Stories
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Stories

Join Cunning Folk Theatre Co. for a new play based on a tale by classic Yiddish author Y.L. Peretz (and the company’s Midwest debut!) In…

Sunday, May 31st
2:00 p.m.3:20 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 North Southport Avenue
Covenant
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Covenant

BY YORK WALKER DIRECTED BY MALKIA STAMPLEY “Everybody got a secret.” Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed…

Sunday, May 31st
2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Content
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Content

Abigail Faulkner has vanished under mysterious circumstances, leaving her family with nothing but questions. Thankfully, true crime YouTuber Nathan Kraus has taken it upon himself…

Sunday, May 31st
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N. Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614
An Enemy of the People
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

An Enemy of the People

An award-winning new take on the historic masterwork about citizens standing up to power.  When a respected doctor in small-town Norway makes a deadly discovery…

Sunday, May 31st
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
TimeLine Theatre Company
5035 N Broadway
Always…Patsy Cline
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Always…Patsy Cline

This musical play, complete with down-home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, Walkin’ After Midnight and more! Starring ensemble member Liz Chidester as Patsy…

Sunday, May 31st
2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Crime and Punishment
May31
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…

Sunday, May 31st
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
TUTA Theatre
4670 N. Manor Ave.
Gee’s Bend
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Gee’s Bend

GEE’S BEND is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice, her…

Sunday, May 31st
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Steet
Windfall
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Windfall

This is a story about money. Don’t let them fool you otherwise. When a father loses his child in a clash with the local police,…

Sunday, May 31st
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Scaramouche
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Scaramouche

A musical based on the rip-roaring novel by Rafael Sabatini. Radicalized by his friend’s brutal murder on the eve of the French Revolution, a sardonic…

Sunday, May 31st
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Spamalot
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Spamalot

THE SHOW THAT SET BROADWAY BACK 1,000 YEARS…RETURNS! TOURING ACROSS AMERICA THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL COMEDY MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Peter Marks of The Washington…

Sunday, May 31st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
[producing body] Presents “Spaceman”
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

[producing body] Presents “Spaceman”

[producingbody] is pleased to announce the Chicago premiere of Spaceman, by Leegrid Stevens and directed by Eric Slater, May 19 – June 13, at The…

Sunday, May 31st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.
Malarkey Comedy Expo League
May31
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…

Sunday, May 31st
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Antigone
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Antigone

Contemporary adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s poetic drama of a woman forced to choose between following her moral compass and obedience to the laws of her…

Sunday, May 31st
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
The Conspirators Presents “Tartuffe, or The Charlatan”
May31
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Conspirators Presents “Tartuffe, or The Charlatan”

The Conspirators present Tartuffe, or, The Charlatan by playwright Molière (1622-1673), directed by Wm. Bullion, at Stars & Garters, 3914 N. Clark St., May 8…

Sunday, May 31st
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Stars & Garters
3914 N Clark St
Wheel of Improv
May31
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!)…

Sunday, May 31st
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Improvised DCOM
May31
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised DCOM

Dive into the nostalgia of Disney Channel Original Movies with the cast of Improvised DCOM! This All Star cast is bringing screen to stage with…

Sunday, May 31st
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents the Return of Readings on Ravenswood
Jun1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents the Return of Readings on Ravenswood

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is proud to announce the 2026 return of its Readings on Ravenswood series, curated by Artistic Director Marti Lyons and Creative…

Monday, June 1st
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Remy Bumppo Rehearsal Space
1751 W. Grace Street
First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”
Jun1
Theatre & Performing Arts

First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”

A catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist. A play that is not about corporations, not about warehouses, and certainly not about billionaires.…

Monday, June 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Raven Theatre Company
6157 N. Clark St.
Scaramouche
Jun1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Scaramouche

A musical based on the rip-roaring novel by Rafael Sabatini. Radicalized by his friend’s brutal murder on the eve of the French Revolution, a sardonic…

Monday, June 1st
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Antigone
Jun1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Antigone

Contemporary adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s poetic drama of a woman forced to choose between following her moral compass and obedience to the laws of her…

Monday, June 1st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Theater of the Mind
Jun2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Theater of the Mind

Now through July 12, 2026 Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created…

Tuesday, June 2nd
Reid Murdoch Building – 333 N LaSalle
333 N LaSalle
Theater of the Mind
Jun3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Theater of the Mind

Now through July 12, 2026 Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created…

Wednesday, June 3rd
Reid Murdoch Building – 333 N LaSalle
333 N LaSalle
Always…Patsy Cline
Jun3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Always…Patsy Cline

This musical play, complete with down-home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, Walkin’ After Midnight and more! Starring ensemble member Liz Chidester as Patsy…

Wednesday, June 3rd
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
An Enemy of the People
Jun3
Theatre & Performing Arts

An Enemy of the People

An award-winning new take on the historic masterwork about citizens standing up to power.  When a respected doctor in small-town Norway makes a deadly discovery…

Wednesday, June 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
TimeLine Theatre Company
5035 N Broadway