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Name: Encounters with Light
Start: 2025-05-02T00:00:00-05:00
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April 27, 2025: Apr27
Theatre & Performing Arts
Drink the Past Dry
The nondescript neighborhood bar in the middle of Chicago looks like every other bar in every other neighborhood in the city. A few regulars sit…
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Sunday, April 27th
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
3905 N Lincoln Ave
Apr27
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,…
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Sunday, April 27th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Apr27
Theatre & Performing Arts
Berlin
Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…
Hyde Park
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Sunday, April 27th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Apr27
Music & Comedy
Mo Amer: El Oso Palestino Tour
Mo Amer comes to The Chicago Theatre on April 27. Mohammed “Mo” Amer is a celebrated Palestinian-American stand up comedian and award-winning writer. Currently starring…
Loop
Event details
Sunday, April 27th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
April 28, 2025: Apr28
May1
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…
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Monday, April 28th – Thursday, May 1st
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Apr28
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…
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Monday, April 28th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
April 29, 2025: Apr29
May2
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…
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Tuesday, April 29th – Friday, May 2nd
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Apr29
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…
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Tuesday, April 29th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Apr29
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
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Tuesday, April 29th
7:00 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
April 30, 2025: Apr30
May3
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…
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Wednesday, April 30th – Saturday, May 3rd
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Apr30
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…
Event details
Wednesday, April 30th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Apr30
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Event details
Wednesday, April 30th
7:00 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Apr30
Theatre & Performing Arts
Berlin
Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…
Hyde Park
Event details
Wednesday, April 30th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
May 1, 2025: May1
May4
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…
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Thursday, May 1st – Sunday, May 4th
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May1
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…
Event details
Thursday, May 1st
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Event details
Thursday, May 1st
7:00 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
May1
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,…
Event details
Thursday, May 1st
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson,…
Wicker Park / Bucktown
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Thursday, May 1st
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents ‘ART’
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for ‘Art,’ the final production in its 2024 – 2025 season,…
Lakeview
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Thursday, May 1st
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Theater Wit
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts
Berlin
Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…
Hyde Park
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Thursday, May 1st
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
May1
Music & Comedy
Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling Tour
Indie singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus brings the Forever is a Feeling Tour to The Chicago Theatre on May 1.
Loop
Event details
Thursday, May 1st
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts
Spring Awakenings
In a world where curiosity is stifled and questions are met with silence, a group of teenagers finds themselves thrust into the chaos of adolescence…
Lincoln Park
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Thursday, May 1st
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
May 2, 2025: May2
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…
Lakeview
Event details
Friday, May 2nd
12:00 a.m. – Saturday, May 3rd
1:00 a.m.
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Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
May2
May5
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…
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Friday, May 2nd – Monday, May 5th
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