Theater openings in April
Indiana
April 7th, 7:30 pm ET, Stageworks Staged Reading, Appropriate, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI www.actingensemble.com.
April 7th, Come from Away, One America Financial Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT), 140 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN. FYI www.irtlive.com
April 9th, 7:30 pm, Footlight Players present The Legend of Georgia McBride, Footlight Theater, 1705 Franklin Street, Michigan City. $17. FYI www.footlightplayers.org.
April 10th, 7:30 pm, Hammond Community Theatre presents The Nerd, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20. FYI (219) 852-0848 or https://www.beatniksonconkey.com
April 10th, 7:30 pm ET, Artemesia, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI www.actingensemble.com.
April 17th, Well Suited Theater, Comedy/Improv, Chicago Street Theatre, 154 Chicago Street, Valparaiso. FYI https://chicagostreet.ludus.com/index.php
April 18th, 6:00 pm (Bar opens), 7:00 pm (Curtain), Dunes Arts Foundation Alumni Variety Show. Dunes Summer Theatre, 288 Shady Oaks Drive, Michiana, IN. $20. FYI 219-879-7509 or https://dunesarts.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200515605
April 25th, 7:00 pm, Drag Show | Spring Fever at the Dunes, Dunes Summer Theatre, 288 Shady Oaks Drive, Michiana, IN. 21 & over. $20. FYI 219-879-7509 or https://dunesarts.ludus.com/select.php
Illinois
April 1st, 7:30 pm, Her Story Theatre presents a World Premiere, Kurt McGinnis Brown’s THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY, Upstairs Main Stage, Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. $35-$40. FYI (773) 697-3830 or 773-697-3830
April 2nd, 7:30 pm, The Artistic Home presents The Sugar Wife, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. FYI www.theatrewit.org
April 3rd, 7:30 pm, Chicago Premiere, A Third Way, Open Space Arts, 1411 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago. $30. FYI www.openspacearts.org.
April 4th, 7:30 pm, 'night Mother, Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago. $10-$60. FYI RedtwistTheatre.org
April 6th, 7:00 pm, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
April 8th, 7:30 pm, from New Zealand, Indian Ink Theatre's Mrs. Krishnan's Party, Carl & Marilynn Thoma Upstairs Studio, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
April 9th, 7:00 pm, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Jentes Family Courtyard Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
April 9th, 7:30 pm, Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago. FYI (312) 341-2300 or www.auditoriumtheatre.org.
April 9th, 7:30 pm, GovState & Performance Studies: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, The Center for Performing Arts, Governors State University, 1 University Drive, University Park. FYI https://www.govst.edu/cpa-events/
April 10th, 6:00 pm, Performance: World Premiere of Brendan Fernandes: Score for the Murphy Auditorium, Driehaus Museum, 50 E. Erie Street, Chicago. Free with museum admission. FYI driehausmuseum.org
April 10th, 7:00 pm, Mary Poppins in Concert, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI lyricopera.org.
April 10th, 7:30 pm, Brightside Theatre presents Private Lives, The Theater at Meiley-Swallow Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville. $32-$37. FYI 630-447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSidetheatre.com
April 10th, 7:30 pm, a fundraiser benefitting PrideArts, Love Letters Reimagined, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. $25. FYI www.pridearts.org.
April 11th, 7:30 pm, Poor Behavior, Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. FYI OilLampTheater.org.
**** April 12th, 9:30 am, Goodnight Moon, Chicago Children's Theatre, 100 S. Racine Street, Chicago. All ages. FYi (312) 374-8835 or chicagochildrenstheatre.org.
April 12th, 6:00 pm, Father of the Bride, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.
April 13th, 7:30 pm, Wild Door Theater presents the Midwest Premiere of Maybe Tomorrow, Athenaeum Center, for Thought and Culture, 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. $25-$39. FYI WildDoorTheater.com.
April 15th, 7:00 pm, Heartbreak Hotel, Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com
April 15th, Silk Road Cultural Center & Stage Center Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University presents A Workshop Production of Yussef El Guindi's Full-On Cleopatra. Stage Center Theatre, Building F, Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago. $12. FYI https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/u-pass/6605
April 16th, 7:30 pm, , The Angel Next Door, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. FYI (847) 673-6300 or www.northlight.org
April 17th, 7:00 pm, safronia, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI lyricopera.org.
April 17th, 7:30 pm, Teatro Vista presents BOTH, Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater, 1700 N. Halsted St., Chicago. $47. FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org.
April 17th, 7:30 pm, Chicago/Midwest Premiere, Job, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.
April 17th, 7:30 pm, Ruthless! The Musical, Citadel Theatre, West Campus building of the Lake Forest School District, 300 S. Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest. $48. FYI (847) 735-8554, ext. 1 or www.citadeltheatre.org
April 18th, 7:00 pm, Oak Park Festival Theatre's Spring Reading Series, A Queer Dionysia: Hippolytus & Hylas, Cheney Mansion Living Room, 220 North Euclid Avenue, Oak Park. 21 & older. $45. FYI https://oakparkfestival.com/events/?mc_cid=ba66abf405&mc_eid=df68248792
April 18th, 7:30 pm, World Premiere, Out Here, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago. FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.
April 18th, 7:30 pm, Ballet 5:8 presents The Curious Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Harris Theatre for Music & Dance, 205 E. Randolph, Chicago. $23-$77. FYI https://my.harristheaterchicago.org/10910/10911
April 19th, 6:00 pm, World Premiere, Windfall, Ensemble Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago. FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org
April 20th, 7:30 pm, PrideArts presents Queery New Works Festival Winner (Title & author to be named June 20th). Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. $35. FYI 773-661-0770 or www.pridearts.org.
April 22nd, 7:00 pm, The Great Gadsby, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
April 23rd, 7:30 pm, Shattered Globe Theatre presents the World Premiere of Eelpout!, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago.$20-$60. FYI (773) 975-8150 or SGTheatre.org
April 24th, 7:30 pm, Fault, The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
April 25th, 7:30 pm, Porchlight In Concert: Follies, Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Tickets on sale September 30th. FYI PorchlightMusicTheatre.org
April 25th, 7:30 pm, Rising Stars in Concert, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI lyricopera.org.
April 30th, 7:30 pm, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre 2026 Spring Concert Series, Columbia College Chicago Dance Center, 1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago. Tickets are $10-30, free for Columbia College students, FYI CerquaRivera.org/schedule
Wisconsin
**** April 11th, First Stage presents Disney's Frozen, Todd Wehr Theater, Marcus Performing Arts Center, 929 Water Street, Milwaukee, WI. Ages 8-18. FYI (414) 267-2961 or firststage.org
April 14th, Mrs. Christie, Checota Powerhouse Theater, Associated Bank Theater Center, 108 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI. FYI (414) 224-9490 or www.MilwaukeeRep.com.
Michigan
Elsewhere
April 6th, House Premiere, INNOCENCE, Metropolitan Opera, Conductor: Susanna Mälkki, with Miles Mykkanen. Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. FYI https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/innocence/
April 15th, Pride and Prejudice, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.
April 18th, 44: The Musical, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Klein Theatre, 450 7th Street, Washington, D.C. FYI https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/44-the-musical/
April 24th, Bluebeard’s Castle with Ryan McKinny in title role, Co-production between Omaha Symphony and Opera Omaha, Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE. FYI https://www.omahasymphony.org/
International
**** Family Friendly