THE 37TH ANNUAL RHINOCEROS THEATER FESTIVAL RETURNS SEPTEMBER 20th - OCTOBER 26th AT SIX CHICAGO VENUES ||
Curious Theater Branch Presents More than 35 Artists During Chicago’s Longest-Running Chicago Fringe Festival
REDTWIST THEATRE ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR THE FIRST SHOW IN THEIR 22nd SEASON, PRAYER CIRCLE, SEPTEMBER 17th - NOVEMBER 8th
Collaboraction announces two major productions at its new House of Belonging in Humboldt Park in 2026-27 || Mud Life, Willie Round’s world premiere drama set in North Lawndale about hip-hop, friendship and the price of success, and the return of Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till in February
Mozart’s Don Giovanni opens Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2026/27 Season on Saturday, October 10th || Opera’s most notorious anti-hero comes to Chicago’s grandest stage with Christian Van Horn in the title role || In a first for a major American opera company, the October 18th matinee will feature American Sign Language interpretation of a foreign-language opera || New Auracast assistive listening technology debuts throughout the eight-performance run, deepening Lyric’s commitment to making opera accessible to all
TIN DRUM THEATRE COMPANY PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR THE CHICAGO PREMIERE OF A DARK WOOD BY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT ERIC COBLE, OCTOBER 15th - NOVEMBER 1st, AT GREENHOUSE THEATER CENTER || A Dark Wood is a Dystopian Fable Where Three Family Members Search for and Learn the Cost of Paradise.
A Red Orchid Theatre Opens 34th Season with Chicago Premiere of HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING By Will Arbery, Directed by Ensemble Member dado || October 29th – December 6th
OIL LAMP THEATER ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR DIAL M FOR MURDER, OCTOBER 2nd - NOVEMBER 1st || Alfred Hitchcock's Classic Thriller with a Modern Twist, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original play by Frederick Knott and directed by Daniel King, Comes to Oil Lamp for the Halloween Season
Seven 2026 Equity Jeff Award Nominations Including Best Play! || A Red Orchid Theatre Presents Remount of Hit Production BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA By Anna Ouyang Moench, Directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald || Playing a Limited Engagement September 10th – October 4th
House of the Exquisite Corpse, Chicago’s only puppet haunted house, returns with the nightmare-inducing new theme LULLABIES, October 8th - November 1st at Steppenwolf’s The Merle
