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Improv Near Me is a one-of-a-kind, 360-degree comedy experience that brings the spirit of Chicago’s legendary improv scene to life—right in the round! Blending classic improv scenes, musical moments, and immersive staging, the show surrounds the audience with spontaneous storytelling and rapid-fire laughs, all while paying tribute to the iconic neighborhoods and landmarks that helped shape the art form. Whether you're a lifelong local or just visiting the birthplace of improv, this high-energy celebration of Chicago's comedic roots puts you right at the heart of the action—no map required.

From the choreographer of the critically acclaimed Frankenstein, the Joffrey presents the U.S. premiere of Liam Scarlett's Carmen, a tale of love, betrayal, and defiance set within the gritty confines of a cigarette factory in 1930s Spain.

Two sisters are appearing on an HGTV-style reality show to sell their family home, hoping to capitalize on the gentrification in their “changing neighborhood.” As they perform for the camera the show starts to slip into the surreal: one sister grapples with turmoil in the family’s ancestral past and the other learns how much she’s willing to sacrifice for the family’s future.

In Hot People Island, a popular tv network will take 8 lucky certified Hot People, put them on an island, and make them do stuff. With unexpected twists, this is sure to be the most dramatic season yet! Based on reality television staples like Love Island, Survivor, and Traitors, this absurd Hot comedy is sure to keep Hot audiences guessing til the very end.

Joshua Jay returns for the third year in a row to Rhapsody Theater, this time with something new..

Stage version of Stephen King's thrilling novel

Olympus Has Fallen (And it Can’t Get Up) is a sketchy retelling of your favorite Greek myths.

Phony Award Winning features Chicago's best musical improvisers.

Selina Fillinger’s acclaimed theatrical farce imagines what happens behind the locked doors of that big pearly house. The answer contains, but is not limited to briefings, meetings, backtracking, honoring our veterans, female-pride conventions, breast-pumping, blue razz slushies, drugs, Crocs, with copious amounts of chaos and attempts to contain it. Witness Loyola Theatre transport 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to our Laboratory Underground Theatre in the basement of Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.

Tom & Eliza is a dual meditation on the choices we make (and those we don't) in a world that spins relentlessly into the future.

A ghost seeking revenge. A church caught in its own contradictions. Two queer teens reckoning with faith, fear, and desire. Anna Klos and Suz Evans bring you a haunting, hilarious, and heartfelt piece like no other. This World Premiere is presented with Trap Door's Trap Open Series.

Join us in the Carpathian Mountains to witness the birth of legend as a Countess becomes a Carnivore and a Mother becomes a Monster. The shadow of Erzsebet Bathory has endured for over 400 years–but who is the Blood Countess and how did her story of infamy begin, grow, and take on a life of its own? In a time when the constructed reputations of those who are given power are all some care about, Idle Muse explores the Truth behind the blood-soaked rumors.

The story of how Shakespeare's plays were preserved for all time.

For one night only, a legendary band is reuniting.

The ECC Arts Center season kicks off with the wildly imaginative ARTRAGEOUS, a fusion of art, music, theater, and creativity.

Collision of Rhythm is an electrifying duo that turns every stage into a lively spectacle, delivering a performance that feels like a 12-person ensemble. With their unique blend of talent, they've wowed audiences on major shows such as The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent. With drumming, tap dancing, rhythmic juggling, marimba, piano, saxophone, flute and so much more, the show has been described as “Stomp meets Blue Man meets Cirque du Soleil.”

US Premiere of London Pub Theatre hit about a gay sex worker who is the son of a gangster.

Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare.