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CHARGES (THE SUPPLICANTS)

A powerful elegy for the plight of refugees, from ancient times to the present.

Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek’s Charges (The Supplicants) is a cry for the displaced.
Theatre Y transforms the act of seeking a home into a surrealist tightrope walk teetering between gallows humor and tragedy. Originally written to address the global refugee crisis, co-directors Melissa Lorraine and Héctor Álvarez mine Jelinek’s text for truths about a world of closed borders and violent deportations.

Monsieur Chopin

Monsieur Chopin Performance Run Time: 2 hours Monsieur Chopin features the romantic story and music of the Polish pianist composer Fryderyk Chopin, set in Chopin’s Parisian salon where … Read more

The Illusion

The Illusion, co-produced by Madison Street Theater & Forest Theatre Company is coming to the MST stage February 5-22, 2026 in Oak Park, IL.

White Rooster

White Rooster is a darkly funny tale of love, loss and the strange things we inherit. After a family tragedy, Min is pulled into a world of restless spirits, old curses and mysterious traditions. Her fiancé won’t stay dead, her sister won’t stay buried and a rooster won’t be ignored. Blending spooky folklore with offbeat humor, White Rooster is a haunting tale of grief, family and the messiness of moving on.