Tuesday, 17 March 2026 12:23
A Streetcar Named Desire - Skokie Theatre - Through April 26th
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MadKap Productions is pleased to present the Tennessee Williams' classic play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie from March 27 thru April 26, 2026, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm, with one Wed. matinee on April 15 at 1:30…
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Tuesday, 10 March 2026 13:44
BOTH - Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Through May 10th
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, and Teatro Vista Productions are pleased to announce the world premiere production of TVP Artistic Collective member Paloma Nozicka’s* BOTH, as a part of a new, multi-year partnership between the two Chicago institutions. Directed by Georgette Verdin, BOTH will play April…
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Tuesday, 10 March 2026 12:53
IDLE MUSE THEATRE'S THE THREE MUSKETEERS - THE EDGE OFF-BROADWAY - Though April 25th
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Idle Muse Theatre Company launches its 20th anniversary season with The Three Musketeers, March 26 - April 25, written by Robert Kauzlaric, directed by Idle Muse Artistic Director Evan Jackson adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas and originally commissioned for the 2010 Illinois Shakespeare Festival, at The Edge Off-Broadway…
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Monday, 09 March 2026 13:31
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM -THE GOODMAN THEATRE - Through May 3rd
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Nearly 30 years after its box-office-record-setting 1997 Chicago premiere production, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom returns to The Goodman, helmed by Chicago legends Chuck Smith (Director) and Harry J. Lennix (Associate/Music Director). Get a peek into the rehearsal room of Smith's all-Chicago cast, including E. Faye Butler (Fat Ham), Al'Jaleel McGhee (Revolution(s)), Scott Aiello (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's Hamlet), David Alan Anderson (Writers Theatre's Stick Fly), Matt DeCaro (The Cherry Orchard), Marc…
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Friday, 06 March 2026 15:10
Goodnight Moon - Chicago Children’s Theatre - Through June 7th
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It’s been more than a decade since Chicago Children’s Theatre presented Goodnight Moon, the popular musical about a bunny who doesn’t want to go to bed, based on the beloved picture book by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrator Clement Hurd. But this Spring, Bunny is coming back to Chicago Children’s Theatre…
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Monday, 02 March 2026 14:58
The Jackie Wilson Story - Black Ensemble Theater - Through April 26th
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Black Ensemble Theater opens its 50th Anniversary Season with the return of the celebrated musical The Jackie Wilson Story, written and directed by Founder & CEO Jackie Taylor. The production runs March 7-April 26, 2026, at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago. Information and tickets are available at www.blackensemble.org, (773) 769-4451…
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Tuesday, 03 March 2026 11:46
BrightSide Theatre's PRIVATE LIVES - Meiley-Swallow Hall in Naperville- Through April 26th
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BrightSide Theatre has announced the full cast and artistic team for its production of PRIVATE LIVES, the third mainstage production of the company's 14th season. BrightSide Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass will direct Noël Coward's sharp, sophisticated comedy of passion and wit. When former lovers Elyot and Amanda unexpectedly reunite during their…
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Thursday, 26 February 2026 14:53
The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview - Trap Door Theatre - Through April 25th
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Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to continue its mainstage work of their 32nd season with a production of Trap Door's favorite playwright Stanislaw Witkiewicz's The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview, directed by Nicole Wiesner. The Cuttlefish will play March 19 – April 25, 2026 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W Cortland St. in Chicago. Tickets are now…
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Thursday, 26 February 2026 13:14
FAULT - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Through May 24th
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces Fault, an exciting addition to the 2025/2026 season starring film and television star Enrico Colantoni (English Teacher, Galaxy Quest, Veronica Mars) and Golden Globe winner Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives), and directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Jason Alexander, who returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater after 2024's smash-hit Judgment Day. The cast also features Jack Ball (Broadway's The Book…
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Tuesday, 24 February 2026 13:41
THE SUGAR WIFE - Theater Wit – Through May 3rd
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The Artistic Home's 2025-26 season — its 25th — will conclude with the US premiere of THE SUGAR WIFE, a 21st Century drama from Ireland by Elizabeth Kuti. It premiered at the Rough Magic Theatre Company in Dublin in 2005, was staged in London in 2006, and was revived in 2024 at…
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Tuesday, 24 February 2026 12:26
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Through May 3rd
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces the cast and creative team for The Merry Wives of Windsor, an endlessly entertaining new take of Shakespeare's most raucous comedy. The secret lives of Windsor wives reveal there is much more to this charming, middle-class English hamlet than meets the eye. Besties Mistress Page and Mistress Ford find…
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Wednesday, 18 February 2026 12:18
Static-Head - The Den Theatre - Through May 2nd
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After receiving six Jeff Award Nominations in 2025, The Impostors Theatre Company (ITC) returns this Spring with the highly anticipated world premiere of Static-Head – a sci-fi thriller written by critically acclaimed playwright Ryan Stevens (The Last Living Gun) and directed by ITC Artistic Director Stefan Roseen. Static-Head is a…
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Wednesday, 18 February 2026 12:13
'NIGHT MOTHER - Redtwist Theatre - Through May 10th
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Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces the cast and creative team for ‘night Mother, April 2 - May 10, by Marsha Norman and directed by Executive Artistic Director Dusty Brown, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Previews are Thursday, April 2 - Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. with the press opening Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. or…
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