THE BLUEST EYE

THE BLUEST EYE

Join us for our inaugural book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! , NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and...
2023 Dead Ringers for Dead Singers

2023 Dead Ringers for Dead Singers

You’re invited to our costume party with musical host Ensemble member Zachary Stevenson. Featuring cocktails, food, prizes, and live music from beyond the graves. Guests are encouraged to wear costumes to compete for prizes. Wanna sing a song with our live...
THE CRATCHITS (in America)

THE CRATCHITS (in America)

The Cratchit family. Weren’t they in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens? Yes. But this is about another Cratchit family that is both contemporary and American.  Adult siblings Martha, Belinda, and (Tiny) Tim share history with Dickens’ fictive...
6 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations for FENCES

6 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations for FENCES

Congratulations to the company of August Wilson’s FENCES! Production (midsize) Ensemble – play Monty Cole – director (midsize) Jared Gooding – lighting design (midsize) Kamal Bolden – performer in principal role (play) Shanésia Davis...
2023 BLUE INK FESTIVAL

2023 BLUE INK FESTIVAL

AUGUST 12 & 13, 2023 Join us for our 2-day festival of new plays. Celebrate the 2023 Blue Ink Award recipient Kristoffer Diaz and featured finalists Audrey Cefaly, Victor Lesniewski, and Gloria Majule. Festival passes are officially sold out! Individual tickets...
THE DEVILS BETWEEN US

THE DEVILS BETWEEN US

In a small town in the boonies of South Carolina, a closeted young man named George is trying to figure out how to keep his late father’s business running, only to be faced with a ghost from his youth. A young Muslim, who he knew as his boyhood lover Latif, has...
2023 THE RIPPED FESTIVAL

2023 THE RIPPED FESTIVAL

Read 30 short works inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. Back by demand and in our 15th year, we’re thrilled to celebrate these writers and short plays during the entire month of June. Come back each week to read the...
The Oh Boys

The Oh Boys

This Chicago-based trio is a vintage-inspired pop rock powerhouse whose songs feature tight harmonies, inventive arrangements, and poignant lyrics. Audiences are amazed at the sound produced by just three guys. Veterans of the stage, their live show engages and...
CANE

CANE

“You’ve got an overworked maitre d…a bartender bleeding all over the guests, a general manager who sits in the office all night because he DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE F*^K HE’S DOING, and a chef who throws raw steaks at his sous chef.”...
2023 Switch on Summer

2023 Switch on Summer

Join us at the City of Chicago and ComEd’s 9th annual “Switch on Summer” to celebrate the start of summer with the turning on of Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Foundation. Stop by our event table to win prizes in our musical quiz show! May 13 from...
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