Find Touch Tours, ASL-Interpreted, Audio-Described, Open-Captioned and Autism-Friendly performances on our Access calendar.
Hitch*Cocktails
Comedy, Improv
Runs May 23 - Dec 26, 2025
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an audience suggestion, the cast weave together an intricate Hitchcock-like …
9:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 28, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 05, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 12, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 19, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 26, 2025
$20
Ballet 5:8 presents
La Llorona
Dance, Espanol
Oct 18, 2025
Ballet 5:8, Chicago’s premiere female and minority-led ballet company, presents its critically acclaimed production La Llorona. This powerful performance reframes the legend of "La Llorona" through a deeply human …
2:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$29 – $59
The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra: Rags to Riches...Celebrating the Life & Music of Tony Bennett
Music
Oct 18, 2025
The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra beings its jazz-meets-big band stylings to the ECC Arts Center on October 18 with "Rags to Riches: Celebrating the Life and Music of Tony Bennett."
7:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$$20 children 12 and under – $$45 adults
The Seance
Cabaret, Drama, Holiday, Magic
Runs Oct 04 - Nov 01, 2025
What is it?
A 'spook-house' show for the smart set; The Seance is an original stage show that recreates an authentic Victorian-era seance.
We will investigate the history of the seance, tell stories of the participants and demonstrate the exact techniques used by psychics and mediums who claimed to contact the dead.
Tonight, you will learn exactly how a seance was performed in a theatrical environment.
7:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$44.99 – $69.99
7:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$44.99 – $69.99
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$44.99 – $69.99
7:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$44.99 – $69.99
"IAm, He Said" -Celebrating the Music of Neil Diamond
Music
Oct 18, 2025
Matt, Jeff, and Tommy Vee, nephew and sons of the legendary Bobby Vee, come together with an all-star band to share stories and celebrate the music of Neil Diamond.
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$54 – $65
Improvised Jane Austen
Improv, Literary Adaptation
Runs May 10 - Nov 29, 2025
Come for the humor, stay for the heart!
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$20.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
$20.00
NSC & Giordano Dance Chicago Present: Ignite the Soul!
Dance
Runs Oct 18 - Oct 19, 2025
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts for two performances, launching its electrifying 63rd season with radiance and infinite horizons. From founder …
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$36.00 – $84.00
2:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$36.00 – $84.00
Visión Latino Theatre Company Presents: Las Borinqueñas
Runs Oct 18 - Nov 09, 2025
It’s the 1950s in Puerto Rico, and María, Fernanda, Yolanda, Rosa, and Chavela are fighting to live full lives in a country caught between tradition and imposed progress. As a new U.S.-backed government promises freedom and prosperity, the women face crushing societal rules and limited choices over their bodies and futures. This is the story of the birth control pill and the Puerto Rican women who risked everything for the chance to decide their own lives.
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$25 – $55
3:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$25 – $55
7:30PM Wed, Oct 22, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$30 – $55
3:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$30 – $55
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Thu, Nov 06, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$30 – $55
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$30 – $55
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$30 – $55
Whirled News Tonight
Comedy, Improv, Open Run
Runs Jan 11 - Oct 25, 2025
Every Saturday at 7:30pm. Twenty years running! The audience provides inspiration by picking their top stories from the day’s news. From these journalistic suggestions, a team of experienced …
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$30.00
World Premiere: Invictus & An African American Requiem
Music, New Work
Oct 18, 2025
Performance Run Time: 2 hours Ear Taxi Festival, the Chicago Philharmonic, Apollo Chorus of Chicago, and Cedille Records have partnered together for the world premiere of Stacy Garrop’s Invictus and Midwestern …
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$25.00 – $94.50
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer
Comedy, Stand-Up
Oct 18, 2025
When Sarah Millican was a child, she wouldn’t say boo to a goose. Quiet at school, not many friends, no boobs ‘til she was 16.
Now? NOW she is loud, with good friends, a cracking rack and goose booing all over the shop.
In Late Bloomer, Sarah’s brand-new stand-up show, she explores how one became the other. Plus, lots of stuff about dinners and lady gardens. Come along and join Sarah on her second American tour, laugh at her, with her, beside her.
This event is for ages 16+.
8:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
MONDO BURLESCO: Chicago's Wildest Burlesque Show!
Cabaret, Variety
Runs Sep 20 - Dec 27, 2025
Explore the weird and wonderful world of burlesque striptease at Mondo Burlesco, in Chicago's iconic Stars & Garters nightclub!
10:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 06, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 13, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 20, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 27, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
Yunchan Lim
Music
Oct 19, 2025
Yunchan Lim, who at 18 became the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, climbs the summit of Baroque keyboard music in Bach’s Goldberg Variations. A miraculous series of 30 …
3:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
from $59
Next Draft Series
RE(VULVA)
New Work
Runs Oct 19 - Oct 21, 2025
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night with an old man pointing a revolver at her. Btw, this old man is her Pussy and if …
7:30PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
7:30PM Mon, Oct 20, 2025
7:30PM Tue, Oct 21, 2025
Happy Hour: A Staged Reading of Short Plays Set in Bars
Comedy/Drama, New Work, Staged Reading
Oct 21, 2025
Ghostlight Ensemble presents the second installment of Happy Hour — a staged reading series made up of short plays with one thing in common, they’re all set in bars.
