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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
Feb28
Mar3
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, February 28thMonday, March 3rd

League of Chicago Theatres
Mar1
Mar4
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 1stTuesday, March 4th

League of Chicago Theatres
Mar2
Mar5
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…

Sunday, March 2ndWednesday, March 5th

Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar3
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…

Monday, March 3rd
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March
Mar3
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…

Monday, March 3rd
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar3
Mar6
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…

Monday, March 3rdThursday, March 6th

The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival
Mar3
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…

Monday, March 3rd
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
Jackalope Theatre Announces “Dummy in Diaspora”
Mar3
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,…

Monday, March 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Broadway Armory Park
5917 North Broadway
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar3
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…

Monday, March 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar3
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…

Monday, March 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar4
Mar7
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…

Tuesday, March 4thFriday, March 7th

Fat Ham
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar4
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…

Tuesday, March 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar5
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…

Wednesday, March 5th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Mar5
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…

Wednesday, March 5th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March
Mar5
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…

Wednesday, March 5th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
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

Fat Ham
Mar5
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…

Wednesday, March 5th
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
The Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival
Mar5
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…

Wednesday, March 5th
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
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