Theater openings in January
Indiana
January 4th, 7:00 pm, 2025 Season Preview, Towle Theater, 5205 Hohman Avenue, Hammond. $24. FYI (219) 937-8780 or www.towletheater.org
January 7th, 7:30 pm ET, Staged Reading, Blue/Orange, Stageworks, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI http://www.actingensemble.com
January 17th, 7:30 pm, Anniversary & Preview Night, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20. FYI (219) 852-0848 or www.beatniksonconkey.com.
January 24th, 8:00 pm Love, Loss, & What I Wore, Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. Chicago Street, Valparaiso. $20-$22. FYI https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=cstin
January 24th, 7:30 pm ET, The Outsider, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI www.actingensemble.com.
January 31st, 7:30 pm, Passengers, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20. FYI (219) 852-0848 or www.beatniksonconkey.com.
January 31st, 7:30 pm ET, Girls in the Boat, Warner Studio Theatre, South Bend Civic Theatre, 403 N. Main, South Bend. $25-$37. FYI (574) 234-1112 or www.sbct.org.
Illinois
January 8th, 7:00 pm, Shucked, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
January 11th, 2:30 pm, Pegasus Theatre Company presents The 38th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. $15-$30. FYI PegasusTheatreChicago.org
January 15th through 26th, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Various venues around Chicago. Follow the festival on Facebook, Instagram or Vimeo, hashtag #ChiPuppetFest. FYI chicagopuppetfest.org.
January 15th, 5:15 - 7:00 pm, Opening Night Prelude Reception, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Fine Arts Building, 3rd Floor Balcony, Studebaker Theatre 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $125-$250. Performance tickets sold separately. FYI chicagopuppetfest.org.
January 15th, Dracula: Lucy's Dream, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Studebaker Theatre 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $40-$48. FYI plexuspolaire.com/dracula-en
January 15th, 8:30 - 10:30 pm, Opening Night Post-Show Party, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Fine Arts Building, Curtiss Hall, 10th Floor, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $75. FYI chicagopuppetfest.org.
January 15th, 7:30 pm, Jackalope Theatre Company presents The Smuggler, The Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago. $15-$35. FYI JackalopeTheatre.org
January 17th, 7:00 pm, Regional Premiere, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
January 17th, 7:30 pm, "Spells & Superstitions," Brightside Theatre 2024-25 Season, Jekyll & Hyde in Concert. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville. $32-$37. FYI (630) 447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSideTheatre.com
January 19th, 3:00 pm, Chicago Premiere, Glassheart, City Lit Theatre Company, second floor (accessible via elevator), Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago. $25-$35. FYI (773) 293-3682 or www.citylit.org
January 19th, 7:00 pm, Porchlight Music Theatre presents Fun Home, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. $20-$85. FYI PorchlightMusicTheatre.org
January 21st, 7:00 pm, Chicago Premiere, Fat Ham, a co-production with Definition Theatre. Owen Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
January 21st, 7:00 pm, Come from Away, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
January 24th, 7:30 pm, Avaaz, Carl & Marilynn Thoma Theater Upstairs, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
January 24th, 7:30 pm, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged…), Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. $55. FYI OilLampTheater.org.
January 26th, 6:00 pm, Closing Party with Narcissster (fundraiser), 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Rhapsody Theater, 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago. Adult audience only. $35-$2,000. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI narcissister.com
January 27th, 7:00 pm (doors open 6:30 pm), Remy Bumppo presents Wish You Were Here, Readings on Ravenswood, Remy Bumppo Rehearsal Room, 1751 W. Grace St., Chicago. Free. FYI RemyBumppo.org
January 30th, 7:30 pm, Shattered Globe Theatre presents Lobby Hero, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. FYI (773) 975-8150, www.sgtheatre.org or www.theaterwit.org
January 30th, 7:30 pm, The Heart Sellers, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. FYI (847) 673-6300 or www.northlight.org/subscribe.
January 31st, 7:30 pm, Frida...A Self Portrait, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.
January 31st, 7:30 pm, Chicago Premiere, the american vicarious’ DEBATE: BALDWIN VS. BUCKLEY, TimeLine Theatre Company in partnership with The Theatre School at DePaul University, Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N. Fremont St., Chicago. FYI (773) 281-8463 x6 or visit timelinetheatre.com.
January 31st, 7:30 pm, Mr. Parker, Open Space Arts, 1411 W. Wilson, Chicago. $20-$25. FYI https://openspacearts.org/
Elsewhere
January 22nd, Primary Trust, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.
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