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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