ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB
Elephant in the Womb, an absurdist in utero clown play, is now on stage at the Theater Wit.
Events
THAT’S WEIRD, GRANDMA’S 25TH BIRTHDAY
PlayMakers Laboratory celebrates That’s Weird, Grandma’s 25th Birthday! An original sketch show written by kids, performed by grownups and enjoyed by humans.
RECOMMENDED ~ ADVANCE MAN: PART ONE OF THE HONEYCOMB TRILOGY
When the astronaut mission returns from Mars, they come with secrets that will forever change Earth. Welcome to The Honeycomb Trilogy.
RECOMMENDED: HAIR
Kokandy Productions HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory.
Don’t Miss the Grant Park Music Festival
Grant Park Music Festival provides free outdoor concerts in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago
THE GOLDEN GIRLS: THE CHEESE PYRAMID
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid is the newest installment in Hell in a Handbag’s The Lost Episodes parody series.
EXTENDED: THE TARGETED
They call themselves The Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance and harassment by global intergovernmental powers.
MUST SEE: WINDFALL
Windfall, a new play from Tarell Alvin McCraney asks the eternal question: what is the monetary value of human life? Now on stage at Steppenwolf.
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
Birds of North America takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
THE DANCE OF DEATH
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents August Strindberg’s masterclass in marital warfare The Dance of Death, adapted by Conor McPherson, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov and featuring an all ensemble cast.
RECOMMENDED: TERRY GUEST’S OAK
Terry Guest’s OAK dives into the world where kids aren’t safe, and adults fail to protect them. Relevant? We think so.
RECOMMENDED: MR. WOLF
Steppenwolf Theatre launched its 50th anniversary season with the Chicago premier of ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s unflinching family drama Mr. Wolf.