Hell in a Handbag Productions Presents World Premiere of QUEEN FOR A DAY By Ensemble Member Tyler Anthony Smith, Directed by Stephanie Shaw ||
July 9th – August 3rd at Bramble Arts Loft
The artists in Peninsula Players Theatre's 2025 season include award-winning directors, designers and performers whose credits include Broadway, national tour and regional theatres. The actors of the 2025 season are Janet Ulrich Brooks, Lucy Carapetyan, Sean Fortunato, Ryan Hallahan, Ora Jones, Tyler Meredith, Luke Nowakowski, Glenn Obrero, Ryan Reilly, Emma Rosenthal, Emily Scinto, Cassie Slater, Elizabeth Stenholt, Meg Thalken, Patrick Michael Tierney, Greg Vinkler, Amanda Walker and Karen Janes Woditsch.
LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES ITS 2025 - 2026 SEASON IN THE JOAN AND PAUL THEATRE AT THE HISTORIC WATER TOWER WATER WORKS || The New Season Includes World Premieres from Company Members Kevin Douglas and Matthew C. Yee and the Latest from the Lookingglass Young Ensemble.
BrightSide Theatre announces 2025-26 "Season 14 For the Fun of It” with three musicals and one comedy || THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Yeston and Kopit’s PHANTOM in Concert, THE PRODUCERS, and Noel Coward’s wickedly witty comedy PRIVATE LIVES, plus two musicals performed by kids will comprise the Naperville company’s 14th season
AVA: The Secret Conversations, Written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern, Directed by Moritz Von Stuelpnagel to play at Chicago’s historic Studebaker Theater this fall following a New York engagement || Production runs September 24th - October 12th
Cast and production team announced for City Lit’s JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN, July 25th – September 7th ||Stephen Adly Guirgis’s landmark prison drama to open the company’s 45th season
Cast and creative team announced for SENTINELS, a play with music celebrating the contributions of women over the past 80 years || World premiere by Writers Theatre co-founder Marilyn Campbell-Lowe will play for two weekends at Theo’s Howard Street Theatre, August 1st - 10th
Chicago Children’s Theatre: 20 Years in the Making || Leo Lionni’s Frederick, an immersive Goodnight Moon, Cabinet of Wonder featuring Natalie Merchant in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first Chicago Sensory Summit, and The Beatrix Potter Holiday Party mark 20th anniversary season for Chicago’s first professional theater devoted to young audiences
Sam Shepard’s True West, helmed by Artistic Director Jim Corti, a hot start for Paramount's fourth BOLD Series, July 16th - August 31st
