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I Hate Hamlet
I Hate Hamlet Apr 24 - May 17, 2026
Saint Sebastian Players at St. Bonaventure Church

Andrew Rally has it all: TV fame, a glamorous girlfriend, a devoted agent, the perfect New York apartment and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There's just one problem-he hates Hamlet. When his agent recalls a romance with legendary actor John Barrymore in Andrew's very apartment, a seance summons Barrymore's ghost. From that moment on, Andrew's life is no longer his own. Things spiral into hilarious chaos as he battles with self-doubt, Shakespeare, his own sword and a swashbuckling specter determined to push him toward greatness.

Akaash Singh: Generational Triumph Tour
Akaash Singh: Generational Triumph Tour Apr 24

Akaash Singh is a nationally touring stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor. His career took off with many television shows including MTV's "Guy Code" and "Wild'n Out," Netflix's "Brown Nation," and HBO's "The Leftovers" After finding success in TV, he pivoted his focus toward growing the now hugely successful podcast "Flagrant," co-created with fellow comedian and good friend, Andrew Schulz, along with his successful stand-up comedy touring career.

South Pacific
South Pacific Apr 29 - Jun 14, 2026

South Pacific is a beloved musical tale that follows World War II armed services personnel through spy missions, war-time drama and romance in a tropical paradise with warm breezes, breathless sunsets and B52 bombers. Balancing duties to their country with their island expectations, ensign Nellie Forbush and lieutenant Joseph Cable suddenly find themselves irresistibly falling in love on foreign soil. But will that love translate back in the States?

Octet
Octet Apr 30 - Jun 7, 2026

In a church basement meeting room, a group of people -always eight-gather to sing. Told via chamber-inspired, a cappella music, OCTET investigates the total impact of internet and technology addiction on modern society, from Dave Malloy, writer of Tony-winning NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812.

moonwatchers
moonwatchers Apr 30 - May 17, 2026
Lazy Susan Theatre Co. at The Greenhouse Theater Center

It is Rocko and Allen’s job to watch the moon, and it is really quite boring. Night after night, they time the sequences exactly - the cow jumps, the comet soars, but NEVER the alien spaceship. This is until the dastardly space criminal Johnny Rumble steals the moon, taking it to the far-off space desert of the Midnight Sun. This course of events sends the moonwatchers on an intergalactic space odyssey filled with music, love, new friendships, and epic showdowns to win back the one, the only, the Moon.

Scaramouche: A Musical In Two Acts
Scaramouche: A Musical In Two Acts May 1 - Jun 14, 2026

Based on the rip-roaring novel by Rafael Sabatini. Radicalized by his friend's brutal murder on the eve of the French Revolution, a sardonic provincial lawyer repeatedly evades disaster by taking on a series of new identities-first an insurgent orator, then a traveling comic actor, and finally a master swordsman.

Always...Patsy Cline
Always...Patsy Cline May 1 - Jun 7, 2026

This musical play, complete with down home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits "Crazy", "I Fall to Pieces", "Sweet Dreams", "Walkin' After Midnight" and more!

Covenant
Covenant May 2 - May 31, 2026

Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed as "blackout-and-blood-curdling-scream deliciousness" (New York Magazine),"undeniably spooky (and) absolutely enjoyable" (TheaterMania). He left the small Georgia town a struggling guitarist-and returned a blues star. As rumors of a darker deal abound, it becomes clear that he's not the only one with a secret...or seeking salvation. This "striking Southern gothic work" (New York Times) explores the power of belief and the thin line between rumor and truth.

Katt Williams: The Golden Age Tour
Katt Williams: The Golden Age Tour May 2

With a career spanning over 20 years, Katt Williams has earned a worldwide reputation as one of today's top entertainers, having developed a career seeded with thousands of sold-out arenas, an expansive list of starring roles on the small screen and memorable performances in major box office hits. Since performing his first stand-up show as a teenager, Williams took the comedy world by storm. He quickly developed a unique style of stand-up that combines articulate and sharp dialogue rooted in conversations reflecting the American political landscape.

