Fall 2019: Guide to Chicago Theatre

NEAR NORTH: LINCOLN PARK
OCT NOV Our Lady of Kibeho The Theatre
School at DePaul University 2350 N. Racine | 773-325-
7900 | COMEDY/DRAMA: Alphonsine claims to have seen
visions of the Virgin Mary and is ostracized in the all-girls’
Catholic school she attends… until others confirm seeing the
same visions that foretell the genocide in Rwanda. Based on
true and tragic events. Oct 30 - Nov 10
FAR NORTH: ROGERS PARK
OCT Our Town Loyola University Chicago at
Newhart Family Theatre 1020 W. Sheridan | 773-508-
8400 | CLASSIC: This American classic is an examination
of everyday life. Famous for its use of minimalist staging to
emphasize the nuances of new and old relationships, Wilder
expertly intertwines the lives of the Gibbs and Webb families
in a celebration of the simpler things. Oct 10 - 20
NEAR NORTH: LAKEVIEW
OCT NOV Our Town Saint Sebastian Players at
St. Bonaventure Church 1625 W. Diversey | 773-404-7922
| DRAMA: The play is a microcosm of the life cycle, portraying
the everyday lives of the citizens of a fictional American small
town between 1901 and 1913. Oct 25 - Nov 17
NEAR NORTH: LAKEVIEW
NOV Packing About Face Theatre at Theater
Wit 1229 W. Belmont | 773-784-8565 | NEW WORK: Half of
discovering who you are is finding where you belong. Packing,
a solo performance from writer/performer Scott Bradley, is the
tale of a genderqueer vagabond leaving small-town Iowa on
a three-decade long odyssey, continually reinventing himself
through new identities across multiple cities. Oct 31 - Dec 7
FAR NORTH: EDGEWATER
SEP OCT Pakalolo Sweet Nothing Without a
Company (NWaC) at Berger Park Coach House 6205
N. Sheridan | COMEDY/DRAMA: This prequel to Not One Batu
follows Papa's family and is the second in Hannah Ii-Epstein's
trilogy of drug plays set on the North Shore of O'ahu. During
a night of karaoke, beer, and weed, the medical uses, benefits,
and cultural aspects of marijuana and its self care are discussed.
What follows is unexpected and heartbreaking as we
witness Junior Boy's struggle to do what he believes is best
for his 'ohana (family). Through Oct 5
NEAR WEST: WICKER PARK
NOV Peg Broken Nose Theatre and The New
Colony at The Den Theatre 1331 N. Milwaukee| 773-697-
3830 | NEW WORK: Peg and Steve have opened a nice bottle
of wine, dinner smells delicious... but the brand new strap-on
they ordered has just arrived, and tonight's plan is to flip the
script. Peg wants to peg Steve. And even though he was all
for it initially, his last-minute hesitation will force this ordinary
couple to face their kinks, quirks, and societal conditioning, as
they're quickly reminded that gender politics follow them everywhere
- including the bedroom. Nov 13 - Dec 14
FAR NORTH: ROGERS PARK
OCT NOV POE Theatre Above The Law at The
Jarvis Square Theatre 1439 W. Jarvis | 773-655-7197 |
COMEDY: Welcome to the Mystic Moon, a cabaret bar where
the denizens of Edgar Allen Poe's most frightful and delightful
tales gather night after night. Let the lost Lenore and her cast
of ghouls lead you through four of Poe's classic stories as
they are transported onto the stage in an evening of creepy
comedy. Oct 24 - Nov 17
NEAR NORTH: LINCOLN PARK
OCT Polaroid Stories The Theatre School at
DePaul University 2350 N. Racine | 773-325-7900 |
COMEDY/DRAMA: Based on interviews with homeless
youth, Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories weaves together myths
from Ovid's Metamorphoses to raise the voices of street kids
to the level and importance of the gods. A story of transformation,
this poetic and profane journey follows kids through
the dangerous and sometimes fantastical world of the streets
as they tell stories to survive. Oct 16 - 27
FAR NORTH: RAVENSWOOD
OCT NOV Proxy Underscore Theatre Company
at The Understudy 4609 N. Clark | 617-777-0364 |
MUSICAL: 15 years ago, when she was a kid, Vanessa was
almost murdered by her best friend. Now she is an investigative
journalist in a bind, and she decides to do what anyone
would do — exploit her personal story by disguising herself
and interviewing her childhood best friend and attempted
murderer. Oct 18 - Nov 24
FAR NORTH: EDGEWATER
NOV
P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of
Dorian Belle Jackalope Theatre Company at the
Broadway Armory 5917 N. Broadway | COMEDY/DRAMA:
Dorian Belle is a Canadian pop sweetheart and he’s ready to
be taken seriously. So his people hire his favorite hip-hop artists
— Black and Alexand, the ‘bad boy’ rappers of Petty Young
Goons — to help him toughen up his image. They’re black, he’s
white. They’re from Chicago, he’s from Canada. It’s all on reality
TV. What could go wrong? Nov 5 - Dec 14
NEAR NORTH: LINCOLN PARK
SEP OCT The Raveling Walkabout Theater at
Victory Gardens Theater 2433 N. Lincoln | PHYSICAL
THEATRE: As the borders of home are redefined across
generations, The Raveling teases apart the threads of heritage,
history, and hearsay in its cast of co-creators hailing from
Chicago, Toronto, and New Delhi. It is part family fever dream,
part fairy tale, and part detective story as the knot of belonging
is stretched and pulled across countries and decades of
legends, heroes, and misadventures. Sep 25 - Oct 13
NORTHWEST: IRVING PARK
SEP The Recommendation Windy City
Playhouse Flagship 3014 W. Irving Park | 773-891-8985
| IMMERSIVE: This psychological thriller follows two friends
through the trials and tribulations of life and tests just how far
they will go to get what they want. Presented in an immersive
style, audiences are invited to (literally) walk a mile in these
young men's shoes. Through Sep 22
NEAR NORTH: LAKEVIEW
OCT NOV Richard III Eclectic Full Contact
Theatre at the Athenaeum Theatre 2936 N. Southport |
773-935-6875 | CLASSIC: Before Game of Thrones, there was
this masterpiece. Will Richard stop at nothing to reach the pinnacle
of power? Will he deceive, seduce, even commit murder?
Meet the unlikely man who schemed so cleverly (and bloodily),
we're still talking about him today. Oct 1 - Nov 3
NEAR NORTH: LAKEVIEW
NOV Rutherford and Son TimeLine Theatre
Company 615 W. Wellington | 773-281-8463 | COMEDY/
DRAMA: Named one of the “100 plays of the century” by the
Royal National Theatre, Githa Sowerby’s rarely produced family
drama is a smart and absorbing twist on a woman’s “place”
in a male dominated society. Nov 6 - Jan 12