Ride or Die

October 7 – November 20

Brought to life by a stellar company of voices, Ride or Die is culled from the 200 entries of Project Uplift, a collection of moments that will forever define a generation. A "two week exercise" to "keep sane" has exploded into a yearlong chronicle of our time. Shepsu Aakhu, in a fit of frustration, creativity, and a need to connect with our collective humanity, has generated some of the most joyous, vulnerable, and delightfully (if sometimes brutally) honest excavations of collective and personal crises.

Delilah

September 30 - October 2

After creating Beast, Sam; a graphic novelist with epic popularity, struggles to find his next big hit. He is pushed by Laraine; a publishing agent of Dark Horse Comics to break out of his comfort zone, while his seemingly optimistic best friend; Roland pushes him to get out of his head and live his life. Enter Delilah. She is a mystery, captured in only small fragments over the internet. She pushes Sam in ways the others can't. 

SUNFLOWER

October 6 - 9

Sunflower is about love, language, and why flowers reach for sunlight. Five people in various stages of their relationships discover they’ve been taking their own words for granted and then must decide what to do about it. Poetic, heartbreaking, and painfully hopeful, this play digs into how the romantic ideal so frequently lets us down. This is the inaugural production for Theatre Contronym. 

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All tickets are pay what you can for this event. 

Late Nite Catechism

Saturdays: 5:00 pm 

You, the audience member, are part of Sister’s class. She’ll take you back to the days of the Latin Mass, meatless Fridays, and remind you about that good old ruler across the knuckles!

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Late Nite Catechism is an uproariously funny play, a Chicago institution, one of the longest comedies in the city's history.

Timon of athens

October 14, 15 - October 21, 22

Shakespeare Blood Oath is back with their fourth annual production. The play paints an unsparing picture of the elite class through the life of Timon, an Athenian noble whose endless parties, reckless spending, and backroom favors and loans a commoner could only dream of. There’s just one catch: Timon has been living beyond his means, and when his wealthy “friends” sniff out that he’s not the rich man they thought he was, he loses everything. His worldview shattered, Timon exiles himself to a cave to plot bitter revenge on the whole of Athens.

Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games

October 1 - 30 

The premise is that Mrs. Mary Margaret O’Brien, a former nun, is here tonight to raise money while playing bingo and talking about Halloween traditions, scary movies, condemned board games, haunted churches, the best candy, and the worst costumes.

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Fridays & Saturdays: 8:00 pm & Sundays 2:00pm through the month of October

Peabody: A Musical Comedy

October 29 - November 20

Why do apples fall from apple trees? Question the obvious and you change the course of history. Or in the case of 11-year-old Alyssa Peabody, you spark pandemonium at your middle school science fair!  A rollicking musical comedy that gives new meaning to the term Science Whizz! 

Are You Smarter Than Your 8th Grade Nun?

Returns November 4th, 2022

Are You Smarter Than Your 8th Grade Nun? is an interactive comedy game show, where willing audience members compete to see who was paying attention and who was daydreaming in school. Think you can remember what your 8th grade nun was trying to teach you? In this comedy game show, contestants are quizzed on subjects like history, geography, arithmetic, science, civics, and a few more! 

RIVETING

November 11-13

Wanderers Theatre Company presents their debut production of Riveting by Maria Welser. As we face increasing pressure to leave a legacy, Riveting is more relevant than ever. In the play, Anna examines the roadmap of her life, realizing she may not want to follow such a predictable path. As a museum archivist, she reflects on the historical women she’s studied and laments that her own legacy will be forgotten to memory. In a twist of fate, a ghostly figure from her research comes to her with a proposition - to trade her life for one that will live on forever. 

The Buttcracker:

A Nutcracker Burlesque

December 1 -  31

Now celebrating six years of one of Chicago's favorite holiday shows, this alternative night out begins with a cocktail party where audiences can enjoy local artisan vendors (Thursday nights), tableside entertainment (Fridays and Saturdays) or Butt Brunch with one of our restaurant partners (Sundays), followed by the stage performance of The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque. 

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

September 9th - October 1st

Following smash-hit runs in Las Vegas and New York City where it became Off-Broadway's longest-running comedy, this “uproariously funny” show full of "big laughs and naughty fun" can now be seen in Chicago every Friday and Saturday night at 8pm.