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Best of The Second City: Chicago-Style
The Best of The Second City: Chicago-Style is a fast-paced sketch and improv comedy revue from The Second City featuring classic scenes from its legendary…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Babes With Blades Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “yo ho.”
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2026 season opens with a world premiere, yo ho., by playwright SMJ, directed by JD Caudill and fight choreography…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best Of Annoyance Sketch
Enjoy the best sketch comedy Chicago has to offer! The Annoyance Theatre has been at the crux of the comedy scene in Chicago for over…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pandemonium, Please Hold
The Second City’s 114th Mainstage Revue Pandemonium, Please Hold is a loud, fast, and gloriously unhinged night of comedic mayhem. The Second City’s six-person cast…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience is a high-energy night of improvisation from The Second City, with a few sketch surprises mixed in along the way. Built…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Theater of the Mind
Now Extended Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created by David Byrne…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Dramatic Improv Festival
The Dramatic Improv Festival returns to Chicago, August 20-23 for four days celebrating the art of grounded, human, emotionally authentic improvisation. Hosted by Theatre Momentum,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series
McAninch Arts Center (MAC) is pleased to announce the return of the Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series on Wednesdays and Thursdays, July 8-Aug. 6…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Champions Of Magic
The phenomenal Champions Of Magic bring their acclaimed illusion spectacular to Chicago for a limited engagement this summer. See the production that critics have described…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Adolescent Salvation
Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker, and push each other to the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Music Theater Works Presents the Beloved Classic “West Side Story”
Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the second production of its 2026 season, West Side Story, in the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Nova Entertainment Presents “Hail Mary/Maria” by Playwright RJ Silva and Directed by Adam Reed
Nova Entertainment is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for Hail Mary/Maria, written by RJ Silva and directed by Adam Reed, August 14…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky’s epic novel distilled into a 90-minute play for three-actors and performed in TUTA’s hyper-intimate 24-seat theater. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT focuses on the plight of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Windows
Olivia is a former soccer player still recovering from a career-ending injury. Her girlfriend, Natalie, is stuck in a job she’s not passionate about, caught…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Babes With Blades Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “yo ho.”
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2026 season opens with a world premiere, yo ho., by playwright SMJ, directed by JD Caudill and fight choreography…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “I Love You Because”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to announce its next production, I Love You Because, August 14 – September 13, book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Shane
In this World Premiere adaptation of the classic western, Shane, a mysterious stranger, shows up at the Starrett homestead in the Wyoming Territory in 1889.…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best of The Second City
Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Metal Shop Performance Lab & JunkHeart Present “Anatomy of a Suicide”
Produced in partnership with JunkHeart, The Metal Shop Performance Lab is proud to present Anatomy of a Suicide, August 12 – 30, at Redtwist Theatre,…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Malarkey Comedy Expo League
Welcome to Expo League, where competition and exhibition meet to make an entertaining and interactive experience you’ll never forget! Like the Savannah Bananas and Harlem…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Make Your Own Crappy Cake Art Class
The popular Crappy Cake Art Making Class is returning to WNDR this summer! Join Anna Lasbury, creator of one of WNDR’s most colorful installations “Life…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pandemonium, Please Hold
The Second City’s 114th Mainstage Revue Pandemonium, Please Hold is a loud, fast, and gloriously unhinged night of comedic mayhem. The Second City’s six-person cast…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience
Reality Detox: The Improv Experience is a high-energy night of improvisation from The Second City, with a few sketch surprises mixed in along the way. Built…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Wheel of Improv
Chicago’s top comedians battle it out for laughs, glory, and sweet sweet points in an interactive game show, featuring a live studio audience (that’s you!)…
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