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Next Thing You Know – Refuge Theatre Project

A brand new theatrical company has somehow managed to blossom in spite of this bitterly cold, snowy Chicago winter. Dedicated to

The Trial of Moses Fleetwood Walker – Black Ensemble Theatre

It’s been shown that history often repeats itself. It’s also said that people can and should learn from the past. In a departure from her

Edgar & Annabel – Poor Theatre

When Edgar returns home from work finding Annabel putting the finishing touches on dinner, the audience begins to sense that

Marie Antoinette – Steppenwolf Theatre

Everyone knows at least some trivia about the notorious French Queen, reputed to have flippantly responded to the needs of her starving

Samsara – Victory Gardens Theater

To what desperate lengths will a couple go in order to have their own child? With recent advances in science, that often seem like science

Other Desert Cities – Citadel Theatre

From the beginning, director Mark Lococo’s sparkling production of Jon Robin Baitz’s play sizzles with a premonition of the emotion that’s

Ordinary Days – BoHo Theatre Company

Warren has come to New York City to begin life as an artist. He’s snared an easy job apartment- and cat-sitting for an artist, but he’s been

Sondheim on Sondheim – Porchlight Music Theatre

For the musical theatre aficionado and devoted fan of Stephen Sondheim, America’s premier composer and lyricist, Nick Bowling’s

The Importance of Being Earnest – Shaw Chicago Theatre Company

Can there be a more exquisite comedy in the English language? Populated by some of literature’s most delightfully self-absorbed

James and the Giant Peach – Filament Theatre Company

In 1961, a young British author named Roald Dahl burst onto the literary scene with a children’s novel that set the standard for inventive