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Spay

Spay A World Premiere By Madison Fiedler Directed by Georgette Verdin Williamson, West Virginia has been aptly nicknamed “Pilliamson” as long as the Attridge sisters have called it home. In […]

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Together at Last

It’s about damn time. Together at Last is a non-stop celebration of how we have persisted and even thrived during these impossibly difficult times. From laughing at the sheer absurdity […]

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KING JAMES at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

“King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. It also brings together two unlikely friends in a bond […]

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Spay

Spay A World Premiere By Madison Fiedler Directed by Georgette Verdin Williamson, West Virginia has been aptly nicknamed “Pilliamson” as long as the Attridge sisters have called it home. In […]

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Goodnight, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and […]

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Good Night, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and […]

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Best of the Second City

Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen […]

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Clued In

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right […]

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An Evening with Molly Shannon & Tim Meadows

Say hello to actress and comedian Molly Shannon! You may already know Shannon from her beloved SNL characters like Mary Katherine Gallagher; popular television shows like HBO Max’s The White […]

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Love That Story: Jonathan Van Ness in Conversation

Can you believe?! Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness is coming to Chicago for a candid chat about Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life, their new essay […]

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Autumn Knight: M___ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M___ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' […]

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Autumn Knight: M___ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M___ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Virtual