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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' […]

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  • In Person
  • Virtual

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted

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

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 […]

  • Captioning

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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MCA Commons: Access Praxis—Justin Cooper

MCA Advisory Partners Bodies of Work and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago invite you to Access Praxis, a collaborative and participatory event in The Commons. Combining theory and practice, […]

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Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of […]

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The Best Decision You’ve Ever Made

The Second City has no time for regrets in the 45th e.t.c. revue, The Best Decision You've Ever Made. This choose-your-own comedy (mis)adventure explores the choices we make and how […]

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Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of the creative process from beginning to completion, as opposed to the "burden approach" of tacking it on at the end. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eQ721KZboXO_JdTDfFwpuF9pAgfVHs2iv9OIhNz2XFc/viewform?edit_requested=true

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TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

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Lauren Bon Lecture

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access. Join us live for a virtual lecture by artist Lauren Bon followed by an audience Q&A. Lauren Bon is an environmental artist from Los Angeles. Her practice, Metabolic Studio, explores self-sustaining and self-diversifying systems of exchange […]

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TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

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