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Improvised Shakespeare Chicago
Improv
Runs Aug 15 - Oct 31, 2025
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare.
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$20 – $30
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$20 – $30
Joshua Jay: Making Magic
Magic
Runs Sep 18 - Oct 04, 2025
Joshua Jay returns for the third year in a row to Rhapsody Theater, this time with something new..
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$35.00 – $90.00
Misery
Drama, Literary Adaptation
Runs Sep 10 - Oct 12, 2025
Stage version of Stephen King's thrilling novel
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$45.00
3:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$45.00
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$45.00
1:00PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$45.00
3:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$45.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$45.00
3:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$45.00
Next to Normal
Runs Sep 19 - Sep 28, 2025
The Lodge Performing Arts Center 18 Villa Court, Elgin, IL Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the …
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
at Skokie Theatre
Pippin
Musical
Runs Sep 05 - Sep 28, 2025
A captivating musical about a young man’s search for meaning and fulfillment in life. With dazzling choreography, an unforgettable score by Stephen Schwartz, (Wicked) and a mix of heart, humor, and spectacle,
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$42 – $48
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$42 – $48
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$42 – $48
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$42 – $48
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$42 – $48
Rabbits in Their Pockets
Runs Sep 19 - Oct 05, 2025
A world premiere play By Kimberly Dixon-Mays Directed by Christopher Wayland In the pursuit of joy, does method matter? Two siblings–opposites and estranged–take one last shot at putting grief behind them to create …
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
2:30PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
2:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
2:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
2:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
2:30PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
The Meaningful Action Theatre Company Presents A Workshop Reading of "Muffed: A Recounting of Farmington, Maine's 43rd Annual Chester Greenwood Day Devised by the Members of the Meaningful Action Theatre Company"
Comedy, New Work
Runs Aug 18 - Sep 20, 2025
The Factory Theater, in collaboration with Unheard Of Company, is delighted to host The Meaningful Action Theatre Company and their first reading of MUFFED, a devised piece of …
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$30.00
TL;DR: Thelma Louise, Dyke Remix
Musical, New Work
Runs Sep 06 - Oct 12, 2025
Following a critically acclaimed world premiere at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, this is TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix, a fantasy-driven, irreverent, funny, rock musical for a new generation. From the Richard Rogers winning writing team of EllaRose Chary and Brandon James, Theo presents the Midwest Premiere of this exciting new musical that takes the story of Thelma & Louise and reimagines it into a queer rock musical, in which strong female characters don’t “always gotta die.”.
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$40
6:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$40
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$40
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$40
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$40
6:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$40
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$40
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$40
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$40
6:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$40
7:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$40
7:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$40
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$40
6:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$40
Tom & Eliza
Drama
Runs Jun 26 - Sep 28, 2025
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.
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
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, Sep 20, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$30.00
Wish You Were Here
Comedy/Drama
Runs Sep 18 - Oct 19, 2025
It’s 1978 and protests are breaking out all across Iran, encroaching on this suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings, trades dirty jokes, and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy. But as the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to join the wave of emigration or face an equally uncertain future at home. With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit, Wish You Were Here chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$15 – $36
7:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$15 – $55
2:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$15 – $38
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$15 – $45
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $38
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$15 – $42
7:30PM Mon, Oct 06, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$15 – $38
7:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$15 – $40
7:30PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025
$15 – $36
7:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$15 – $36
2:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $38
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $38
2:30PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$15 – $40
Ghost Fetus
Comedy/Drama
Runs Sep 11 - Sep 27, 2025
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.
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$22
8:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$22
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$22
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$22
sTalking Andersonville
in association with Howard Brown Health
Comedy, Stand-Up
Runs Sep 18 - Sep 20, 2025
sTalking Andersonville is the story of this guy who moves from New York to Chicago, and then to LA, and then back to Chicago. Hilarity ensues, and he hits bottom. Fade to black. However, someone has to walk the dog and this guy LOVES this dog. So, he gets up off the couch and he starts walking, sometimes with the dog, sometimes without. He walks south. He does this every day, it becomes an obsession, head down, five miles a day. Eventually as he’s walking, he looks up. He looks up and finds a community. He finds a way, not out, but through.
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$25 – $500
The Blood Countess
New Work, Spooky Season
Runs Sep 11 - Oct 11, 2025
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.
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$20 – $30
3:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$20 – $30
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$20 – $30
3:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$20 – $30
8:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$20 – $30
The Book of Will
Drama
Runs Sep 18 - Oct 25, 2025
The story of how Shakespeare's plays were preserved for all time.
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
3:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
3:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
3:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
3:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Wed, Oct 22, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
Ages 13+
The Cosmic Underground Show
Magic
Runs Sep 13 - Oct 31, 2025
The Cosmic Underground Show is a 90-minute, fast-paced, and hilariously mind-bending experience that blends cutting-edge magic with retro-futuristic flair. Set inside the recently unearthed Cosmic Underground Theater—a hidden …
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$33.00
Uncle Carlos Explains
Runs Sep 05 - Sep 27, 2025
Three people can keep a secret if, two of them are dead!
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
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, Sep 20, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
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
The Infinite Wrench
Experimental, New Work, Variety
Runs Sep 19 - Nov 16, 2025
THIRTY PLAYS
IN SIXTY MINUTES
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY THE NEO-FUTURIST ENSEMBLE
10:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$0.00 – $20.00
7:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$0.00 – $20.00
10:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
Free – $20
10:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
Free – $20
7:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
Free – $20
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
Summer in the Parks Concerts
Music, Musical, Outdoor
Runs Jul 09 - Sep 21, 2025
Free hour-long family-friendly concerts in 10 Naperville/Lisle/Downers Grove/Bolingbrook parks and spaces, featuring fun, popular, and comedic songs from Broadway musicals, such as MY FAIR LADY, MAMMA MIA, CHICAGO, FUNNY GIRL, SINGING IN THE RAIN, …
12:30PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Free
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Free
Late Nite Catechism
Comedy
Runs Jun 01 - Sep 28, 2025
Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine.
1:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$35.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$35.00
Big White Fog
Drama
Runs Sep 12 - Oct 12, 2025
By Theodore Ward Directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the …
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
7:30PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
7:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
7:30PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
7:30PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
The First Lady of Television
Runs Sep 04 - Oct 05, 2025
In 1950, Gertrude Berg was the popular creator and star of America’s first family sit-com, The Goldbergs. When co-star Philip Loeb is accused of communism, Gertrude must make …
2:30PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
1:00PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
2:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
2:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
1:00PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
7:30PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
2:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
2:30PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
Experimental
Runs Jul 06 - Sep 29, 2025
Experimental play performed cold by a different actor at each performance, with no rehearsal, no director, and no set.
7:30PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Mon, Sep 22, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00
7:30PM Mon, Sep 29, 2025
$20.00 – $60.00