author Alice Childress. It opened to the press on Sunday, October 29 and will run through December 17, 2017. Last seen in Chicago in 2003 in a co-production between Steppenwolf and Congo Square Theatre, its first-ever showing here thirty years prior was but one stop in this play's march toward due recognition.
The Artistic Home's THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE Begins Tonight

The Artistic Home presents THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE by William Saroyan.
League of Chicago Theatres Sets Theatre Thursdays Lineup, Featuring World Premieres

The League of Chicago Theatres announces the re-launch of Theatre Thursdays for the 2015-2016 Chicago theatre season, featuring 12 world premiere plays by companies across the city. Each monthly event provides audiences with an inside look at the creative process behind new works, including exclusive access to artists. This collaborative initiative first launched in 2005 and was created to strengthen and diversify the Chicago theatre community by encouraging Chicagoans to explore new venues and companies.
Cast, Design Team Announced for The Artistic Home's THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

The Artistic Home is very excited to announce the cast and design team of The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan.
Jeff Lillico and Joy Farmer-Clary Lead Chicago Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) on Navy Pier opens the 2010/11 Subscription Series with an exhilarating new production of William Shakespeare's iconic Romeo and Juliet.
Jeff Lillico and Joy Farmer-Clary Lead Chicago Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) on Navy Pier opens the 2010/11 Subscription Series with an exhilarating new production of William Shakespeare's iconic Romeo and Juliet.

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