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Dear Jack, Dear Louise

When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, […]

  • Sensory Friendly

It Came From Outer Space

A new musical comedy adapted from the ‘50s cult classic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures! Amateur astronomer John Putnam encounters an alien spaceship in the desert and becomes the laughingstock […]

  • Audio Description

Where We Belong

Goodman Theatre Presents the Woolly Mammoth Production of Where We Belong In Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library An indigenous theatre-maker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies; […]

  • Captioning

Sensory-Friendly Morning at LIncoln Park Zoo

On Sunday, July 24 from 8-10am, Lincoln Park Zoo is offering Sensory-Friendly Morning hours for guests with disabilities to experience the zoo grounds and animal buildings in a comfortable and […]

  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks presents ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret with FREE pop-up performances in neighborhood parks. Performers, musicians, and dancers take center stage in this exuberant musical […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Large Print Programs

Where We Belong

Goodman Theatre Presents the Woolly Mammoth Production of Where We Belong In Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library An indigenous theatre-maker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies; […]

  • ASL Interpreted

It Came From Outer Space

A new musical comedy adapted from the ‘50s cult classic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures! Amateur astronomer John Putnam encounters an alien spaceship in the desert and becomes the laughingstock […]

  • ASL Interpreted

ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks presents ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret with FREE pop-up performances in neighborhood parks. Performers, musicians, and dancers take center stage in this exuberant musical […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Large Print Programs

ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks presents ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret with FREE pop-up performances in neighborhood parks. Performers, musicians, and dancers take center stage in this exuberant musical […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Large Print Programs

It Came From Outer Space

A new musical comedy adapted from the ‘50s cult classic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures! Amateur astronomer John Putnam encounters an alien spaceship in the desert and becomes the laughingstock […]

  • Captioning

CHOIR BOY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Pharus Young is now a senior at the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, an institution committed to building “strong, ethical black men,” where he endeavors to be the best leader of the school’s prestigious choir in its 50-year history. But in a world built on rites and rituals, should he conform to the […]

  • Audio Description

Life After

“Musical theater perfection…exquisite from start to finish” (BroadwayWorld). Frank Carter famously authored self-help books. But Alice, his 16-year-old daughter, finds cold comfort in his positivity platitudes when he tragically never comes home one night. As she puzzles out the events of the day that changed her family forever, Alice’s relentless search for the facts reveals […]

  • Captioning