7:00PM Tue, Oct 21, 2025
The Sound of Music
Musical
Runs Oct 21 - Nov 02, 2025
For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant …
7:00PM Tue, Oct 21, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Wed, Oct 22, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$$40 – $$95
2:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$$40 – $$95
1:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$$40 – $$95
6:30PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Tue, Oct 28, 2025
$$40 – $$95
1:00PM Wed, Oct 29, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Wed, Oct 29, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$$40 – $$95
2:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$$40 – $$95
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$$40 – $$95
1:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$$40 – $$95
Red Theater presents the world premiere of
The Pilon
by Zach Barr
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Oct 22 - Nov 23, 2025
Red Theater presents the world premiere of THE PILON by Zach Barr, directed by Jessica Love.
7:30PM Wed, Oct 22, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
7:30PM Mon, Oct 27, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
7:30PM Mon, Nov 03, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Nov 06, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
7:30PM Mon, Nov 10, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Nov 13, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
7:30PM Mon, Nov 17, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Nov 20, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Nov 23, 2025
Imagine U: Doctor De Soto
Children's/Family, Puppetry
Runs Oct 23 - Nov 02, 2025
Award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin brings William Steig’s tale of wit, wisdom, and whimsy to the stage with an eye-popping blend of live-action, puppetry, music, and rhyme. Despite the sign outside stating that they do not treat predators, the De Soto family dentist practice takes pity on a suffering fox with a rotten tooth. But once he opens his jaws and they must step inside, they begin to rethink their decision. Full of excitement and laughter, this modern-day fable proves that even the smallest creatures can make a big difference with kindness and a little quick thinking.
7:00PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$8 – $20
11:00AM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$8 – $20
11:00AM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$8 – $20
11:00AM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$8 – $20
2:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$8 – $20
11:00AM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$8 – $20
Music Theater Works' GODSPELL
Comedy/Drama, Musical
Runs Oct 23 - Nov 16, 2025
Day by day for more than 50 years, audiences have delighted in this modern musical fable that weaves together music, improv and infectious pop and rock songs. This GODSPELL finds a fractured and disconnected community gathered at a local diner discovering the transformative power of forgiveness and embracing radical love.
Production Sponsor: Whirled Peas Foundation In Partnership with Curt’s Cafe
North Theatre at North Shore Center for Performing Arts
October 23 – November 16
Production Sponsor: Whirled Peas Foundation
In Partnership with Curt’s Cafe
Book by John Michael Tebelak
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Music by Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Matthew Silar
Music Directed by Justin Kono
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Wed, Oct 29, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Wed, Nov 05, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Wed, Nov 12, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$19.50 – $106
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$19.50 – $106
2:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
$19.50 – $106
The Neighborhood of the Loners
New Work
Runs Oct 23 - Nov 02, 2025
The Neighborhood of the Loners is a place where residents live without social interactions or contact with the world around them. This sanctuary of solitude is disrupted by a sudden death in the neighborhood. The walls between neighbors come down, as the community must come together to answer the question at hand: Who poisoned Miss Pérez? Absurdist, comedic, and harrowing, this world-premiere translation explores how isolation impacts society.
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$10 – $25
2:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$10 – $25
2:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$10 – $25
The Soldier’s Tale
Music
Runs Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2025
Step into the engrossing world of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale — a Faustian fable about a soldier-fiddler who makes a pact with the devil — in this semi-staged collaboration with …
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
from $49
1:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
from $49
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
from $49
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Audio Play/Podcast, Open Run
Runs Jan 09 - Dec 18, 2025
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers, listener contestants, and celebrity …
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Nov 13, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Nov 20, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Dec 11, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Dec 18, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
Peter Pan
Children's/Family, Musical
Runs Oct 24, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
Follow Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland! The adventures are endless in a world of pirates and mayhem. Let your imagination fly to a place that allows you to NEVER GROW UP!
12:00AM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$18 – $22
12:00AM Wed, Oct 29, 2025
$18 – $22
12:00AM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$18 – $22
12:00AM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Tue, Nov 04, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Wed, Nov 05, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Nov 06, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$18 – $22
11:00AM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Tue, Nov 18, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Nov 20, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Tue, Nov 25, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Wed, Nov 26, 2025
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Jan 23, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Jan 30, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Wed, Feb 04, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Feb 05, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Feb 06, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Wed, Feb 11, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Feb 12, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Feb 13, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Thu, Feb 19, 2026
$18 – $22
10:30AM Fri, Feb 20, 2026
$18 – $22
Mix at Six
Damon Locks's Black Monument Ensemble
Music
Oct 24, 2025
Performance Run Time: 60–70 minutes, no intermission. Originally conceived as a medium for Chicago-based multi-media artist and activist Damon Locks’s sample-based sound collage work, Black Monument Ensemble (BME) has evolved from a …
6:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$20.00 – $23.0