Mar
31
to Apr 23
Apr
15
to May 29
Emma's Child
by Kristine Thatcher
directed by Terry McCabe
April 15 - May 29, 2022
(Previews Apr. 15 - 23)
One of the great Chicago plays. By City Lit's resident playwright, author of Voice of Good Hope and The Safe House. It won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and a half-dozen other playwriting awards when Terry directed the Chicago premiere at Victory Gardens twenty-five years ago. A Rogers Park couple plans to adopt the child of Emma, a pregnant teenager. What follows threatens their marriage and reshapes what they think of parenthood.
Oct
4
to Nov 10
Apr
12
to May 26
Two Days in Court: A Double-Header of Classic One Acts
The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet
and Trial by Jury by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Terry McCabe
Come for the greatest orator of early America arguing contract law with Satan. Stay for the riotous musical farce with a plot too ridiculous to summarize. Although the story of The Devil and Daniel Webster is well-known, few people have actually seen it onstage because not many theatres do one-acts anymore. We're here to remedy this, as it is one of the great American plays. The nineteen actors in it will then turn around after intermission and perform Trial by Jury, the equally great but completely different thirty minute operetta that launched Gilbert and Sullivan's careers as the English stage's finest satirists.
Sep
21
to Nov 4
Indecent
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Gary Griffin
September 21–November 4, 2018
“Indecent, the superbly realized, powerful new play by Paula Vogel, sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results.” —The New York Times
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) tells the deeply moving story of the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Jewish playwright Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance — a play about a forbidden lesbian romance that enchanted and outraged audiences. Inspired by true events, Indecent, is performed by an ensemble of seven actors and three musicians portraying more than 40 roles to chart an explosive moment in theatrical history and the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. Award-winner Gary Griffin (Hand To God, Fun Home) returns to Victory Gardens to direct this 2017 Tony Award-nominated play.
Aug
17
to Sep 15
Nightmares & Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier
Ghosts.
Lake Monsters.
Deals with the Devil.
Before The Twilight Zone, there was British expatriate John Collier, writing humorous stories about the bizarre and fantastical for The New Yorker and sardonic screenplays in Hollywood throughout the first half of the 20th century. In this world premiere adaptation by BBEP Artistic Director Ed Rutherford, an ominous host (Black Button Eyes favorite, Kevin Webb) weaves together Collier’s comic tales of love, loss and the mysterious for the audience’s delight.
Mar
10
to Mar 12
Sep
23
to Nov 6
Oct
11
to Nov 15
May
21
8:00 PM20:00
Porchlight Revisits: Fade Out - Fade In
FADE OUT - FADE IN
Book & Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (On the Town, Singin’ in the Rain)
Music by Jule Styne (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Funny Girl)
Directed by Porchlight Artistic Director, Michael Weber
Music Direction by Jon Steinhagen
One performance ONLY! Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Originally starring Carol Burnett, this hilarious spoof of 1930’s Hollywood is the story of “Hope Springfield,” an want-to-be actress who is accidentally given the lead in a brand new 'talkie.' After the final film is shelved, the producer's nephew arranges a sneak viewing that results in the movie becoming a huge success and a new star being “born!”
Dec
29
3:00 PM15:00
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
28
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
22
3:00 PM15:00
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
21
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
20
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
19
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
16
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
15
3:00 PM15:00
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
14
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
13
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."
Dec
12
7:30 PM19:30
Autobahn
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Directed by Andrew Jessop. Autobahn is series of seven one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat of a car. Each vignette "explores the ethos of perception and relationship."