Theater openings in June
Indiana
June 3rd, 7:30 pm ET, Staged Reading, Red Rex, Stageworks, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI http://www.actingensemble.com
June 6th, 8:00pm, Happy Birthday, Wanda June, 4th Street Theatre, 125 N. 4th Street, Chesterton. FYI (219) 926-7875 or www.4thstreetncca.com
June 11th, 2:00 pm, My Fair Audrey starring Hilary Ann Feldman, Theatre at the Center, Center for the Visual & Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster. $40. FYI (219) 836-3255 ext 1 or www.theatreatthecenter.com
June 18th, 2:00 pm, The Effect, Canterbury Summer Theatre, 807 Franklin Street, Michigan City. Reserve tickets by calling (219) 874-4269 or by e-mail at info@canterburytheatre.org.
June 20th, 7:00 pm ET, South Bend Civic Theatre presents The Importance of Being Ernest, The History Museum, 808 W. Washington Street, South Bend. $25-$37. FYI (574) 234-1112 or www.sbct.org.
June 20th, 7:30 pm ET, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI www.actingensemble.com.
June 25th, 2:00 pm, A Year with Frog and Toad, Canterbury Summer Theatre, 807 Franklin Street, Michigan City. Reserve tickets by calling (219) 874-4269 or by e-mail at info@canterburytheatre.org.
June 27th, 7:00 pm, Outside Mullingar, Dunes Arts Summer Theatre, 288 Shady Oak Dr., Michigan City. $30-$35. FYI (219) 879-7509 or www.dunesARTS.org
Illinois
June 1st, 1:00 pm, Porchlight Music Theatre, as part of its new work developmental series, Off The Porch, hosts an invited rehearsal of Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story, written by and starring Kayla Boye, directed by Porchlight Artistic Director Michael Weber, choreographed by Tammy Mader and music directed by Linda Madonia. Porchlight’s Rehearsal Studios, 4200 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago. FYI PorchlightMusicTheatre.org.
June 3rd, 7:00 pm, TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
June 3rd, 7:30 pm, Chicago Opera Theater presents the World Premiere, She Who Dared, Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan, Chicago. FYI www.fineartsbuilding.com.
June 4th, 7:30 pm, Teatro Vista presents the Midwest Premiere of Memorabilia, Filament Theatre, 4041 N. Milwaukee, Chicago. FYI boxoffice@teatrovista.org
June 5th, 7:00 pm, Chicago Tap Theatre’s Summer Tap Dance Artist Spotlight Show Directed by Sterling Harris, The Edge Theatre, 5451 N. Broadway Ave., Chicago. $25-$75. FYI www.Chicagotaptheatre.com
June 5th, 7:30 pm, Chicago Premiere, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI (312) 386-8905 or www.joffrey.org.
June 5th, 7:30 pm, World Premiere, Black Bone, Definition Theatre, Definition @ 55th, 1160 E. 55th St, Chicago. $25. FYI www.definitiontheatre.org
June 6th, 7:30 pm, Sylvia, The Drama Group, 330 202nd Street, Chicago Heights. FYI at 708-755-3444 or www.dg.booktix.com.
June 6th, 7:30 pm, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Oil Lamp Theatre, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. $55, FYI OilLampTheater.org.
June 6th, 7:30 pm, Chicago Opera Theatre presents the world premiere of She Who Dared. Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building, 410 S Michigan Ave., Chicago. Tickets start at $50. FYI chicagooperatheater.org.
June 6th, 7;30 pm, Gender Fucked Productions Presents: Trans Scribe: A New Works Festival, Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, 1700 Theater, 1700 N. Halsted St., Chicago. $28-$43. FYI (312) 335-1650 or steppenwolf.org/lookout
June 6th, 7:30 pm, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre 2025 Concert Series, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. $39-$79. FYI CerquaRivera.org/schedule
June 7th, 6:00 pm, Iraq, But Funny, Lookingglass Theatre, Joan and Paul Theatre at Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. FYI LookingglassTheatre.org
June 7th, 7:30 pm, An Iliad starring Timothy Edward Kane, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago. FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.
June 10th, 7:00 pm, 42 Balloons, The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.June
June 10th, Gift Theatre presents The Fires by Jennifer Rumberger In The Works Reading Series, Filament Theatre (4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago. FYI 773-283-7071 or boxoffice@thegifttheatre.org
June 11th, 7:00 pm, Kimberly Akimbo, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
June 12th, 8:00 pm, The Second City's e.t.c. 49th Revue, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.
July 13th, 7:30 pm, "Spells & Superstitions," Brightside Theatre 2024-25 Season, Pippin. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville. $32-$37. FYI (630) 447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSideTheatre.com
June 15th, 3:00 pm, That's What Friends Are For: Gladys, Dionne & Patti, Black Ensemble Theatre, 4450 N. Clark, Chicago. FYI www.blackensemble.org.
June 15th, 6:00 pm, Chicago Premiere, You Will Get Sick, Downstairs Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago. FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org
June 19th, 7:00 pm, Always...Patsy Cline, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.
June 20th, About Face Theatre presents OM Mission, The Bookspan at The Den Theatre, 1331 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. $5-$35. FYI (773) 697-3830 or www.AboutFaceTheatre.com
June 25th, 7:00 pm, Always Something There..., Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com
June 27th, 6:00 pm, Midsommer Flight presents Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost, Chicago Women's Park and Garden, 1801 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago. Free, donations accepted. FYI https://midsommerflight.com/loves-labours-lost-2025/
June 27th, 7:30 pm, World Premiere, Dhaba on Devon Avenue, TimeLine Theatre Company in partnership with Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. FYI (773) 281-8463 x6 or visit timelinetheatre.com.
June 29th or 30th, 7:30 pm, Chicago Premiere, Tom and Eliza, appearing in rep with Every Brilliant Thing. TUTA Theatre, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago. $20-$60. FYI www.tutatheatre.org
June 30th, 7:00 pm, The Color Purple, The Musical, Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
Wisconsin
Elsewhere
June 4th, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.
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