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
REFRACTED THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR DREAM HOU$E BY ELIANA PIPES AND DIRECTED BY LAURA ALCALÁ BAKER, SEPTEMBER 12th - OCTOBER 18th AT THE DEN THEATRE || Refracted’s Sixth Season Begins With Eliana Pipes’ Dream Hou$e, Winner of the Kendeda Award and Steinberg Playwriting Award
PrideArts announces return to a four-show season for 2025-26 || Productions in its new home at Center on Halsted to include A NEW BRAIN, the bawdy British holiday panto RAPORNZEL, CONSTELLATIONS with two alternating same-sex casts, and the winner of PrideArts’ new QUEERY PLAYWRITING LAB.
GOODMAN THEATRE ANNOUNCES A SUMMER 2025 LINE-UP FOR ALL AGES AND INTERESTS: **BOOK UP! THEATER FOR THE VERY YOUNG (AGES 0-5) IN 12 CHICAGO PARKS (JULY 23 – AUG.10); TJ AND DAVE IMPROV SENSATION RETURNS (JULY 24-26); 4TH ANNUAL SWEETEST SEASON GATHERING OF INDIGENOUS CREATIVITY (AUGUST 1-2); AND FREE READINGS OF NEW PLAYS BY SATYA JNANI CHÁVEZ & KRYSTAL ORTIZ, NJ DRAINE & TERRY GUEST AND OMER ABBAS SALEM (AUGUST 8-10)** || ***THE COLOR PURPLE MUSICAL DIRECTED BY LILI-ANNE BROWN STARTS JUNE 21 (ALBERT THEATRE) AND DENNIS WATKINS’ THE MAGIC PARLOUR CONTINUES WEEKLY (50 W. RANDOLPH), AS THE GOODMAN WELCOMES 60 TEENS TO TWO FOUR-WEEK YOUTH INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAMS***
THE JEFF AWARDS ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AMONG EQUITY THEATERS TO HONOR THE VITAL ROLE OF CHICAGO THEATER STAGE MANAGERS || The Jeff Impresario Award gives recognition to the invaluable work of stage managers
