| A Clown Car Named Desire |
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Second City |
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| Join the limber and handsome cast of A Clown Car Named Desire for a spectacular night of illusion featuring brave, multitasking mothers expressing themselves; hyper hipsters competing for the ultimate in cool; and long term monogamous couples desperately trying to remember how they got that way. It's a night to remember and the perfect antidote to that mundane and troublesome state called reality. |
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| A Cole Porter Songbook |
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Theo Ubique at
No Exit Cafe |
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| Hot off the success of 2012′s Time after Time: The Songs of Jule Styne, Theo Ubique tackles renowned composer-lyricist Cole Porter's vast and enormously entertaining catalog. Porter's sophisticated music and notoriously witty lyrics come alive in unique Theo Ubique style under the direction of 4-time Jeff-award winning director Fred Anzevino, with new arrangements by music director Aaron Benham and choreography by David Heimann. |
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| ComedySportz |
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Comedy Sportz |
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| ComedySportz shows offer a unique blend of fast and funny improvisational comedy that is appropriate fun for all ages. The Red and Blue teams battle it out in front of a referee in games that the audience selects, and points are awarded based on how quickly and effectively the performers complete the games. The eternal battle of Red vs. Blue is improvised 6 times weekly, and the show is never the same twice! |
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| The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) |
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Eclectic Theatre at
Athenaeum Theatre |
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| Can three comedians perform all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in two hours or less? It won't be easy-but with its breakneck pace and audience interaction, it's guaranteed to be a hilarious ride! |
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| Criminal Mischief |
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Comedy Sportz |
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| A new, never-before-seen form of improvisation fueled by audience suggestions in the theme of the television show Law & Order. Each week a new criminal will be revealed, captured, and tried in comedy court by the audience - sworn in as the jury for the evening. Never rehearsed, and entirely unscripted, witness as these talented improvisers explore the nature of crime and punishment and ask that though Justice may be blind, does she have a sense of humor? |
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| Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships |
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Stage 773 |
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| The Cupid Players are Chicago's all-musical sketch comedy group; their intelligent and satirical scenes are always accompanied by songs that are sure to puncture your aorta. They have performed from coast to coast and were just voted Critics Pick in the Chicago Reader! Come and see what Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune calls "both refreshing and a memorably enjoyable 70 minutes." |
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| Dates From Hell |
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Redtwist Theatre |
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| New resident playwright, Scott Woldman, has written a "Luv Cycle" starting with the moment a couple meet, and following them all the way through their courtship, engagement, break-up, make-up, marriage, family, divorce, dating, and remarriage. There have been loads of love stories and reams of romantic comedies BUT there has never been anything quite like Scott's "Luv Cycle" |
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| The Dinner Detective |
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Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel |
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| Having worked in the professional theater, TV and film industries for over 20 years, our collection of actors and producers have mastered the art of improvisational theatrical role playing and have ultimately created the perfect evening of entertainment for you and your guests. By hiding our actors among the customers and leaving everyone to suspect who is part of the show and who is not, our events are proven second to none. |
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| Dinner With Friends |
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Piccolo Theatre |
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| McKay Arts presents Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Dinner With Friends at Piccolo Theatre. Gabe and Karen introduced their friends Tom and Beth to each other. Tom and Beth hit it off, eventually getting married, and the two couples go on to be friends for decades. Then one day, everything changes: Tom and Beth's marriage is on the verge of imploding, and Gabe and Karen find themselves forced to pick sides while at the same time analyzing the cracks in their own marriage. Friendships, marriages, confidences and intimacies are stressed and tested in this funny yet poignant drama. |
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| EL Stories |
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Waltzing Mechanics at
The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| Anyone who has spent time riding the CTA trains and buses has collected stories from their travels. The EL, after all, is a place where Chicagoans of all backgrounds come together. In performing the words of actual riders' transit adventures, the Waltzing Mechanics seek to reflect how we move as a community through this dynamic city. |
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| The Electric Baby |
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Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
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| The magic of storytelling is on full display in this Midwest premiere of The Electric Baby. The winner of a Women in Arts and Media Coalition's Collaboration Award, The Electric Baby was written by Brooklyn-based playwright Stefanie Zadravec (Honey Brown Eyes, Save Me). Steeped in folk tales and lore, this modern drama sees a young man killed in a car accident and a group of fractured souls coming together to look after a magical, glowing baby. Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Artistic Director Tara Mallen directs this thoughtful, moving show of sad endings and strange beginnings. |
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| The Emigrants |
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The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| In Slawomir Mrozek's "The Emigrants," truth comes from simple things. The title characters in this bitterly ironic play are two impoverished exiles from an unnamed European country. The simple-minded laborer is obsessed with the dream of returning to his native country a rich man, while his roommate, the coolly intellectual political refugee, keeps dashing such illusions. This dark comedy reminds us of what makes home a home, whether or not we are there. |
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| The Glass Menagerie |
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Mary-Arrchie Theatre at
Theater Wit |
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| The Glass Menagerie, presented by Mary-Arrchie Theatre, focuses on a man obsessed with regrets from his past. Living on the streets, he navigates an audience through the gritty back-alleys of his imagination. Truth and delusion collide in this reimagining of Tennessee Williams' classic memory play. |
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| Goldilocks And The 3 Bears |
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Chicago Kids Company at
Beverly Arts Center |
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| Chicago Kids Company Theatre for Children (CKC) presents Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, a one-hour musical adaptation! This musical is JUST RIGHT! This show is based on the classic story of a young girl who ventures into the woods and stumbles on a cute house with 3 bowls of porridge, 3 chairs, and 3 beds. The show runs one hour with no intermission, and is targeted for kids aged 2 to 12. |
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| The Half-Brothers Mendelssohn |
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Strange Tree Group at
Signal Ensemble Theatre |
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| Change the past. Alter the future. Find true love. Bring back the dead. Theo Mendelssohn believes he can achieve all of these by building a working time machine to blast twenty years into the past and stop his mother from abandoning the family in 1908. But, by doing so will he also prevent his father's second marriage and the birth of his doubly doomed half-brother, Nicholas? Not if Nicholas has anything to say about it! Join The Strange Tree Group as we tumble back through time to set right what once went wrong, fall in love with other people's mothers, cause calamitous train accidents and try desperately to get the piano tuned in Elizabeth Bagby's, THE HALF-BROTHER'S MENDELSSOHN. |
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| Harry's Halfway House |
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Rebekah Theatre Project at
City Lit Theater |
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| Harry's Halfway House is unlike any boarding house you've ever known. Not that you've known that many, of course. We're not suggesting you, uh ... anyway, the characters of this eccentric comedy have taken winding, often hazardous paths to end up under this roof. The residents haven't given up on their dreams, they've just misplaced them. |
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| Haymaker |
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Neo-Futurists |
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| Trevor examines his fascination with physical combat by staging Tears of Shanghai, an action movie he wrote when he was 12 years old. Casting himself as Russell Dakota, a grizzled maverick evading the Nazis, Trevor attempts to create a world where the line between right and wrong is clearly defined. Within the Neo-Futurist aesthetic, Haymaker is a platform to explore our urge to fight. Expect intricate staging and visceral choreography, as well as elements of high risk. |
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