City Lit Theater Company

Upcoming Events

Seven Guitars
Dance
Runs Oct 18Dec 01, 2024

The Chicago storefront premiere of August Wilson’s searing drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their friend Floyd “Schoolboy” …

Glassheart
Comedy/Drama, Literary Adaptation, New Work, Valentine’s Day
Runs Jan 10Feb 23, 2025

Written by Reina Hardy

Directed by Brian Pastor

A Chicago Premiere!

A modern-day reimagining of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.

After centuries of living under a curse, the Beast and …

R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
Classic, Comedy, Comedy/Drama, Literary Adaptation
Runs May 02Jun 15, 2025

Written by Bo List (adapted from the play by Karel Capek)

Directed by Brian Pastor

A World Premiere!

In 1920, Karel Čapek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” …

1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
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.