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Encounters with Light
Nov24
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, November 24th
2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W. Sheridan Rd.
Falsettos
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Falsettos

Tony Award-winning Falsettos is a tribute to family and its many forms; a playful interrogation of faith and identity; and a celebration of the beauty, complexity, and…

Sunday, November 24th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Visceral Dance Chicago’s Fall Engagement
Nov24
Nov25
Theatre & Performing Arts

Visceral Dance Chicago’s Fall Engagement

VISCERAL DANCE CHICAGO’S FALL ENGAGEMENT | Nov 21 – 24 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Visceral returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art for a…

Sunday, November 24th
2:00 p.m.Monday, November 25th
3:30 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
Book of Me
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Book of Me

Wanda stands on the cusp of womanhood. Educated in the finest schools by successful Black parents she appears to be a well adjusted child of…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Red Theater Presents: DOGS
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Red Theater Presents: DOGS

Red Theater presents a dazzling, grotesque, hysterical debut by acclaimed local playwright Hanna Kime. It is the Fourth of July sometime in the future, and…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
1133 W Catalpa
1133 W Catalpa Ave
Adverses
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Adverses

  Jealousy and intrigue run rampant in the city of Palacio. A mother and a daughter face off in a fight to the finish: The…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Aguijón Theater
2707 N. Laramie Ave.
THE COMEDIANS
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

THE COMEDIANS

Two comedians walk into a comedy club… it’s the start of a bad joke and a serious relationship. Chauncy and Nsaku are both comedians and…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Raven Theatre Company
6157 N. Clark St.
Man playing violin
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR): Voices of Migration & Innovation

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) curates and performs in a program featuring his “inventive and energetic music” (The New York Times). From the soul-stirring melodies…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
Seven Guitars
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Seven Guitars

The Chicago non-Equity premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of…

Sunday, November 24th
3:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
SWITCHBOARD: Missed Connections From The S.S. Eastland
Nov24
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

SWITCHBOARD: Missed Connections From The S.S. Eastland

SWITCHBOARD is a Neo-Futurist puppetry show exploring themes of memory and communication through the lens of the S.S. Eastland disaster. The Eastland was a passenger ship…

Sunday, November 24th
3:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
ANNIE returns to Chicago this holiday season!
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

ANNIE returns to Chicago this holiday season!

The iconic Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE is returning to Chicago this holiday season with a limited three-week engagement at The Chicago Theatre from November 12…

Sunday, November 24th
4:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
Dog Man – The Musical
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dog Man – The Musical

Back by popular demand, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious production based on the worldwide bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain…

Sunday, November 24th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
Suitcase Stories: An Immigrant’s Journey of Losing One Home and Finding Two
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Suitcase Stories: An Immigrant’s Journey of Losing One Home and Finding Two

Jitesh Jaggi will perform his solo storytelling show at The Second City on November 10 and November 24, 2024. Foraging the depths of a peanut…

Sunday, November 24th
6:30 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody

Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh – Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner…

Sunday, November 24th
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Hubard Street Dance Chicago Season 47: Fall Series
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hubard Street Dance Chicago Season 47: Fall Series

Hubard Street Dance Company (HSDC) is kicking off Season 47: Fall Series with a historic partnership with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy, making HSDC the only…

Sunday, November 24th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
Disturbia Haunted House
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Disturbia Haunted House

Step into the darkenss and embrace your fears at Disturbia Haunted House in Downers Grove, IL!  This Halloween Season, prepare for an unforgetable experience that…

Sunday, November 24th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Disturbia Haunted House
1213 Butterfield Rd suite d
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Nov24
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, November 24th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Nov24
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, November 24th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Nov24
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, November 24th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Falsettos
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Falsettos

Tony Award-winning Falsettos is a tribute to family and its many forms; a playful interrogation of faith and identity; and a celebration of the beauty, complexity, and…

Sunday, November 24th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

From the opening chorus’s joyful, exuberant trumpets and timpani, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, moving arias, and stirring chorales. Dame Jane Glover brings…

Sunday, November 24th
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
Marriott Theatre Presents Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

Enjoy one of America’s most cherished silver screen classics, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, as it finds its way to the Marriott Theatre stage this holiday…

Sunday, November 24th
7:30 p.m.11:30 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
Nov24
Nov25
Theatre & Performing Arts

GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement

Giordano Dance Chicago, America’s original jazz dance company, presents their spring engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St. at…

Sunday, November 24th
7:30 p.m.Monday, November 25th
9:30 p.m.
Adverses
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Adverses

  Jealousy and intrigue run rampant in the city of Palacio. A mother and a daughter face off in a fight to the finish: The…

Sunday, November 24th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Aguijón Theater
2707 N. Laramie Ave.
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