A powerful elegy for the plight of refugees, from ancient times to the present.
Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek’s Charges (The Supplicants) is a cry for the displaced.
Theatre Y transforms the act of seeking a home into a surrealist tightrope walk teetering between gallows humor and tragedy. Originally written to address the global refugee crisis, co-directors Melissa Lorraine and Héctor Álvarez mine Jelinek’s text for truths about a world of closed borders and violent deportations.
Previews: March 6-March 13, 2026
Fridays-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sunday at 6:00pm
Run: March 15-April 19, 2026
Thursday-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 6:00pm
Escape into the glitz and glamour of ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’, …
A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation.
HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he …
Comedy, Dance, Experimental, New Work, Open Run, Performance Art, Physical Theater, Puppetry, Variety
Runs Feb 27 - Apr 19, 2026
THIRTY PLAYS IN SIXTY MINUTES
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY THE NEO-FUTURIST ENSEMBLE
Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irreverent, terrifying, or a song; all …
“The more music you got in the world, the fuller it is.”
Ma Rainey’s band is waiting. It’s 1927 Chicago, and “The Mother of the Blues” takes her time …
“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.”
Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of Yunior, his new roommate, he is determined to give love another chance. As Oscar sets out from New Jersey to Santo Domingo to prove his undeniable hope, can he shake the dark “fukú” that has haunted his family for generations? Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel comes to vivid life in this world-premiere English stage adaption—a celebration of risk and the power of perseverance against all odds.
IN PERSON FILM EVENT - A tense, provocative two-hander that confronts shame, power, desire, and unresolved trauma, BLUE FILM follows a fetish cam performer who agrees to spend …
From the Tony Award-winning author of The Band's Visit and Dead Outlaw comes a provocative new play about identity, loyalty, and the complexities of allyship. The Ally — only playing at Theater Wit.
The Queen is jealous of Snow White’s Beauty! So she runs off into the woods to live with seven crazy Dwarfs. Will the Queen find her? Will Prince Charming save the day? You won’t want to miss this classic Fairy Tale presented by CKC. There is nothing scary in our version, just fun and silliness!
Meet Roxanne, Petunia, and Babe…three Sister Piggies who set out to build their own houses. Roxanne (the Rock n’ Roll Pig) builds hers out of Sticks, Petunia (The Pretty Pig) builds hers out of Straw, and Babe (the sensible, smart Pig) builds hers out of bricks! Which house will the Big Bad Wolf Huff and Puff and blow down? Don’t miss CKC’s most popular show!
Classic, Cultural Happenings, Drama, Music, Opera, Womxn's History Month
Runs Mar 14 - Apr 12, 2026
Meet Cio-Cio-San — known as Madama Butterfly — a faithful but doomed geisha in love with B.F. Pinkerton. Everyone but Butterfly knows the Navy lieutenant will break her …
The Tony® Award-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back.
THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new tour, direct from Broadway.
The Baltimore Sun raves “Powerhouse …
Comedy/Drama, Cultural Happenings, New Work, Womxn's History Month
Runs Mar 28 - Apr 19, 2026
Her Story Theater's mission is to shine bright lights in dark places on women and children in need of social justice and community support. We do plays that are focused on women from all walks of life; women's history; work for youth and our Chicago Writers Exchange focused on original works of any genre.
On the Day of the Dead, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo crosses over from the underworld for 24 short hours with Diego Rivera, who remains in the living world, …
Hosted by Chicago comedian Emily Anderson [playing her mother Judy], Doing Our Moms celebrates the vast array of people that raised us in the sincerest form we know: …
White Rooster is a darkly funny tale of love, loss and the strange things we inherit. After a family tragedy, Min is pulled into a world of restless spirits, old curses and mysterious traditions. Her fiancé won’t stay dead, her sister won’t stay buried and a rooster won’t be ignored. Blending spooky folklore with offbeat humor, White Rooster is a haunting tale of grief, family and the messiness of moving on.
With its evocation of snowy northern landscapes and an unforgettable, triumphant finale, Sibelius’ Second Symphony stands as an emblem of Finland’s nationalist spirit. The program begins with Brahms’ …
Part philosophical farce, part surreal fever dream—Witkiewicz’s The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview is a razor-sharp satire of art under pressure. In a world where creativity is consumed by control and individuality is crushed beneath the weight of conformity, an artist spirals into crisis—torn between integrity and survival, freedom and obedience. Witkiewicz exposes the seductive dance between artist and authority, where every act of creation risks becoming an act of submission. Decades ahead of its time, this anarchic comedy lays bare the modern artist’s impossible choice: stay true to your vision, or surrender it for comfort and applause.
Watch comedians compete in a short-form improv showdown that’s also a beauty pageant! A rotating cast (no two shows are the same!) featuring: Dan Feltey, Colleen Grogan, Quinn …
A blisteringly relevant modern-day version of Euripides' anti-war play, The Trojan Women has been rewritten and is set in a mother-and-baby unit of a prison.
The war is over. Beyond the prison walls, Troy and its people burn. Inside the prison, the city's captive women await their fate. Stalking the antiseptic confines of its mother and baby unit is Hecuba, the fallen Trojan queen, whilst the pregnant Chorus is shackled to her bed.
But their grief at what has been before will soon be drowned out by the horror of what is to come, as the Greek lust for vengeance consumes everything – man, woman and baby – in its path.
This caustic and radical new version of Euripides' classic tragedy comes from one of the UK's most exciting young poets, Caroline Bird. It is an intense, gripping look at what happens when the world collapses.