Steppenwolf Theatre Company opens its highly anticipated Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arts and Education Center | Expanded Steppenwolf campus a cultural nexus for Chicago including a new state-of-the-art theater in the round, dedicated education center and two new bars for socializing
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
Raven Theatre Presents the World Premiere of THE LAST PAIR OF EARLIES | By Joshua Allen | Directed by Wardell Julius Clark |
through December 12th
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
