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Bottle Fly world premiere
Nov13
Dec22
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…

Wednesday November 13, 2024Sunday December 22, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Dames at Sea
Nov13
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dames at Sea

Musical parody of large, flashy 1930’s Busby Berkeley-style musical in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York…

Wednesday November 13, 2024Sunday December 15, 2024
Citadel Theatre
300 S Waukegan Rd, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Nov14
Dec8
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…

Thursday November 14, 2024Sunday December 8, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov14
Dec21
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Thursday November 14, 2024Saturday December 21, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Nov14
Dec23
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…

Thursday November 14, 2024Monday December 23, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
The Comedians by Phillip Dawkins
Nov14
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

THE COMEDIANS by Philip Dawkins

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 14THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST Two comedians walk into a comedy club… it’s the start of a bad joke…

Thursday November 14, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday November 24, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Raven Theatre West Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
The Wickhams Christmas at Peberley
Nov14
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley

The Wickhams brings a new holiday tale with romance, intrigue and celebration. As the events of Miss Bennet unfold upstairs at Pemberley, during the same…

Thursday November 14, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 15, 2024
3:00 a.m.
McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137
Antigone
Nov15
Nov24
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…

Friday November 15, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nov15
Nov24
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…

Friday November 15, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov15
Dec2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mercy Killing

A play about the breakup of a love affair between a cisgender lesbian and a self-described genderqueer trans person who is not a woman and…

Friday November 15, 2024Monday December 2, 2024
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Nov15
Dec9
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…

Friday November 15, 2024Monday December 9, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov15
Dec22
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Friday November 15, 2024Sunday December 22, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Nov15
Dec24
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…

Friday November 15, 2024Tuesday December 24, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Nov15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Friday November 15, 2024Wednesday January 15, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov15
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

As You Like It

With a cast that includes some of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters, As You Like It is a story that explores the complexities of love and…

Friday November 15, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Throbbin’ Wood

PrideArts continues its holiday tradition of presenting its adults-only British pantos. The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked…

Friday November 15, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 15, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
Antigone
Nov16
Nov25
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…

Saturday November 16, 2024Monday November 25, 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nov16
Nov25
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…

Saturday November 16, 2024Monday November 25, 2024
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov16
Dec3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mercy Killing

A play about the breakup of a love affair between a cisgender lesbian and a self-described genderqueer trans person who is not a woman and…

Saturday November 16, 2024Tuesday December 3, 2024
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Nov16
Dec10
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…

Saturday November 16, 2024Tuesday December 10, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov16
Dec23
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Saturday November 16, 2024Monday December 23, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Nov16
Dec25
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…

Saturday November 16, 2024Wednesday December 25, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Nov16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Saturday November 16, 2024Thursday January 16, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Throbbin’ Wood

PrideArts continues its holiday tradition of presenting its adults-only British pantos. The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked…

Saturday November 16, 2024
7:30 a.m.Monday December 16, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
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