At the end of the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, an idealistic, engaged young Bulgarian Woman, Raina, is startled to confront a soldier in her boudoir—Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss …
“Everybody got a secret.”
Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed as “blackout-and-blood-curdling-scream deliciousness” (New York Magazine), “undeniably spooky (and) absolutely enjoyable” …
By Paul Rudnick
Andrew Rally has TV fame, a beautiful girlfriend, an amazing apartment and an offer to play Hamlet—a role he hates—in Central Park. When a seance brings …
Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. Someone won’t answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone’s not ready to talk. Someone is her brother’s mother. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone told the police. Someone got a message from the traffic light. Someone’s never felt like this before.
In this fast-moving kaleidoscope, more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know.
Two women find that they have everything in common until the death of a brother drives them apart. Part stand-up comedy, part stand-up tragedy for two. The redhaired mythology that glorifies and empowers two women leads them into a big love, but can’t lead them safely out again. A play about the heaviness of the things we carry.
Concept by Leslie Buxbaum, David J. Levin, and Erin McKeown
Book and Lyrics by Leslie Buxbaum
Music and Lyrics by Erin McKeown
Dramaturgy by David J. Levin
Directed by Chay Yew
Life happens …
The Lifespan of a Fact is a fast-paced, thought-provoking play about truth, storytelling, and who gets to decide what’s real. When a meticulous fact-checker challenges a celebrated writer’s essay, a routine edit spirals into a sharp, often funny battle over accuracy, ambition, and the power of narrative.
Swing into wedding season with this Tony-nominated Rom-Com musical adaptation of Adam Sandler’s hit movie! Rewind to 1985 when collars were popped, hair was huge, and the wedding …
This musical play, complete with down home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits “Crazy”, “I Fall to Pieces”, “Sweet Dreams”, “Walkin’ After Midnight” and more!
All’s fair in love and marital warfare as Lucy and Jerry Green go head-to-head after 30 years of marriage in a late-night tangle of lies, ambition, and betrayal. This wickedly dark new …
Written by Corey Farrell and Nigel Berkeley
Directed by Co-Artistic Director Nealie Tinlin
Chicago Premiere
"...absolutely joyful, witty, and full of punny humor that kept a smile on my face all …
In this play with broken songs, Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises out of the water dreaming of reclaiming her life. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is a Rude Boy and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself.
May 7 - Jun 7 | Thur - Sat 7:30p, Sun 3p
Playhouse Theatre
$43 Senior* | $45 Adult*
One woman. One Cake. One Hundred Years of Life.
By Noah Haidle
Directed by …
Xochi is dealing with a lot after the loss of her twin brother Sebastian last year. But when he suddenly returns, everyone rejoices—except Xochi, who senses he’s not the brother she lost. BOTH eerily probes family, memory, love, and which version of the truth is worth believing.
Sven Svensen and Ole Olsen have been best buds since kindergarten, but all that changes on the morning of Ole’s ice-fishing bachelor party. Could they be something more …
In an anonymous meeting room, a group of people —always eight—gather to sing. Best known for the Broadway hit NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, Dave …
A visit from old friends takes an unexpected turn when a bombshell accusation throws niceties out the window. Hospitality turns to havoc. Sanity shatters into shambles. Manners take …
Adapted and Directed by: Lauren Wells-Mann
Shirley Carney is a celebrated writer. Her short stories have twice been adapted in critically acclaimed productions (Relevant Hearsay & Radical Hearsay). “Her …