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Dear Paramount Theatre patron,
After months of monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic while consulting with state and local health officials, state and local government representatives and endless professionals around the country, it’s become evident that we have to adapt our plans one more time.
Theatre in the Dark to present A WAR OF THE WORLDS – a virtual audio drama adapted from the H.G. Wells novel – performed live online October 15 to November 21 | Wells’ Martian invasion tale, now set in present-day Chicago and other parts of the state, will be performed live six times per week
INTERNATIONAL VOICES PROJECT ANNOUNCES A VIRTUAL 11TH SEASON OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYS, SEPTEMBER 2 – OCTOBER 21
International Voices Project, with Local Organizations, Presents Eight FREE Readings of Plays from Around the World in the Nation’s Largest Event of its Kind
Offerings include digital access to live performances, remote learning partnership with University of Chicago Graham School
Raven Theatre Announces Revamped 2020-21 Season:
BEAUTIFUL THING | By Jonathan Harvey | Directed by Mikael Burke
World Premiere! | EDEN PRAIRIE, 1971 | By Mat Smart | Directed by Henry Wishcamper
Chicago Premiere! | THE LUCKIEST | By Melissa Ross | Directed by Artistic Director Cody Estle
Plus: Announcing the First Production of Raven’s 2021-22 Season:
World Premiere! | THE LAST PAIR OF EARLIES | By Joshua Allen | Directed by Tyla Abercrumbie
Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, and Angel Ysaguirre, Executive Director, announces The Liminal Space, which offers a space for quiet contemplation, as the theatre live-streams their empty stage to allow viewers to remember and contemplate all that has transpired between their theatre’s walls and their own ambitions for what theatre can be in the future.
Introducing New Virtual Programming Platform – “Steppenwolf NOW” Commissioned Work by Ensemble Members Rajiv Joseph and Bruce Norris, as well as New Work from Mia Chung, Isaac Gómez, Donnetta Lavinia Grays and James Ijames | Membership Has Never Meant More – Risk Free Guarantee Makes it Easy to Join Today | Steppenwolf For Young Adults Announces 2020/21 Season and Virtual Education Programming
GRAMMY® Award-nominated and international recording artist, Deborah Cox, takes on the role of Eve/Mama in the much-anticipated Children of Eden production, scheduled to open at Chicagoland's historic Arcada Theatre in the summer of 2021.
Victory Gardens remains optimistic about the future of the theater community as the company announces its 46th Season | 2020–2021 Season to include
the Chicago premiere of Poor Yella Rednecks by Qui Nguyen,
the world premiere of In Every Generation by Ali Viterbi,
the acclaimed Chicago play Exit Strategy by Ike Holter,
the Chicago premiere of cullud wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza,
and the Chicago premiere of Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery
