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Port of Entry silhouettes of people in apartment windows
Oct17
Nov2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Port of Entry

Port of Entry invites you to step inside the real-life stories of immigrants and refugees from all parts of the world living side by side…

Thursday October 17, 2024Saturday November 2, 2024
Evil Perfect by Spencer Huffman
Oct17
Nov10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Evil Perfect by Spencer Huffman

A World Premiere by Spencer Huffman, directed by Jonathan Shaboo. In an otherworldly city obsessed with achieving absolute equity at all costs, Lily, a dissident…

Thursday October 17, 2024Sunday November 10, 2024
Bramble Arts Loft
Dear Elizabeth ocean crashing on rocks
Oct17
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dear Elizabeth

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Creative Producer Christina Casano. Running October 17-November 17, 2024. In 1947, Elizabeth Bishop…

Thursday October 17, 2024Sunday November 17, 2024
Theater Wit
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct17
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Thursday October 17, 2024
7:30 p.m.Sunday November 17, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
Dracula
Oct18
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Friday October 18, 2024Sunday November 3, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024

League of Chicago Theatres
Oct18
Nov10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten

In this lighthearted 1950s romantic comedy, Gillian Holroyd becomes interested in her upstairs neighbor and tenant and hexes him into falling in love with her.…

Friday October 18, 2024Sunday November 10, 2024
Saint Bonaventure Church
1625 W. Diversey, Chicago, IL, 60614
Dinner with Friends
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dinner with Friends

Bluebird Arts kicks off its sixth season with Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago. The show runs Saturday,…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
Theater Wit
League of Chicago Theatres
Oct18
Dec1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Seven Guitars

The Chicago storefront premiere of August Wilson’s searing drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their…

Friday October 18, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 1, 2024
3:00 a.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Inheritance or Brothers From the Deep lightening over lake
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep

Previews October 11-13 2024 Runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. from October 18 through November 23, 2024 Additional Thursday performances…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St. , Chicago, IL, 60626
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Friday October 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.Monday November 18, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
Dracula
Oct19
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Saturday October 19, 2024Monday November 4, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct19
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Saturday October 19, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024

El Pielago de la Calamidades
Oct19
Nov10
Theatre & Performing Arts

El Pielago de la Calamidades

The unwritten story of what happened to the nomadic actors who were hired by Hamlet to represent the murder of his father. Rated: PG13 Parents…

Saturday October 19, 2024
7:00 p.m.Sunday November 10, 2024
9:00 p.m.
Teatro Tariakuri
3117 W. 63rd St. , Chicago, IL, 60629
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Saturday October 19, 2024
7:30 p.m.Tuesday November 19, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
Dracula
Oct20
Nov5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Sunday October 20, 2024Tuesday November 5, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct20
Nov25
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Sunday October 20, 2024Monday November 25, 2024

RSC Pericles
Oct20
Dec7
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pericles

Direct from a run in the Swan Theatre at the company’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon! In her and Daniel Evans’ first season as the RSC’s co-artistic…

Sunday October 20, 2024
6:00 a.m.Saturday December 7, 2024
7:00 a.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Courtyard Theater
800 E. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60611
El Pielago de la Calamidades
Oct20
Nov11
Theatre & Performing Arts

El Pielago de la Calamidades

The unwritten story of what happened to the nomadic actors who were hired by Hamlet to represent the murder of his father. Rated: PG13 Parents…

Sunday October 20, 2024
7:00 p.m.Monday November 11, 2024
9:00 p.m.
Teatro Tariakuri
3117 W. 63rd St. , Chicago, IL, 60629
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct20
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Sunday October 20, 2024
7:30 p.m.Wednesday November 20, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
Dracula
Oct21
Nov6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Monday October 21, 2024Wednesday November 6, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
Dracula
Oct22
Nov7
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Tuesday October 22, 2024Thursday November 7, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
Some Like It Hot logo
Oct22
Nov3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Some Like it Hot

Winner of 4 Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, SOME LIKE IT HOT is…

Tuesday October 22, 2024Sunday November 3, 2024
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
Dracula
Oct23
Nov8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Wednesday October 23, 2024Friday November 8, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
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