Upcoming Events
Books on the Chopping Block
Literary Adaptation
Oct 08, 2025
Readings of short excerpts from the top ten most frequently challenged books of 2024,
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter
Co-production with Black Button Eyes Productions
Drama, New Work, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 10 – Nov 23, 2025
The Dracula tale set on the high seas.
Books on the Chopping Block
Literary Adaptation
Oct 11, 2025
Readings of short excerpts from the top ten most frequently challenged books of 2024,
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns
Holiday
Runs Dec 12, 2025 – Jan 04, 2026
A mystery adapted from the short story “The Flying Stars” by G.K. Chesterton and from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Chicago IL 60660
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For over 30 years, audiences and artists have joined City Lit to celebrate the power and beauty of the spoken written word. City Lit was founded in 1979 by Arnold Aprill, David Dillon and Lorrell Wyatt. At the time, it was the only theatre in the nation devoted to stage adaptations of literary material. City Lit has explored fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biography, essays and drama in performance, and presented a wide array of voices, from classic writers Edith Wharton and P.G. Wodehouse to contemporary writers Alice Walker and Raymond Carver.