CHICAGO THEATRES GET FESTIVE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON | League of Chicago Theatres’ annual Holiday Guide highlights seasonal productions

3Arts goes “Next Level” with second year of $150,000 Next Level/Spare Room Awards to three visual artists | Visual artists Tirtza Even, Aram Han Sifuentes and Candace Hunter each receive $50,000 as 2021 3Arts Next Level/Spare Room Awardees

INTRODUCING THE 2022 PRODUCTION SEASON AT SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE!

Raven Theatre Presents the World Premiere of THE LAST PAIR OF EARLIES | By Joshua Allen | Directed by Wardell Julius Clark |
through December 12th

Memorial Opera House's 2021 Mainstage Season presents Holiday Inn • The Musical

Lifeline Theatre presents a three-part audio drama adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic  novella Carmilla, adapted by ensemble member Aly Renee Amidei, directed by Scott Cummins. Young  Laura is sequestered in a remote castle in Eastern Europe when a fortuitous carriage accident delivers a  mysterious house guest, the bewitching Carmilla. While the young women begin to find themselves  entangled in forbidden desire, a series of unexplained, grisly murders befalls the neighboring village and  woods. Could the legends be true…or is it merely superstition?

THE GOODMAN’S 44TH ANNUAL A CHRISTMAS CAROL RETURNS TO ITS DOWNTOWN HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH A CAST OF 30 DIRECTED BY JESSICA THEBUS, NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 31 | **LARRY YANDO STARS AS EBENEZER SCROOGE FOR HIS 14TH YEAR AND FEATURING ALLEN GILMORE IN THE ROLE AT 9 PERFORMANCES; GAYATRI GADHVI DEBUTS AS TINY TIM** | ***THE RUN INCLUDES A SPANISH TRANSLATED PERFORMANCE (DEC. 19) AND SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE ON (DEC. 26)***

Writers Theatre opens 2021/22 Season with "Dishwasher Dreams" written and performed by Alaudin Ullah, directed by Chay Yew, in association with Hartford Stage | December 9, 2021 – January 23, 2022

PlayMakers Laboratory Welcomes Back Live Audiences with "THAT’S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Comes Home for the Holidays" | Directed by Artistic Director Brandon Cloyd | December 10 – 19, 2021 at the Neo-Futurist Theater | An Original Sketch Show Written by Kids,
Performed by Grownups and Enjoyed by Humans

**** Recommended **** I’m not a fan of country music, but Porchlight Music Theatre’s new production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" is a toe-tappin’ good time.  "Pump Boys and Dinettes," one of my favorite feel-good musicals, is a guaranteed audience pleaser and perfect for a smaller venue.  If you’re looking for a good time, you’ll want to head over to the Ruth Page Center for a performance.  I give "Pump Boys and Dinettes" 4 Spotlights.