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Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary
Feb5
Jan4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will feature a remarkable season of beloved titles for kids of all ages. Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre invites theatergoers to…

Wednesday February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m.Sunday January 4, 2026
11:30 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar5
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Wednesday, March 5thSaturday, March 8th

League of Chicago Theatres
Mar6
Mar10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Thursday, March 6thMonday, March 10th

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Mar7
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, March 7th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, March 8th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar7
Mar11
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Friday, March 7thTuesday, March 11th

Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicagoland’s longest running musical theatre, Marriott Theatre, officially kicks off its spectacular 50th Anniversary Season with one of the most enduring and beloved musicals of…

Saturday, March 8th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences kicks off its remarkable children’s theatre season, part of Marriott Theatre’s 50th anniversary, with the musical adaptation of one of…

Saturday, March 8th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through March 30th due…

Saturday, March 8th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar8
Mar12
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Saturday, March 8thWednesday, March 12th

Fat Ham
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Saturday, March 8th
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Raisin in the Sun

New York Drama Critics Award winner, Tony Award nominee for Best Play, and the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on…

Saturday, March 8th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Saturday, March 8th
2:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival
Mar8
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival

The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival 2025 celebrates its first year at the Zhou B Art Center, 4th Floor Women…

Saturday, March 8th
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote

After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, in association with The Actors…

Saturday, March 8th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play

CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with  the world premiere of The Singularity Play,…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Jackalope Theatre Announces “Dummy in Diaspora”
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Announces “Dummy in Diaspora”

Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to announce the United States premiere of one of the hits of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dummy in Diaspora,…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Broadway Armory Park
5917 North Broadway
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson,…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Alabama Story
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alabama Story

As the Civil Rights movement is brewing in Montgomery, Alabama, a segregationist senator and the state librarian clash over the content of a children’s book…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
after-words bookstore
23 East Illinois Street
Alabama Story
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alabama Story

As the Civil Rights movement is brewing in Montgomery, Alabama, a segregationist senator and the state librarian clash over the content of a children’s book…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Haymarket House
800 W. Buena Ave.
The Elephant in the Room by Priyanka Shetty
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Elephant in the Room by Priyanka Shetty

South Asia Institute presents the Chicago debut with just two exclusive shows of “The Elephant in the Room”, a critically acclaimed one-woman show by Priyanka…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work

CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
The Gift Theatre Presents the World Premier of Cygnus
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Gift Theatre Presents the World Premier of Cygnus

The Gift Theatre, is proud to present the world premiere of Cygnus, written by Susan Soon He Stanton, award-winning writer and producer of HBO’s “Succession”…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Filament Theatre
4041 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces an original adaption of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, by Artistic Director of Development Dusty Brown, Caroline Kidwell and Jordan…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar8
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Raisin in the Sun

New York Drama Critics Award winner, Tony Award nominee for Best Play, and the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on…

Saturday, March 8th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
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