Upcoming Events
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.
Chicago Premiere!
Birds of North America
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Jan 15 – Feb 22, 2026
John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Children grow up and parents age. The climate and the world change in small and vast ways. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
World Premiere!
The Targeted
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Apr 23 – May 31, 2026
Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. They call themselves Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state, bring awareness to their plight, and despite their suffering, stay human.

1531 N Wells St
Chicago IL 60610
Chicago IL 60610
312-943-8722
Since 1993, A Red Orchid Theatre has been an artistic mainstay of the Chicago theatre community. Chicago Magazine recognized A Red Orchid as “Chicago’s Best Theatre” in 2010. Known and praised for our ferocious ensemble, creative design, and gripping, intimate productions, we maintain that theatre is the greatest sustenance for the human spirit.
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