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Circus Quixote

Lookingglass Theatre 163 E Pearson St, Chicago

Somewhere in La Mancha there lived a man who read so many books that his brains dried up…Saddle up with Lookingglass as we go tiltingly, acrobatically into the dreamy madness […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Masks Required
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker). […]

  • Open Captions

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Una festiva parrillada sureña establece el escenario para un auto descubrimiento queer, de negritud sobre sí mismo y de resiliencia, en esta obra ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y nominada a […]

  • Spanish captioning

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker). […]

  • Audio Description

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker). […]

  • ASL Interpreted

A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you believe kindness can win” (Chicago Tribune). Follow Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy businessman whose disdain for the holidays is transformed on a fateful Christmas Eve. Directed by Jessica Thebus and featuring a “first-rate cast and marvelous staging” (Chicago Sun-Times), this beloved tale […]

  • Sensory Friendly

A Christmas Carol

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Spanish Captioned performance The “perfect Chicago holiday tradition” (Chicago Parent). Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you believe kindness can win” (Chicago Tribune). […]

  • Spanish captioning

A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you believe kindness can win” (Chicago Tribune). Follow Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy businessman whose disdain for the […]

  • Open Captions

A Christmas Carol

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago
Event Series Circus Quixote

ASL Interpreted, ALD, Audio Description, Open Captions, Touch Tour The “perfect Chicago holiday tradition” (Chicago Parent). Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Masks Required
  • Open Captions
  • Touch Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Joyce DiDonato + Kings Return: KINGS ReJOYCE! at Harris Theater

Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E Randolph Dr, Chicago

Experience the magic of the Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato — named as “the most potent female singer of her generation” by The New Yorker and “one of the most […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Large Print Programs

Mañanas en el museo – Sensory Friendly Morning

Description: We invite you to enjoy our free sensory friendly morning at the museum! Experience the galleries before public hours with an interactive educational booklet to help you engage with […]

  • Sensory Friendly

Every Brilliant Thing at Writers Theatre

Writers Theatre 325 Tudor Ct, Glencoe

Open Caption and ASL Performance!! Use promo code: WTOC2425 for $30.00 tickets! If you run into any problems with this promo code, please call the box office at 847-242-6000 or send an email at boxoffice@writerstheatre.org. THIS PERFORMANCE IS GENERAL ADMISSION! "1. Ice Cream. 2. Water fights. 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Digital Documents Available
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Talk | On Techno and Art: Robert Hood, Arthur Jafa, and DeForrest Brown Jr. at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Robert Hood, an acclaimed techno originator and founding member of Detroit’s Underground Resistance (UR) who created the commissioned soundtrack for artist Arthur Jafa’s APEX (2013), joins Jafa in conversation. They discuss the social, aesthetic, and technological relationships between techno and what Jafa refers to as a desire to create “a cinema capable of matching the […]

  • Captioning
  • Spanish captioning

A Christmas Carol

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Touch Tour at 12:30 Audio Described performance begins at 2 pm. The “perfect Chicago holiday tradition” (Chicago Parent). Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you believe kindness can win” (Chicago Tribune). Follow Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy businessman whose disdain for the holidays is transformed on a fateful Christmas […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

LEROY AND LUCY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1650 N. Halsted Street, Chicago

Two lost souls meet at a crossroads, in the dead of night, deep in the Mississippi of it all. They laugh, they flirt, they make sweet music. Together, they conjure a familiar sound from long ago, one of wondrous deals and dangerous aspirations. In this sultry world premiere inspired by the myth of musician Robert […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions