Find Touch Tours, ASL-Interpreted, Audio-Described, Open-Captioned and Autism-Friendly performances on our Access calendar.
DRINK: At The Arcade!
Comedy, New Work
Runs Nov 07 - Nov 15, 2025
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!
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$$12 – $$25
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$$12 – $$25
7:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$$12 – $$25
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$$12 – $$25
World Premiere
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
Hosted by Lookingglass Theatre
Comedy/Drama, Drama, New Work
Runs Oct 08 - Nov 09, 2025
Motherhood, marijuana, and the multiverse collide in this Chicago-set story of family, immigration, and American identity. Like millions of Americans, Clara is doing her best to hold everything together—working …
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
OAK
Comedy/Drama, New Work, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 02 - Nov 09, 2025
Three kids, an old woman with a shotgun, and a mysterious creek monster. Set firmly in the southern gothic tradition, Terry Guest’s OAK dives into the world of three Black kids as they navigate a community where children aren’t safe, and the adults fail to protect them. It’s 7pm, do you know where your children are?
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$20 – $45
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$20 – $45
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$20 – $45
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter
Co-production with Black Button Eyes Productions
Drama, New Work, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 10 - Nov 23, 2025
The Dracula tale set on the high seas.
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Mon, Nov 10, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Mon, Nov 17, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 23, 2025
$15.00 – $38.00
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 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
The Infinite Wrench
Experimental, New Work, Variety
Runs Sep 19 - Dec 14, 2025
THIRTY PLAYS
IN SIXTY MINUTES
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY THE NEO-FUTURIST ENSEMBLE
10:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Nov 23, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Nov 28, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Nov 30, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Dec 05, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Dec 06, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Dec 07, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Dec 12, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Dec 13, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Dec 14, 2025
Free – $20
The Baldwin Giovanni Experience
Black History Month, New Work, Performance Art
Runs Nov 01 - Nov 16, 2025
Celebrating the words and ideas of James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni
7:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$32.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$32.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$32.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
$32.00
Artist’s Lounge Live presents Let’s Hang On: A Rock ‘N Soul Party
Music, New Work
Runs Nov 14 - Nov 15, 2025
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 …
7:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$40
2:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$40
A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness
Music, Musical, New Work, Opera, Performance Art
Runs Nov 21 - Nov 30, 2025
Billy Corgan achieved stratospheric fame as the founder, frontman, and creative force behind the legendary Smashing Pumpkins. A Grammy winner whose powerful songwriting, commanding vocals, and inventive melodies …
7:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
7:30PM Tue, Nov 25, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Nov 26, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Nov 28, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
7:30PM Sun, Nov 30, 2025
The Unknown Variable
Drama, New Work
Runs Jan 08 - Feb 01, 2026
Separated from her bābā in Iran and living in a strange new land, a determined young girl contacts the President, Santa Claus, and God to determine the unknown variable – when her father will be granted a Visa from the United States so they can be reunited.
7:00PM Thu, Jan 08, 2026
7:00PM Fri, Jan 09, 2026
7:00PM Sat, Jan 10, 2026
2:00PM Sun, Jan 11, 2026
7:00PM Mon, Jan 12, 2026
7:00PM Thu, Jan 15, 2026
7:00PM Fri, Jan 16, 2026
7:00PM Sat, Jan 17, 2026
2:00PM Sun, Jan 18, 2026
7:00PM Mon, Jan 19, 2026
7:00PM Thu, Jan 22, 2026
7:00PM Fri, Jan 23, 2026
7:00PM Sat, Jan 24, 2026
2:00PM Sun, Jan 25, 2026
7:00PM Mon, Jan 26, 2026
7:00PM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
7:00PM Fri, Jan 30, 2026
7:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
2:00PM Sun, Feb 01, 2026
Chicago Premiere!
Birds of North America
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Jan 15 - Feb 22, 2026
John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Children grow up and parents age. The climate and the world change in small and vast ways. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
7:00PM Thu, Jan 15, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Jan 16, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Jan 17, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Jan 18, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Jan 22, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Jan 23, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Jan 24, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Jan 24, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Jan 30, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Feb 01, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Feb 05, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Feb 06, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Feb 07, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Feb 07, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Feb 08, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Feb 12, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Feb 13, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Feb 14, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Feb 14, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Feb 15, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Feb 19, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Feb 20, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Feb 21, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Feb 21, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Feb 22, 2026
$15 – $50
Gangsters!
Musical, New Work
Runs Feb 13 - Feb 22, 2026
As the local vegetable market crashes, the Grocers' Trust hatches a plan to cut a shady deal with the opportunistic state senator Didi. But lurking in the wings …
7:30PM Fri, Feb 13, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Feb 14, 2026
$5 – $30
2:00PM Sun, Feb 15, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Wed, Feb 18, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Thu, Feb 19, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Feb 20, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Feb 21, 2026
$5 – $30
2:00PM Sun, Feb 22, 2026
$5 – $30
Winter Circus
Circus, Comedy/Drama, Literary Adaptation, New Work, Performance Art, Physical Theater
Runs Feb 21 - Mar 22, 2026
The Actors Gymnasium's Winter Circus is an annual circus show devised, directed, and produced by industry professionals. Past productions include: Little Red, Circus Quixotic (later, Circus Quixote at …
7:00PM Sat, Feb 21, 2026
from $25
3:00PM Sun, Feb 22, 2026
from $25
4:00PM Sat, Feb 28, 2026
from $25
7:00PM Sat, Feb 28, 2026
from $25
3:00PM Sun, Mar 01, 2026
from $25
4:00PM Sat, Mar 07, 2026
from $25
7:00PM Sat, Mar 07, 2026
from $25
3:00PM Sun, Mar 08, 2026
from $25
4:00PM Sat, Mar 14, 2026
from $25
7:00PM Sat, Mar 14, 2026
from $25
3:00PM Sun, Mar 15, 2026
from $25
4:00PM Sat, Mar 21, 2026
from $25
7:00PM Sat, Mar 21, 2026
from $25
3:00PM Sun, Mar 22, 2026
from $25
The Servant of Two Master Chefs
Classic, Comedy, New Work
Runs Feb 27 - Mar 08, 2026
On the eve of a wedding meant to unite two rival Chicago pizza dynasties, a celebrity chef's unexpected return from the dead throws everything into disarray. In this …
7:30PM Fri, Feb 27, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Feb 28, 2026
$5 – $30
2:00PM Sun, Mar 01, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Wed, Mar 04, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Thu, Mar 05, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Mar 06, 2026
$5 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Mar 07, 2026
$5 – $30
2:00PM Sun, Mar 08, 2026
$5 – $30
Safronia
Dance, Drama, Music, New Work, Opera
Runs Apr 17 - Apr 18, 2026
7:00PM Fri, Apr 17, 2026
7:30PM Sat, Apr 18, 2026
World Premiere!
The Targeted
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Apr 23 - May 31, 2026
Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. They call themselves Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state, bring awareness to their plight, and despite their suffering, stay human.
7:00PM Thu, Apr 23, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Apr 24, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Apr 25, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Apr 26, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Apr 30, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, May 01, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, May 02, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, May 02, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, May 07, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, May 08, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, May 09, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, May 09, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, May 10, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, May 14, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, May 15, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, May 16, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, May 16, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, May 17, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, May 21, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, May 22, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, May 23, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, May 23, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, May 24, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, May 28, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, May 29, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, May 30, 2026
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, May 30, 2026
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, May 31, 2026
$15 – $50
Divided
Drama, Musical, New Work
Runs Apr 29 - Apr 30, 2026
In a nation torn by war and prejudice, two women—one enslaved, one privileged—risk everything to reunite and reclaim their freedom. A powerful journey of defiance and hope.
10:00AM Wed, Apr 29, 2026
$9 – Free
7:00PM Thu, Apr 30, 2026
$10 – $15