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Antigone
Feb9
Feb18
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, February 9thTuesday, February 18th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Feb9
Feb18
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, February 9thTuesday, February 18th
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Feb9
Mar5
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, February 9thWednesday, March 5th
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Feb9
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Sunday, February 9thThursday, March 20th
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Feb9
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Sunday, February 9th
5:00 a.m.9:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Feb9
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…

Sunday, February 9th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
Feb9
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds

CHICAGO – The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago’s “bouncy and bodacious” smash-hit production of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus opened YPT’s 2024-2025 season…

Sunday, February 9th
1:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb9
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, February 9th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Fat Ham
Feb9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Sunday, February 9th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Betrayal
Feb9
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…

Sunday, February 9th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Mr. Parker
Feb9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mr. Parker

Terry Parker is a middle-aged man navigating life after a profound personal loss. As he works to rediscover his identity and adjust to unexpected changes,…

Sunday, February 9th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home
Feb9
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,…

Sunday, February 9th
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Glassheart
Feb9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Glassheart

Chicago premiere of a new play by Chicago-based playwright Reina Hardy. A modern-day reimagining of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The Beast has…

Sunday, February 9th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
You Win Some, You Dim Sum
Feb9
Music & Comedy

You Win Some, You Dim Sum

We don’t celebrate our wins enough!! Carve out some time in your week to come to You Win Some, You Dim Sum, a show where…

Sunday, February 9th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge
2040 North Milwaukee Avenue
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Feb9
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, February 9th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Feb9
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, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Feb9
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, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Feb9
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, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb9
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, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Fat Ham
Feb9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Sunday, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Betrayal
Feb9
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…

Sunday, February 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Feb10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Monday, February 10th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Feb10
Feb13
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, February 10thThursday, February 13th
Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W. Sheridan Rd.
Antigone
Feb10
Feb19
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, February 10thWednesday, February 19th
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