Wednesday, 20 December 2023 14:20
Pegasus Theatre Chicago Announces 37th Annual Young Playwrights Festival Authors and Cast, January 4 - 28 at Chicago Dramatists
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Pegasus Theatre Chicago is proud to announce the authors and plays being presented at the 37th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, January 4 - 28, 2024 at Chicago Dramatists, 798 N. Aberdeen. Previews are Thursday, Jan. 4 - Saturday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. with the Opening Ceremony, Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2:30…
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Thursday, 07 December 2023 14:35
Curious Theatre Branch Shares New Dates for Beau O'Reilly's HIT ME LIKE A FLOWER
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Curious Theatre Branch, currently celebrating its 35th Anniversary Season, announced today that the revival of Hit Me Like a Flower, written and directed by Beau O’Reilly and assistant directed by Chris Zdenek, will now be performed January 12 - February 4, at Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California Ave. Opening night is…
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Thursday, 20 July 2023 16:56
About Face Theatre announces 2023-2024 season
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About Face Theatre announces plans for its 29th season. Dedicated to advancing LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance, About Face will present two regional premiere productions at The Den Theatre in Wicker Parker, as well as the return of its popular workshop reading series Re/Generation Studio and touring performances…
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Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:57
Congo Square Theatre Company celebrates 25th Anniversary of producing transformative Black theater in 2023-24 Season
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Founded in 1999, Congo Square Theatre Company (Congo Square), one of the nation's premier African American ensemble theater companies, celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2023-2024 with a powerful theatrical season honoring the myriad experiences that make up Black culture. Anchored by two live performances, the season begins with the Rolling World Premiere of Inda Craig-Galván's dark…
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Friday, 12 May 2023 12:41
BTE Announces 2023-2024 Season Featuring World Premiere by "Outer Range" Creator Brian Watkins
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), announced its 2023-2024 three-play season today. The season will open with “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, directed by BTE Associate Artistic Director Amelia Barrett (Nov. 16 -…
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Sunday, 14 May 2023 12:22
City Lit announces four-show 2023-2024 Season 43
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City Lit Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe announced today that the theatre’s 2023-2024 season—its forty-third—will be his last on its staff. He has been City Lit’s artistic director since February 2005 and its producer since July 2016. He will retire at the end of June 2024 following the close…
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A Red Orchid Theatre announces its 31st Season, to include the world premiere of Revolution by Ensemble Member Brett Neveu (September 16-October 29), the Chicago premiere of In Quietness by Anna Ouyang Moench (January 11-March 3) and the world premiere of Turret by Ensemble Member Levi Holloway (April 25-June 15), whose play Grey House, which premiered at A Red Orchid Theatre in 2019, is currently playing on…
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Writers Theatre announces the inaugural season for Artistic Director Braden Abraham, in partnership with Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, to include award winning plays and audience favorites. Abraham joined Writers Theatre in February 2023 and this marks his first full season at Writers Theatre. The company’s 2023/24 season launches with Tony and Pulitzer nominated…
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Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces its 2023-2024 season, opening with the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle, directed by Jessica Thebus; the murder mystery made famous by Alfred Hitchcock Dial M for Murder, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original…
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Wednesday, 11 January 2023 13:36
For 'The Christians,' 90-Foot Projection Screens Will Create Mega Church at Citadel Theatre
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LAKE FOREST, IL - Citadel’s 2022-23 season will continue when Lucas Hnath’s thought-provoking and Obie Award winning play THE CHRISTIANS begins performances on February 8. The drama, set in a mega church, is neither an endorsement nor an indictment of organized religion in general, nor of Christianity specifically, but Hnath…
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Sunday, 13 November 2022 15:17
Review: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' at Skokie Theatre
Written by Wesley David
My favorite writer of all time is Tennessee Williams. He was born into a dysfunctional family in Mississippi 1911. Most of his plays revolve around family dynamics. My favorite play of his, and of all time is “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. It is an exploration of life, of…
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Monday, 24 October 2022 15:16
Laugh Until You Cry: "The Conspirators` 125th Anniversary Jubilee, Featuring the Ineptidemic"
Written by Bill Esler
The Conspirators is readying its next production—"The Conspirators `125th Anniversary Jubilee, Featuring the Ineptidemic"—opening Friday November 4 at the Otherworld Theatre 3914 N. Clark and running through Saturday November 19. True to the company’s inimitable, off-beat approach, it promises to be loaded with laughs yet packed with the incisive social…
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Friday, 12 January 2018 23:22
Once More for Nevermore!: Edge Theater’s newest play worth seeing again
Written by Kendall Royzen
Once upon a winter’s glow, I did venture to see a show, A show so dark and oddly brooding, filled with misery and woe. A new musical did appear, At the Edge Theater it did premiere, Nevermore: The imaginary life and death of Edgar Allen Poe. Upon the stage…
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