Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Latin GRAMMY-nominated Mariachi Herencia de México and enjoy a sophisticated and modernistic take on this traditional genre.
On July 27, 1919, Chicago erupted following the killing of 17-year-old Eugene Williams in treacherous waters off the segregated Lake Michigan shoreline. The days that followed made an …
A world premiere play developed through Paramount’s Inception Project.
Bull dealt drugs, got caught, and served his time. For a decade, he’s thought about one thing: coming home. On …
Comedians Bridget McGuire, Chelsea Hood, Colleen Brennan and Maggie Hughes DePalo share the stage for a night of laughs at the Four Funny Females Comedy Jam. Four of …
In a potentially parallel timeline where a climate apocalypse has wiped out animals and insects, an entomologist and her brother follow a migration of monarch butterflies to what …
Taking place in a cabaret bar, Grimm works to spin well known tales into a modern story. Utilizing classic stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, and …
Midwest Premiere
Refuge weaves passionate and driving original music with the charm of artistic puppetry to share a bilingual tale of determination, grit, and hope. Magical realism allows this multidisciplinary …
Our 7th annual Peacebook Festival will be a day of fellowship and creating peace– with workshops, meals, panels and performances for centered around restoration, and collective healing to inspire unity and action. In the theme of "the future, past, and present of healing theater," this year's festival will feature performances from Oba William King, company member Sandra Delgado, Jeronimo Speaks, and more!
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!
A team of scientists become “ghostbusters” and stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, leading to an attempt to save New York from complete …
Caridad and Renata are sisters, 25 years apart, whose father's health is worsening day-by-day. Renata is a lawyer, and as his proxy, is responsible for writing his will. To relieve familial tension in the midst of his failing health, Renata visits Caridad while she is making sancocho. The preparation of the stew leads the sisters through a journey of their culture, womanhood, transgenerational trauma, and family history.
The incomparable Renée Fleming will be joined by charismatic baritone Rod Gilfry for an extraordinary musical event: the Chicago premiere of The Brightness of Light, composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts.
The Doo Wop Project traces the evolution of doo wop from five guys singing tight harmonies on a street corner in the ‘50s to the electrifying vibes of the biggest hits on the radio today.
Powerhouse vocalists Lisa Rock (of national touring show Close to You: The Music of The Carpenters) and Natalie Cordone (of national touring show The Start of Something Big: …
The Joffrey begins its 2022–2023 season with a mixed program that celebrates the magnetic, lyrical talent of friends of the past and present, including Joffrey icon and co-founder …
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, two universal figures unite in an impossible dialogue where ghosts, hallucinations, and images of the past are present from death in a poetic representation of life.
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote …
Be swept away by the breath-taking Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s performance of 13 Tongues, “a sensationally big, indulgent and visually arresting expression of cultural memory” (The …
Welcome to Windwater, Colorado, circa 1990. When you enter this territory, you take on the shape of a blurry outline on the horizon, at once eerily familiar and …