Steppenwolf Theatre Company Concludes 50th Anniversary Season with Chicago Premiere of CATCH AS CATCH CAN || Written by Mia Chung, Directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, Featuring ensemble members Gary Cole, Audrey Francis and Tim Hopper with Sarah Charipar || June 4th – July 12th in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater
21 Years Young: Chicago Children’s Theatre announces 2026-27 season || Four greatest hits from the past 20 years: Carmela Full of Wishes, Manual Cinema’s Leonardo!, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and The Beatrix Potter Holiday Party
Playwright Zach Barr has won the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for their play The Pilon, which had its world premiere at Red Theater. The Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award recognizes an outstanding script premiering in a professional production of a play outside of New York City.
Chicago’s Favorite Kids Show Returns This Summer || The Second City’s No Grown-Ups Allowed Starts June 6th
Writers Theatre presents The Stoppard Series, a curated collection of lectures, conversations, and community events around the company’s epic production of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt || Leopoldstadt to run June 4th - July 19th || The Stoppard Series events begin in early May
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces cast and creative team for the North American Premiere production of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN,
Ashley Robinson’s new adaptation of the captivating novella by Annie Proulx that inspired the Academy Award-winning film || Directed by Jonathan Butterell || May 28th - June 28th in the Courtyard Theater
Drury Lane Theatre continues 2026/2027 season with NUNSENSE, Book, Music and Lyrics by David Goggin, Directed by E. Faye Butler ||
June 10th – August 2nd
YI Love Jewish and Arts Judaica Announce Chicago Premiere of A PEOPLE at Theater Wit June 18th – July 5th || 5000 years of Jewish history told through music, vignettes, and monologues
ACCLAIMED BROADWAY MUSICAL BASED ON THE BESTSELLING NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE ICONIC FILM || THE NOTEBOOK
WILL PLAY BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE AUGUST 4th - 16th || FEATURING AN AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE TEAM || “A romantic musical for the ages.” – Chicago Sun-Times
Free Metra rides for all Broadway In Chicago Shows all summer || Stress free rides for free — because the only drama should be on stage.
