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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 Thu, Sep 18, 2025
$15 – $32
7:30PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$15 – $32
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
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 Thu, Sep 18, 2025
$25 – $500
8:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$25 – $500
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$25 – $500
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 Thu, Sep 18, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
8:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
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
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble- Full Circle Festival
Dance, Physical Theater, Staged Reading
Sep 19, 2025
In collaboration with @whispertheatrecollective, we’re bringing you 9 incredible performances (30–60 mins each) from 8 different theatre & dance companies — not just for one weekend, but for TWO!
12:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
The Actors Gymnasium's 30th Anniversary Party feat. Midnight Circus
Circus, Outdoor, Performance Art, Physical Theater
Sep 19, 2025
Join us in celebrating 30 years of Actors Gym with a private showing of Midnight Circus in Tallmadge Park and a party in the big top immediately following! …
7:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$75 – $125
Gangsta Baby
Drama, Pride
Runs Sep 19 - Oct 05, 2025
US Premiere of London Pub Theatre hit about a gay sex worker who is the son of a gangster.
7:30PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
2:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$25.00 – $30.00
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 Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$$30.0 – $$32.00
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
Say Gay Plays with About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center
Silk Road Cultural Center
Staged Reading
Sep 20, 2025
Say Gay Plays is a theatre & activism project started by Voyage Theatre in New York and receiving its Chicago premiere this fall. The royalty-free plays are used to organize communities, combat harmful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, and raise essential funds for local organizations.
2:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
Free
Joyce DiDonato & the CSO
Music
Sep 20, 2025
Kick off the new season in style! Superstar mezzo-soprano and 2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence Joyce DiDonato joins Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the CSO for a celebratory program of vocal pieces …
6:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
from $59
The Best is Yet to Come: Sean Allan Krill Sings Tony Bennett
Music
Runs Sep 22 - Sep 23, 2025
Sean Allan Krill sings songs made famous by Tony Bennett
7:00PM Mon, Sep 22, 2025
$65.00
1:00PM Tue, Sep 23, 2025
Elizabeth McGovern and Aaron Costa Ganis in
Ava: The Secret Conversations
Drama
Runs Sep 24 - Oct 12, 2025
Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood’s original femme fatale Ava Gardner in a critically acclaimed new play lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “mesmerizing and electric!”
8:00PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
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2:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
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2:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Just(Us) Dinners
Just(Us) Dinners: Art of Living with Marcia Festen
Just(Us) Dinners: Art of Living with Marcia Festen
Sep 25, 2025
A restorative evening of Just(Us) Dinners, a space intentionally created for Black community members to come together, share a nourishing meal, and engage in honest, healing-centered conversation.
6:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$0.00
World Premiere!
Veal
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Sep 25 - Nov 02, 2025
Following a violent coup, a young woman named Chelsea becomes Queen of North America. Into her new palace walk three friends from middle school with whom she hasn’t spoken in years. They’ve come to ask Chelsea for a big favor, but before she grants it, she’s going to make them revisit their shared friendship — and its terrible end.
7:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$15 – $50
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Comedy
Runs Sep 25 - Oct 02, 2025
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.
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$10 – $25
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Tue, Sep 30, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$10 – $25
Ravel Piano Concertos & Suite from Carmen
Runs Sep 25 - Sep 28, 2025
Ravel’s jazz-fueled Piano Concerto in G Major fits Alice Sara Ott “like a custom suit,” raves The New York Times. Ott presents the glittering score alongside Ravel’s magnificent Piano …
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
from $49
1:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
from $49
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
from $49
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
from $49
ARTRAGEOUS
Comedy/Drama, Music, Performance Art
Sep 26, 2025
The ECC Arts Center season kicks off with the wildly imaginative ARTRAGEOUS, a fusion of art, music, theater, and creativity.
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$20 children 12 and under – $$40 adults
Collison of Rhythm
Music
Sep 26, 2025
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.”
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$15 – $$20
Aida Cuevas: 50 Years Singing to México
Dance, Music
Sep 26, 2025
Prepare for an evening of passion, tradition and the soul-stirring beauty of timeless music. Aida Cuevas, the unrivaled queen of ranchera music and “La Voz de México” (the …
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
from $45
North Shore Center Presents: The Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show
Sep 26, 2025
Martin Sexton puts his signature style on his rendition of this iconic Beatles album combining what Rolling Stone calls his “soul-marinated voice” with his inventive guitar prowess.
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$49. – $158
Leo Lionni's Frederick
Children's/Family, Musical
Runs Sep 27 - Nov 16, 2025
A charming musical for audiences aged 4 and Up, based on Leo Lionni’s classic book!
9:30AM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
9:30AM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
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9:30AM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
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2:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
9:30AM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
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Elephant and Piggie's "WE ARE IN A PLAY!"
Children's/Family, Musical
Runs Sep 27 - Oct 19, 2025
It's fun to sing and dance with your bestus friend ever! The brilliant creators of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” return to YPT with a delightful Vaudeville-style …
11:00AM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$21.50 – $32.50
10:00AM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$21.50 – $32.50
1:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$21.50 – $32.50
1:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$21.50 – $32.50
1:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
11:00AM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$21.50 – $32.50
1:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$24.50 – $36.50
Song of The Lost River
Dance, Experimental, Performance Art, Physical Theater
Runs Sep 27 - Sep 28, 2025
A breathtaking musical that brings to life the untold story of Gulab Bai, the first woman to step into the male-dominated world of Nautanki—North India's vibrant folk theatre.
5:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$35 – $25
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$35 – $25
Cantaré
Music, New Work
Sep 27, 2025
Pack your (musical) bags! We’re heading to Mexico with songs commissioned through our ¡Cantaré! program, showcasing the vibrant voices of this beautiful country. Through music, you’ll discover its rich and diverse culture.
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$40 – $50
South Chicago Dance Theatre
Dance
Sep 27, 2025
Kick off The Center’s 30th Anniversary Season with the electrifying artistry of South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT), one of Chicago’s most dynamic dance companies. In this milestone performance, …
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$29 – $59