Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irreverent, terrifying, or a song; all are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived …
Is success money? A powerful job? A happy marriage? Join Paramount for the world premiere of The Secret of My Success, a hilarious, heartfelt new musical based on …
Cereal royalty, a monster that eats words, the source of all black girl magic, a unique bird that tastes bad. Welcome to Make/Believe, a theatre festival that challenges its young – and young at heart – audiences to throw out the way things have always been done and indulge their imagination.
This world premiere from one of America’s essential playwrights will keep you on the edge of your seat!
A newly hired au pair is thrust into the midst of …
How to Defend Yourself circles around seven college students who gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after a sorority sister is raped. They learn how to “not be …
All families have secrets, but some live in an underbelly too dark to even whisper about. After ten years of walking away, Son returns to his home along …
1983. Chicago. It’s do-or-die for Verböten—a band made up of outsider teens with seriously complex home lives. As they gear up for a show at The Cubby Bear …
This winter, Underscore is pleased to present its 6th annual CHICAGO MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, created to showcase and support the growing field of musical theatre creators from Chicago …
Chicago is “The City That Works”—but does it work for everybody? It’s 1981, the city’s simmering pot of neglected problems boils over, and Chicago’s first woman mayor is …
Akvavit Theatre is to launch its 10th anniversary season with the return of its Nordic Spirit Festival, featuring five staged readings of plays from each of the Nordic …
Directed by Artistic Director Ann Filmer, ALABASTER by Audrey Cefaly is a darkly comic southern drama about love, art and the power of women. After a tornado barrels …
A world premiere adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials …
A world premiere adaptation of THIRTEEN DAYS by Robert F. Kennedy, his memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 16, 1962, long-range Soviet missiles carrying nuclear warheads …
Theatre Momentum’s signature form, Multiple Exposure, is an instant theatre production, unfolding in harmony. These talented actors will thematically blend three individual one-act plays, overlapping with one another …
One part solo show, one part talk show and one part improv show, ExtraLoveable is all about truth, fun and getting to know your friends a little better—-with …
Albany Park landlord Laszlo (Chuck Merydith) has always prioritized his tenants’ needs. Craving a home-cooked meal? Laszlo’s got a pot of soup just for you. Faucet knob won’t …
In their quest to be allowed to climb, gain recognition, and survive the most dangerous peaks, female mountain climbers have repeatedly redefined strength, resilience, and what it means …
Sam and Drei are two playwriting students at a prestigious university. After a year of not speaking to each other, they reconnect for a dorm-cooked meal. Sam—a white …
A child, a toy dog, and a ruthless dictator walk into a war zone and fanciful imagination breaks free. This surrealistic tale of a four-year-old Iranian girl unfolds …
In this World Premiere a young woman searches for answers in the ruins of Chernobyl, while the men who worked that fateful night relive it everyday. The two …
