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Miss Julie
Miss Julie Feb 6 - Mar 8, 2026

Miss Julie wants to abandon her upper-class, aristocratic life and escape the expectations that trap her. Jean, her servant, wants to climb the social ladder and rise through the ranks of society. Over the course of a wine-soaked evening, the two jockey for position, using sex, status, and strategy to collide and combust.

Come Back, Little Sheba
Come Back, Little Sheba Feb 6 - Mar 22, 2026

Midwest town. Forced into marriage due to an unexpected pregnancy, former beauty queen Lola and recovering alcoholic Doc live a quiet life of heartbreak and regret until Marie, a young college student, becomes their boarder. Must see intimate and explosive immersive experience.

Constellations
Constellations Feb 6 - Mar 1, 2026

This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between two people. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny. Performed by alternating casts of two men and two women.

The Angels of Lemnos
The Angels of Lemnos Feb 6 - Feb 22, 2026
Clark Week Productions at Bramble Arts Loft

Lemnos follows Nathan Spandrel, an unhoused man with an intellectual disability who copes with a traumatic past by believing he can become an angel. And today he's found something very special, "his gift from god:" it's a little baby boy. And he's still alive.

Company
Company Feb 6 - Mar 1, 2026
MadKap Productions at Skokie Theatre

This groundbreaking musical explores the complexities of modern relationships, commitment, and loneliness. Set in the bustling world of New York City, the story follows Robert, a single man surrounded by his married friends, as he navigates the ups and downs of love, friendship, and finding his place in the world. Stephen Sondheim’s iconic score and witty lyrics include well known songs like “Ladies Who Lunch” and “I’m Not Getting Married Today.” COMPANY delivers a smart, poignant, and entertaining look at what it means to be truly connected.

The Hobbit
The Hobbit Feb 7 - Mar 8, 2026
Young People's Theatre of Chicago at The Greenhouse Theater Center

No CGI here! Experience an epic journey of theatrical imagination. Dragons and treasure and orcs-oh my! Tolkien's saga of Middle-earth begins right here. With a small acting ensemble and a soaring original score, YPT's engaging and innovative staging reminds us that the least among us all can change the course of great events.

The Outsiders
The Outsiders Feb 10 - Feb 22, 2026

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of 'outsiders' battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. THE OUTSIDERS navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them. With a dynamic original score, THE OUTSIDERS is a story of friendship, family, belonging...and the realization that there is still "lots of good in the world."

Hamnet
Hamnet Feb 10 - Mar 8, 2026

Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. Experience the US premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Hymn, Life of Pi, Red Velvet), and directed by Erica Whyman. Pulling back a curtain on the story of the greatest writer in the English language and the woman who was the constant presence and purpose of his life, Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief, and the magic of nature.

Pivot
Pivot Feb 11 - Mar 21, 2026

All Kara wants is a giant wedding reception and a solid three-year crop rotation plan for the farm. But when her wedding plans blow up in her face, Kara is prepared to upend the entire town of Milton, Nebraska to fight for the future that should have been hers. Save the date for this dark comedy about getting your way, making a scene, and father-daughter dances to the Chicks.

The Pets
The Pets Feb 11 - Mar 1, 2026
Bramble Theatre Company at Bramble Arts Loft

It's 2011 and an animal collector in Zanesville, Ohio has set every one of his 50 exotic pets free. St. Francis of Assisi shows up to help during this wild, dark roam around the countryside. It's Animal Farm meets The Wizard of Oz in a pastoral road trip comedy with a late '90s soundtrack. Based on a true story. A workshop production.

Top Girls
Top Girls Feb 12 - Mar 22, 2026

Raven Theatre continues its commitment to timely plays in the theatrical canon, presenting Caryl Churchill's masterpiece on feminism, class, and politics, TOP GIRLS. From an Algonquin round table boasting some of history's most notable women, to the halls of the Top Girls Employment Agency, Marlene's exchanges with the women around her create a vivid and compelling exploration of their aspirations through time. Heralded as one of the best British plays of the 20th century, TOP GIRLS navigates the shifting dynamics of a patriarchal society.

Pot Girls
Pot Girls Feb 12 - Mar 1, 2026
The Story Theatre at Raven Theatre

What is the duty of the artist? Well, tonight, her only duty is to get stoned and celebrate! Caryl is getting her first big Olivier-eligible production with a smart, sexy new play that centers women in the workplace. Her nearest and dearest friends – an assortment of feminist writers from throughout space and time – come to her London flat to kiki and drink grasshoppers. (Did we mention it’s 1982?) But when the party’s over and Caryl is presented with the ways her new play may be causing harm, she must decide whether or not she’ll learn from history or else abdicate her responsibility altogether. What is the role of critique in creation? Can we judge the artist’s politics by the artwork’s problems? And is any of our art really activism?

Harvey
Harvey Feb 13 - Mar 8, 2026
Saint Sebastian Players at St. Bonaventure Church

The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Harvey by Mary Chase, directed by Lisa M. Ramos, features Elwood P. Dowd, who insists on including his friend Harvey at all of his sister Veta's social gatherings. Trouble is, Elwood is the only one who can "see" Harvey, a shapeshifting "pooka" who appears as a six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. To avoid future embarrassment for her family, Veta decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium. Veta is mistakenly admitted after claiming she too can see her brother's "hallucination" after all these years, but she is later freed. Elwood eventually arrives at the sanitarium, looking for Harvey. But it seems that Elwood and his invisible companion have had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors.

Admissions
Admissions Feb 13 - Mar 15, 2026

At an elite prep school, Sherri Rosen-Mason is leading the charge for change—until her own son’s Ivy League dreams put her ideals to the test. This sharp, compelling drama digs into the lengths we’ll go to protect our children, and the complicated truths that surface when personal stakes get too close to home.

Kubrickian
Kubrickian Feb 13 - Mar 15, 2026

Kubrickian is an existential dark comedy about three men trapped in a white space waiting to have their vocal cords ripped out. And all

Morning Noon, and Night
Morning Noon, and Night Feb 13 - Mar 28, 2026
Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit

Raising a teenager is hard. And for Mia and Dailyn it's not going smoothly. As they get ready for older sister Alex to come home, an unsettling visitor steps out of the algorithm, their plans glitch into chaos.

Rupture & Repair
Rupture & Repair Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2026

At a time when conflict and division seems ever present, Free Street artist-in-residence Tanuja Jagernauth invites audiences into a one-of-a-kind theatrical exploration of conflict resolution. Co-created with ensemble members Marilyn Carteno, Kirsten Baity, and Marya Spont-Lemus, and made in partnership with F.L.Y. Radical Therapy, Rupture & Repair is not the answer to how to do conflict “right,” but rather a study in curiosity. How can we learn to not fear conflict? What tools can we develop towards repair?