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23/24 Season Cast Announcement + Update

SUSAN V. BOOTH’S FIRST CURATED SEASON AS GOODMAN THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BEGINS NEXT MONTH WITH THE NACIREMA SOCIETY AND A CITYWIDE CELEBRATION OF ITS PLAYWRIGHT, PEARL CLEAGE || **TODAY, LILI-ANNE BROWN STARTS REHEARSALS FOR THE NACIREMA SOCIETY, WITH E. FAYE BUTLER, ORA JONES, TYLA ABERCRUMBIE, DEMETRA DEE AND MORE; THE CHICAGO PREMIERE RUNS SEPTEMBER 16 – OCTOBER 15** || ***SEASON UPDATE: FEMALE TROUBLES, THE ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMEDY PREVIOUSLY SLATED FOR SPRING 2024, IS RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 2025; A NEW MUSICAL PROJECT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ***

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Steppenwolf Theatre Opens 48th Season with SANCTUARY CITY

Steppenwolf Theatre opens its 48th Season with the Chicago premiere of SANCTUARY CITY By Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok,
Directed by Steph Paul || Featuring Grant Kennedy Lewis, Brandon Rivera and Jocelyn Zamudio || September 14 – November 18, 2023 in Steppenwolf’s in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell

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Nominations for the 55th Anniversary Jeff Awards for Equity Theater Announced!

THE JEFF AWARDS CELEBRATES 55th ANNIVERSARY WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EQUITY WING AWARD NOMINATIONS

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The Penguin Project Presents Annie Jr. September 23 and 24th

Memorial Opera House Foundation, in partnership with The Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana in Valparaiso and The Penguin Project® announces performance dates for the first-ever, fully-inclusive theatre production in Indiana, Annie Jr., premiering on September 23 and 24, 2023.

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A Red Orchid Theatre announces casting for the world premiere of Revolution by Brett Neveu

A RED ORCHID THEATRE ANNOUNCES CAST & CREATIVE TEAM FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "REVOLUTION" || BY ENSEMBLE MEMBER BRETT NEVEU || DIRECTED BY ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TRAVIS A. KNIGHT || Sept. 7 – Oct. 29

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'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE... by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL returns to Chicago Theatre in December

ACCLAIMED FAMILY HOLIDAY THEATRICAL ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE… BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL MAKES ITS HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED RETURN || Limited Engagement to run concurrently at two of MSG Entertainment’s celebrated venues this holiday season: The Theater at Madison Square Garden & The Chicago Theatre – Chicago, IL – December 7th-28th

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CAST ANNOUNCEMENT - THE INNOCENCE OF SEDUCTION by City Lit Theater

Cast and crew announced for world premiere of Mark Pracht’s THE INNOCENCE OF SEDUCTION, opening September 3rd || Pracht to direct the second part of his FOUR-COLOR TRILOGY of plays about the comic book industry

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Open Space Arts announces hyper-intimate “micro-theater” productions

Open Space Arts announces hyper-intimate “micro-theater” productions of the plays MASSAGE THERAPY and ROSENBERG for fall 2023
|| Plays to open September 16th and October 14th respectively, in the company’s storefront space at 1411 W. Wilson Ave.

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Marriott Theatre presents GYPSY

The mother of all musicals, GYPSY, arrives at the Marriott Theatre this August, previewing Wednesday, August 23, opening August 30 at 7:30 p.m. and closing October 15, 2023.

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