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In The Back/On The Floor
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

In The Back/On The Floor

IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.
LIGHTS at The Annoyance Theatre
Jul20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

LIGHTS at The Annoyance Theatre

In an effort to give back, two self-important performers (Anna Weatherwax and Traer Schon) take to the stage to examine the importance of live comedic…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave.
Lane Call: A Night of Closing Coming to Rogers Park The Factory Theater this Summer
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lane Call: A Night of Closing Coming to Rogers Park The Factory Theater this Summer

The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to present the final production in its 28th season, Lane Call: A Night of Closing, June…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St
No Man’s Land
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

No Man’s Land

In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
Pippin
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pippin

Music Theater Works, recently launched its 43rd season with the highly recommended “Avenue Q,” announced the cast and creative team for its second production in…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
The Story Theatre Presents: The (W)rights of Summer
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Story Theatre Presents: The (W)rights of Summer

The (W)rites of Summer is a new play festival like you’ve never seen before. Featuring three elevated staged readings of world-premiere plays by local Chicago playwrights–as…

Lincoln Park

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Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park’s premiere Equity theatre and the oldest professional classical theatre in the Midwest, today announced its summer show, William…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Austin Gardens, Oak Park
167 Forest Avenue
Migguel Anggelo’s LatinXoxo
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Migguel Anggelo’s LatinXoxo

A queer, artful mashup of theater, humor, physical movement, and sumptuous song selections – spanning decades of pop hits, his own compositions, and Spanish boleros…

Thursday, July 20th
8:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
The Center on Halsted
3656 N. Halsted St.
All For the Planet: One Planet for All
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

All For the Planet: One Planet for All

Water People Theater (WPT) announces its WPT STUDIO Kids’ All for the Planet: One Planet for All, a bilingual (English/Spanish) musical, summer creative lab for…

Friday, July 21st
9:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.
The Merle Reskin Theatre
60 E. Balbo Ave
Pinocchio
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pinocchio

Chicago Kids Company – Theater for Children (CKC) presents Pinocchio, a one-hour musical adaptation! Can you help Pinocchio make the right choices and become a…

Friday, July 21st
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th Street
Working – A Musical
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Working – A Musical

Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes…

Friday, July 21st
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave
Cymbeline – Kelvyn Park
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cymbeline – Kelvyn Park

Midsommer Flight’s annual summer production of free Shakespeare in Chicago parks continues with CYMBELINE. The play has true love, adventure, disguised identities, adulterous schemes, an…

Friday, July 21st
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Kelvyn Park
4438 W. Wrightwood Ave,
The Infinite Wrench
Jul21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Friday, July 21st
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatre company in North America, stages Matt Cox’s PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain…

Friday, July 21st
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Spongebob Musical
Jul21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Spongebob Musical

When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save…

Friday, July 21st
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St.
To Love and Be Loved
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

To Love and Be Loved

Inspired by the quote… “To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St
The Art of Bowing
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Art of Bowing

A world premiere! Three actors stumble onto an empty stage as they realize the theatre has died. In a last-ditch effort to revive it, they…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
The Rockefeller Special
Jul21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Rockefeller Special

A true story of the man that made the monopoly, the fighter for the free market, the All-American asshole. John D. Rockefeller is on full…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical

From humble beginnings in his hometown of Kenner, Louisiana, Lloyd Price overcame incredible obstacles on his way to a revolutionary musical career. He became the…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
Another Marriage
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Another Marriage

You meet. You marry. You have kids. That’s the way it always goes. Or is it? What if your story changes? What would it cost? Another…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
HAIR
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

HAIR

Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado. Music by Galt MacDermot The American musical that changed theatre forever, Hair celebrates the sixties in…

Friday, July 21st
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Skokie Theatre
7924 N. Lincoln Ave.
In The Back/On The Floor
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

In The Back/On The Floor

IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…

Friday, July 21st
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.
Comedy Dance Chicago
Jul21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Dance Chicago

Comedy Dance Chicago is “a super high-energy laugh riot!” Need a good laugh? This unique and hilarious show is for you! A combination of sketch,…

Friday, July 21st
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Lane Call: A Night of Closing Coming to Rogers Park The Factory Theater this Summer
Jul21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lane Call: A Night of Closing Coming to Rogers Park The Factory Theater this Summer

The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to present the final production in its 28th season, Lane Call: A Night of Closing, June…

Friday, July 21st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St
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