Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s 30th Anniversary Season continues with "Exploring The In Between: A Conversation About Mid-Sized Theatres in Chicago," Monday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Theater One at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. This one-night-only event, moderated by Chicago theatre Historian and Author Mark Larson and Associate Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Matt Randle-Bent bring together Chicago theatre voices from four storied companies: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, Teatro Vista Productions and About Face Theatre to discuss how midsized theatres have shaped our city’s cultural ecosystem and what role might they play in what is to come. Tickets are on sale now for $35 at TheaterWit.org or by calling the Theater Wit Box Office at 773.975.8150.
“Exploring The In Between: A Conversation About Mid-Sized Theatres in Chicago” is a night of discovery, conversation and envisioning. “Exploring the In Between” excavates the history, heart and value of midsized theatres in Chicago featuring Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Marti Lyons, A Red Orchid Theatre Founding Artistic Director and Board Member of The Red Orchid Theatre Guy Van Swearingen, An Artistic Collective member of Teatro Vista Productions and a Core Ensemble Member of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Charin Alvarez and About Face Theatre’s Director of Education and Artistic Programing Dionne Addai.
Ticket sales benefit Remy Bumppo Theatre Company.
ABOUT REMY BUMPPO THEATRE COMPANY
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company expands and enriches their community’s view of the world, and their own, by producing both the great plays of the past and the important plays of today. As an ensemble-driven theater company, Remy Bumppo authors a more humane culture that listens to, and seeks to understand, the voices, the ideas and the stories of one another.
Since its inception in 1996, Remy Bumppo has produced a blend of modern classics and complex contemporary works, presented in an intimate setting with clarity, wit and passion. We invite audiences to engage directly with the art through conversation with the artists.
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s season sponsors are Geoffrey A. Anderson, Mary and Bruce Feay, Brenda and James Grusecki, Lynne and George Simon Donor Fund and Charlotte Toerber.
Additional sponsors include Paul M. Angell Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, John R. Halligan Charitable Fund and Laughing Acres Family Foundation.
COMING UP ...
Mud Row
October 15 - November 15, 2026
Written by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Malkia Stampley
Previews: Thursday, Oct. 15 - Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Performance Schedule: Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Tickets: $15 - $55
Set in the historically Black neighborhood of Mud Row in West Chester, Pennsylvania, two generations of sisters protect and defy the legacy of their foremothers in this surprisingly funny, thrilling and ultimately hopeful play from Tony Nominee and MacArthur “Genius” Grant Recipient Dominique Morisseau. Mud Row deftly shifts between past and present exploring themes of identity, belonging and the complexities of heritage through the lives of several Black women and men, each with their own struggles and aspirations.
Marjorie Prime
Adapted by Jordan Harrison
Directed by James Bohnen
April 29 - May 30, 2027
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Previews: Thursday, April 29 - Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m.
Performance schedule: Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 - $55
Subscriptions are now available at RemyBumppo.org
Set in the near future, a widow in her final years embraces technology to preserve her memories and connect with her past. As she bonds with her new artificial companion, the line between fact and AI-created fiction starts to blur. This Pulitzer Prize finalist shares the powerful and poignant story of the looming presence of technology and how it helps or harms society.
The cast of Marjorie Prime currently includes Core Ensemble Members Annabel Armour and Linda Gillum.