Two political prisoners, held for years without charges or trial, must face what they know of their circumstances, each other, and their hopes for escape. A darkly humorous examination of faith and trust in an absurdly cruel world.
After three tours in Afghanistan, Jess returns home to a changed world, and body. With biting dark humor and virtual reality therapy, she begins to rebuild her life one puzzle piece at a time, confronting scars both seen and unseen in this powerful story of how beauty endures beneath the surface.
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 …
Trap Door Theatre’s Trap Open Series Presents
A Devil Comes to Town
Based on the Novel by Paolo Maurensig
Adapted and Directed by Jeremy Ohringer
Running November 6th-22nd, 2025
In a town obsessed …
In this tour de force, Shepsu Aakhu explores the memories of Chuck Bowen, a “machine made” public servant who rose to prominence in the Democratic Party of the 1950’s and who now in his mid-90’s continues to have the ear of the powerful.
Written by BWBTC Ensemble Member Jillian Leff
October 11 – November 22, 2025
Thursday – Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
All performances will take place at The Edge Theater, 5451 …
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s Body Passages Residency for Dance, Theater, Film, Poetry, Music, and Visual Artists to explore, collaborate, and create while expanding the artist’s practice.
For three performances only, Enrique Mazzola leads the celebrated Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Carmina Burana, the sweeping cantata based on 24 medieval poems. Lyric’s talented musicians bring this masterpiece …
For one night only, a legendary band is reuniting. You pick the songs they play—the massive hits, obscure b-sides, and corporate sell-outs. Along the way, they’ll share the stories behind the songs and the untold history of the band’s epic rise and fall. Also...this band doesn’t exist. And all of this is made up.
In early nineteenth-century New Orleans, widowed mother Beartrice struggles to manage her headstrong daughters after the death of her second husband. But as the matriarch takes her place as head of the household, a more ominous transfer of power transpires in the region. The French-owned Louisiana Territory is about to be acquired by the United States, threatening the liberty of the free people of color residing on the land. A gripping examination of intersecting captivities, THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND follows four women in mourning as they look ahead to an uncertain and haunting future.
Artist’s Lounge Live presents Let’s Hang On: A Rock ‘N Soul Party
November 14, 2025, 7:30 pm
November 15, 2025, 2:00pm
Tickets: $40
A quartet of Broadway rockers promises to get your …
In As You Like It, William Shakespeare interweaves the lives of a corrupt court with those of a transformative forest. This embodies our company’s philosophy of learning through colliding perspectives and trusting that change within oneself can reshape the world around us.
Whether you play video games at home, on your phone, or at a fine establishment with kids, pizza and beer, we all love (or hate) those digital time suckers. Come DRINK! with us at the arcade! BYOB!
Returning to the Steppenwolf Theatre stage after taking it by storm last year with a sold-out 2-week run, Season 48’s Fall Series showcases the full range of physicality and emotion of the Hubbard Street Dancers with an eclectic mixed-repertory program featuring works by Ohad Naharin, Bob Fosse, Aszure Barton, and Johan Inger.
1010 Madison Street
Oak Park, IL 60302
A Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical that explores the highs and lows of a seemingly average suburban family grappling with mental illness, grief, and …
Eccentric, morbid, spooky and more than a little bit kooky – the far from normal Addams family faces a normal family challenge when their macabre daughter, Wednesday, falls in love with Lucas, a sweet young man from a respectable family who her parents have never met. Worried her family might not approve of this all-too-normal match, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Things take a hilarious turn when the Addams family hosts a dinner for Lucas and his unsuspecting parents. On that fateful evening, relationships are tested, secrets are revealed, and the Addams family tackles both love and change by embracing the wackiness that resides in every family.
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Marti Lyons
Deception, disguise, and desire. What if we want to be tamed?
The richest man in town has two daughters and one big problem: he …
A hilarious, satirical, and wildly entertaining musical that turns a world of water shortages into a riotous rebellion! With catchy tunes, sharp wit, and an unforgettable story, Urinetown takes you on a journey where the fight for free peeing becomes a fight for freedom itself.