Reviews
Trap Door Theatre: The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview
Trap Door Theatre presents The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview now through April 25, 2026. A philosophical reflection on the pressure artists have while creating art, we’re taken into the fever dream of artist Paweł Rockoffer.
Thompson St. Opera Co: Off-Nights At The Sometimes Cafe
Thompson St. Opera Company presents Off-Nights At The Sometimes Cafe now through March 22, 2026. A short, one-act opera that takes on a journey of love as we watch what happens when everyone who is at the cafe on the off-nights finds their way in love.
Walkabout Theater: Poor, Poor, Lear
Walkabout Theater presents Poor, Poor Lear for a limited run now through March 15, 2026. Watching 90-year-old Nina Sallinen’s farewell performance of King Lear, we go on the journey of Sallinen’s emotional reflections.
City Lit Theater: Changing Channels
City Lit Theater presents Changing Channels now through April 12, 2026. At the height of the 1950s Red Scare, a popular TV show and its stars must decide if they should compromise their beliefs or risk losing it all.
Court Theatre: Miss Julie
Court Theatre presents Miss Julie now through March 8, 2026. Motivations governed by social class make for an interesting battle of wits and power as Miss Julie and her father’s valet dance around each other during the household’s Midsummer fest.
American Blues Theater: Come Back, Little Sheba
American Blues Theater presents Come Back, Little Sheba now through March 22, 2026. Taking us back a household in the 1950s, we see the tension build between a married couple as they watch their young, college student boarder make her own relationship choices.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Hamnet
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Hamnet now through March 8, 2026. A reinterpreted, fictional account of Will and Anne Shakespeare’s story and inspiration behind his most famous play.
A Red Orchid Theatre: Birds of North America
A Red Orchid Theatre presents Birds of North America now through March 15, 2026. Following a father and daughter’s relationship, we see how it grows and changes in moments spent together birdwatching in the backyard.
Collaboraction: Trial In The Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till
Collaboraction presents Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till now through March 1, 2026. Taking the real transcripts from the trial that started the civil rights movement, we’re taken back to the 1950s to the courtroom trying Emmett Till’s murder.
Wild Door Theater: Smokefall
Wild Door Theater presents their inaugural show, Smokefall now through December 21, 2025. Unpacking a family’s history and what happens after a life altering event, we explore how patterns continue in the future.
TimeLine Theatre: Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
TimeLine Theatre presents Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars now through November 9, 2025. A mother faces deportation after applying for citizenship and brings up questions for her and her daughter.
Steppenwolf Theatre: Mr. Wolf
Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble presents Mr. Wolf now through November 2, 2025. Exploring the aftereffects of what happens when an abducted child is found, we see how different relationships were grown and now redefined.
Remy Bumppo: Wish You Were Here
Remy Bumppo presents Wish You Were Here now through October 19, 2025. Five Iranian women, each with their own dreams and goals, support each other even has time and circumstances cause them to drift apart in different ways.
Strawdog Theatre: The F*ck House
For two friends, growing up in the Chicago suburbs is tough enough with the promise of freedom just a train ride away. But in The F*ck House, we’re taken on a journey as they navigate jr. high and their changing friendship.
American Players Theatre: A Winter’s Tale
American Players Theatre’s production of A Winter’s Tale shows us two different worlds as we travel between formal Sicilia and fun-loving Bohemia, both in design and performances from the cast. Now through October 4, 2025.
American Players Theatre: Tribes
Unpacking a chaotic, noisy family, Tribes takes us through the lives of a son born deaf into a family of hearing who then meets someone who introduces him to the deaf community. Packing in many plot points and subtopics, we see the different dynamics of this family and within the deaf community itself.
American Players Theatre: Anna In The Tropics
Set in hot and humid Florida, a Cuban family relishes in their traditions inside the family owned cigar factory. They each explore their individual relationships - with each other, with their partners, and outside their familial ties as well.
Invictus Theatre: Angels In America
Invictus Theatre Company presents Angels in America: Part One and Two now through September 7, 2025. Set in a decaying 1980s New York, we follow the lives of different gay men during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Goodman Theatre: The Color Purple
Goodman Theatre presents The Color Purple now through August 3, 2025. Simply staged and focusing on the beautiful score and growth of these characters, Goodman’s production delivers an emotional performance that shows the depth of these characters.
Marriott Theatre: Titanic The Musical
Marriott Theatre presents Titanic The Musical now through June 1, 2025. Taking inspiration from real passengers and crew, the musical takes us through the full crossing of this ill fated ship bringing to life these people and giving us a glimpse into their experience.