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Ballet Folklorico de Mexico: Amalia Hernández
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Auditorium Theatre
50 East Ida B. Wells Drive
Hedda Gabler
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Mar2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play

CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with  the world premiere of The Singularity Play,…

Sunday, March 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar2
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…

Sunday, March 2nd
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
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.
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

Antigone
Mar3
Mar13
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…

Monday, March 3rdThursday, March 13th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mar3
Mar13
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…

Monday, March 3rdThursday, March 13th
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Mar3
Mar27
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…

Monday, March 3rdThursday, March 27th

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Mar3
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Monday, March 3rd
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
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.
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

Antigone
Mar4
Mar14
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…

Tuesday, March 4thFriday, March 14th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mar4
Mar14
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…

Tuesday, March 4thFriday, March 14th
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Mar4
Mar28
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…

Tuesday, March 4thFriday, March 28th

Alice in Wonderland
Mar4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alice in Wonderland

Follow Alice as she travels down the Rabbit Hole to the most amazing places!  Along her fantastic journey she’ll meet the Mad Hatter, March Hare,…

Tuesday, March 4th
10:30 a.m.11:30 p.m.

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Mar4
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Tuesday, March 4th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
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
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