Running through November 17, the festival features 21 productions at 15 venues across the city.
The famed Chicago company may be known for its intense dramas. But its season opener shows it can excel at comedy.
Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the modern classic by S.E. Hinton, this is a non-musical play version of the coming-of-age tale.
Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the modern classic by S.E. Hinton, this is a play version of the coming-of-age tale.
Susan V. Booth will direct the classic Harold Pinter drama.
The annual fellowship is awarded to a Black theatre artist to fund a residency or collaboration with a Chicago-area non-profit organization.
The stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels has made its long-awaited American premiere
Tom Hewitt and Sierra Boggess co-star in the Rob Ashford-helmed project at Chicago's Goodman.
The work is part of The Lillys' Lorraine Hansberry Initiative honoring the Raisin in the Sun playwright.
The Jordan Harrison play is a co-production of Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, and Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
Mac is the bookwriter on the new musical, which features music by Jason Robert Brown
After 30 years leading the Chicago institution, the longtime director will step down.
The new Samuel D. Hunter play was written with the famed actor in mind.
Telling the story of the boxing champion and humanitarian, the Broadway-aimed musical features a book by Clint Dyer and score by Teddy Abrams.
J. Harrison Ghee, Tom Hewitt, and Sierra Boggess lead the Rob Ashford-helmed project at Chicago's Goodman.
Laurie Metcalf stars in the already extended world premiere, with Joe Mantello directing.
Joe Mantello is directing the previously untitled work, about a family struggling to figure out how to deal with other people.
The new play by Nambi E. Kelley is currently running at Chicago's Court Theatre.
J. Harrison Ghee, Tom Hewitt, and Sierra Boggess are leading the Rob Ashford-helmed project.
The new play, written by Grey House's Levi Holloway, is running at the theatre Shannon co-founded, A Red Orchid.
Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen bring a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale's life to the stage that puts more focus on race.
In Judgement Day at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Alexander plays a corrupt lawyer who may be looking for forgiveness.
The two artists are collaborating on a new play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, about the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
The season's programming begins in September at the Chicago theatre company.
Two-time Tony winner Phylicia Rashad will direct the about family, faith, and Black American politics.
Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen are bringing a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale's life to the stage that puts more focus on race.
Laura Alcalá Baker directs Matthew Paul Olmos' play centering on youth activism.
The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star becomes the first woman with a disability to take on the role in a major U.S. production.
Part love story and part ghost story, the show was collated from hundreds of tweets and DMs from Emmy winner Delany's own digital archives
Laura Alcalá Baker will direct Matthew Paul Olmos' play centering on youth activism.
The awards honor the ingenuity and creativity in the Chicago theatre market.
Chicago's Steppenwolf is hosting the world premiere in 2024.
Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen are bringing a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale to the stage that puts more focus on race.
The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star will play the title role, the first woman with a disability to do so in a major U.S. production.
Part love story and part ghost story, the show was collated from hundreds of tweets and DMs from Emmy winner Delany's own digital archives
Studebaker Theater is hosting the Chicago premiere of the family-friendly Jim Henson musical, adapted from the 1977 TV special.
Studebaker Theater is hosting the Chicago premiere of the family-friendly Jim Henson musical, adapted from the 1977 TV special.
SUGAR HILL: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker will then play Chicago after its debut at New York City Center.
The month-long celebration will encourage deeper study of Poet Laureate Cleage's works.
The play about lucha libre is hoping to bring in new audiences to the Chicago theatre.
The Tony-winning company is the latest American regional theatre forced to cut back as the struggle to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
The Chicago theatre is the latest institution to scale back due to financial troubles.
Matthew C. Yee's Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon challenges Asian Americans stereotypes.
Arrington's play Another Marriage is currently running at Steppenwolf Theatre.
Featuring a cast of Broadway veterans, the show tells the story and artistry of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer played by Saint Aubyn.
The Chicago theatre company will stage the reimagined revival this June.
The country-folk musical marks Broadway's Matthew C. Yee's debut as a playwright.
The country-folk musical marks Broadway's Matthew C. Yee's debut as a playwright.
Full casting has been revealed for the reimagined revival, to be staged by the piece's Tony-winning original director, Des McAnuff.
The yet-to-be-titled play will be one of six productions presented by the Chicago stalwart in their upcoming season.
Tony nominee and Steppenwolf company member Austin Pendleton is at the helm.
Mr. Galati was known for his adaptations of classic American novels, including Ragtime and The Grapes of Wrath.
The upcoming run follows a world premiere in Pennsylvania earlier this year.
Michelle Williams, David Phelps, and Randal Keith led the recent Broadway-aimed performance of the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
Broadway alums star in the musical based on the popular Nicholas Sparks novel and film at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
The Grammy-winning artist and Broadway alum stars as Eve and Mama Noah in the Broadway-aimed production of the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
Cindy Gold stars in the Chicago premiere of the James Ijames work.
The Grammy-winning artist and Broadway alum will star as Eve and Mama Noah in the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
The Les Misérables star will star as Father in the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
The Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical tells the biblical stories of Adam and Eve and Noah's Ark.
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