WHITE MONKEY BY CHARLIE OH, DIRECTED BY MIKAEL BURKE, IS THE NEXT FUTURE LABS READING ON MAY 28; FREE TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE | ***IN ADDITION, THE GOODMAN’S SEASON-LONG RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THE PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT, IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS (DEADLINE TO APPLY IS JUNE 14)***
First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook is looking for students who have just completed their junior or senior year of high school for a tech internship for the summer. This is a paid internship. Interns will focus on helping the theater’s tech coordinator prepare for the return of live theater in the fall. Internships are for 5 weeks in July/August. Dates of employment are flexible (see below).
American Blues Theater announces casting for August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Monty Cole | Cast includes Kamal Bolden, Manny Buckley, Shanésia Davis, Ajax Dontavius, Martel Manning, William Anthony Sebastian Rose II, and Riley Wells | July 1st-August 6th
REDTWIST THEATRE ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR ANTIGONE, JUNE 23rd – JULY 31st | Sophocles’ Tragedy is Given a Modern Adaptation by Anne Carson, Directed by Christine Freije and Starring Retwist Company Members Brian Parry and Sarah Sapperstein
MCANINCH ARTS CENTER’S LAKESIDE PAVILION FREE OUTDOOR SUMMER SERIES RETURNS JULY 15-AUG. 5 | Programming Kicks off with “Through The Years” Featuring Don Gatlin with The Kenny Rogers Band | Other Series Highlights: Thursday Evening WDCB LIVE Jazz Series and New Sunday Family Series
AVENUE Q MEETS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IN HAND TO GOD, NEXT IN PARAMOUNT’S NEW BOLD SERIES, MAY 25-JULY 10, 2022 AT DOWNTOWN AURORA’S NEW COPLEY THEATRE
Two new feature films and a two-week festival of shorts announced for PrideArts summer streaming film schedule | Documentary on Liberace and a Swedish gay drama will stream in June, with shorts festival to follow in July
The Den Theatre Announces Comedian KURT BRAUNOHLER June 3rd – 4th on The Heath Mainstage
M.A.D.D. Rhythms Celebrates the Year of Chicago Dance and National Tap Dance Day, Performs a Favorite with Music From Nina Simone as Part of Night Out In the Parks, Has Adult Classes, Shares Company Updates and More
ENSEMBLE ESPAÑOL SPANISH DANCE THEATER’S “FLAMENCO PASSION” PERFORMANCES RETURN TO THE NORTH SHORE CENTER JUNE 17th-19th || Program Features Flamenco World Premieres by Award-Winning Flamenco Choreographer/ Performer La Lup | Internationally Acclaimed Flamenco Performer/Choreographer Elisabet Torras Aguilera and Ensemble Español Artistic Director Irma Suarez Ruiz | Plus Solo Chicago Premieres and Popular Favorites from Ensemble Español’s Repertoire || 12-Time Grammy-winning Percussionist, Diego “El Negro” Alvarez Makes His “Flamenco Passion” Music Debut and is Featured in New Symposium || “The Black and Brown Roots to Spanish Dance” (June 14-17) || Performances Are Part of the Company’s 46th American Spanish Dance and Music Festival
