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Alabama Story
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
after-words bookstore
23 East Illinois Street
Alabama Story
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Haymarket House
800 W. Buena Ave.
Boy Gets Girl
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
The Elephant in the Room by Priyanka Shetty
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
CLUE Live on Stage!
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

CLUE Live on Stage!

A mansion. A murder. A mystery. Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Dinner with Friends
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dinner with Friends

Bluebird Arts  kicks off its sixth season with Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends at Theater Wit (Chicago, IL). The show runs Saturday, October 19 through…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Theater Wit
Fool for Love
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fool for Love

In a sweltering motel room in the Mojave Desert, May and Eddie lick their wounds and get ready for another relentless round. This brawl is…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Betrayal
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Betrayal

Stage and screen stars Helen Hunt (Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe Awards), Robert Sean Leonard (Tony Award) and Ian Barford (Tony Award nominee) form the “eternal…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico: Amalia Hernández
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico: Amalia Hernández

Celebrate the stunning and visually opulent history, culture, music, and dance of Mexico with one of the most famous dance companies in the world featuring…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Auditorium Theatre
50 East Ida B. Wells Drive
The Gift Theatre Presents the World Premier of Cygnus
Mar1
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 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Filament Theatre
4041 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home

Porchlight Music Theatre presents the Tony-award winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated musical Fun Home, opening January 16, 2025, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts,…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Hedda Gabler
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Tesman returns from her honeymoon to the brutal banality of domestic life: an agonizingly bland husband; a living room full of dying flowers; and…

Saturday, March 1st
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
The Lincoln Lodge
Mar1
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Lincoln Lodge

The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…

Saturday, March 1st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
Mar1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Improvised Shakespeare Company®

The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year!  Join us for an evening of off-the-ruff…

Saturday, March 1st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Here 4 A Bit *Naughty Improv
Mar1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Here 4 A Bit *Naughty Improv

Join us again for a whose line styled night of explosive laughter that will titillate your “funny” bone. Fast paced short form improv, hilarious songs,…

Saturday, March 1st
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
Best Of Annoyance Sketch
Mar1
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…

Saturday, March 1st
9:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
The Annoyance Theatre
851 W. Belmont Ave.
LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show
Mar1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show

Who’s Line is it Anyways meets Fear Factor in LETS PLAY A GAME, a new short form show that’s a unique blend of comedy, chaos,…

Saturday, March 1st
10:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
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

Antigone
Mar2
Mar12
Theatre & Performing Arts

Antigone

Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition…

Sunday, March 2ndWednesday, March 12th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mar2
Mar12
Theatre & Performing Arts

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Experience the magic of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory like never before! Follow the adventures of Charlie Bucket, a kindhearted boy who wins a golden…

Sunday, March 2ndWednesday, March 12th
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Mar2
Mar26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Sunday, March 2ndWednesday, March 26th

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