Farewell Opportunity
Farewell Opportunity May 2 - May 17, 2026
Filament Theatre

Farewell Opportunity tells the story of Halley, who visits the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and meets the Opportunity Mars rover. The two have something in common: a curious spirit and a shortened life expectancy. Halley and the NASA scientist in charge of the Mars mission find themselves transformed by an unlikely friendship-with each other, and with a rolling robot millions of miles away. With poetic language and magical realism, Farewell Opportunity explores the question "How do you keep on roving when you-or someone you love-faces a dust storm that threatens to block out the sun?"

I Killed Andy Breitbart
I Killed Andy Breitbart May 2 - May 17, 2026

In 2012, just hours before his death, Andrew Breitbart, creator of Breitbart.com, wrote about Terrapin Theatre’s 1998 production, The Love Song of Saul Alinsky, for which then-State Senator Barack Obama served on a post-play panel. I Killed Andy Breitbart is a timely satirical solo show that unravels the absurdly true story of what happened next, when Terrapin’s producer became the unwitting target in the far-right’s efforts to torpedo the re-election of President Obama. This compelling tale illuminates how quickly an ordinary person can become entangled in a web of social media spin and misperception.

Chicago
Chicago May 5 - May 10, 2026

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen. In the whirlwind of Chicago's Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail's most notorious murderesses-vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart-become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy.

Dog Man: The Musical
Dog Man: The Musical May 6

Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, "Dog Man: The Musical" is a hilarious and heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch Petey, the world's most evil cat, who has cloned himself to exact revenge on the doggy do-gooder? And will George and Harold finish their show before lunchtime? Find out in this epic musical adventure featuring the hilarity and heart of beloved characters from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club. Dog Man: The Musical is a TheaterWorksUSA production, with book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila, music by Brad Alexander, and direction and choreography by Jen Wineman.

The Targeted
The Targeted May 7 - Jun 14, 2026
A Red Orchid Theatre at Chopin Theatre

Welcome to the Solidarity and Truth Summit. 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.

Birthday Candles
Birthday Candles May 7 - Jun 7, 2026
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble at McAninch Arts Center

This tender, touching story follows Ernestine Ashworth as she celebrates her birthday from age 17 to 101-all while baking her birthday cake. Through a seamless montage of moments, Ernestine grapples with love, loss, family and the passage of time, continually asking the timeless question: "What's it all about?" The Chicago Sun-Times calls it "emotionally rich;" and the Chicago Tribune says, "'Birthday Candles' is precisely why people go to the theater...It's a personal piece but you'd swear it was about you." BTE Managing Artistic Director Emeriti and Ensemble Member Connie Canaday Howard, who starred in Steve Scott's staging of BTE's 2020 production "The Cake," reteams with Scott as she takes on the lead role of Ernestine.

Work Hard Have Fun Make History
Work Hard Have Fun Make History May 7 - Jun 6, 2026
First Floor Theater at Raven Theatre

Originally developed through Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks Festival, WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY is an experimental dark comedy that explores chaos, alienation, and the absurdities of modern capitalism. Framed as “a catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist,” the play, which is “not about Amazon, not about Jeff Bezos, and certainly not about Elon Musk,” unfolds through surreal encounters and fractured conversations, creating a genre-bending theatrical experience that blends humor, technology, and existential dread.

Call Me Elizabeth
Call Me Elizabeth May 8 - May 10, 2026

A one-woman show about the life of Elizabeth Taylor, written and performed by Kayla Boye. Through an intimate conversation at the Beverly Hills Hotel, CALL ME ELIZABETH examines Elizabeth Taylor’s life, career, and loves as she grapples with the culture of celebrity and embraces her greatest role as a humanitarian. Act One, set in 1961, focuses on the formative events of Taylor’s life and career leading up to the filming of CLEOPATRA. Act Two, set in 1985, focuses on Taylor’s relationship with Richard Burton and her subsequent reinvention and entry into the fight against AIDS.