About Face Theater Company
1222 W. Wilson, Second Floor, Chicago, IL
773-784-8565
Kinship: An All-Ages Queer Variety Show
Curated by Youth Task Force Members Angelica Grace, Micah Manternach, and Sharon Pasia
Dates and venue TBA
Power in Pride
Original Touring Performance and Civic Dialogue Program
Dates and venue TBA
Akvavit Theatre
5153 N. Clark St., Chicago IL
773-655-9441
TBA
American Blues Theater
Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago IL
773-404-7336
Green Day's American Idiot
June 26, 2020 - August 15, 2020
Artemisia, A Chicago Theatre
312-725-3780
Every Waiting Heart
by Lauren Ferebee
TBA
Aston Rep Company
Performances at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway, Chicago IL
773-828-9129
TBA
Babes with Blades
5920 N. Paulina St. #1W, Chicago IL
773.904.0391
The Duchess of Malfi
Postponed
Big Noise Theatre Company
Performing at Prairie Lakes Theatre, 515 E. Thacker Street, Des Plaines, IL 60016
847-604-0275
Into the Woods
April 24, 2020 - May 10, 2020
Black Button Eyes Productions
3449 N. Elaine Pl. #210, Chicago IL
TBA
Black Ensemble Theater Company
4520 N. Beacon, Chicago
773-769-4451
The Healing
Postponed
Bluebird Arts
340 W. Diversey Parkway #1717, Chicago IL
773-935-6875
TBA
BoHo Theatre
Performances at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2557 N. Lincoln, Chicago IL
773-791-2393
TBA
Brightside Theatre
Performances at Theatre at Meiley- Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Ave., Naperville, IL
630-637-SHOW (7469)
Mamma Mia!
June 5, 2020 - June 21, 2020
Broadway In Chicago
Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph)
James M. Nederlander Theatre (24 W. Randolph)
CIBC Theatre, )18 W. Monroe)
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut)
Dear Evan Hansen
July 7, 2020 - September 27, 2020
Six
July 8, 2020 - October 25, 2020
Jesus Christ Superstar
August 11, 2020 - 23, 2020
Come From Away
August 25, 2020 - September 6, 2020
Disney's Frozen
October 21, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Moulin Rouge!
December 17, 2020 - February 21, 2021
Waitress
February 16, 2021 - February 21, 2021
My Fair Lady
May 12, 2021 - May 23, 2021
Broken Nose Theatre
773-697-3830
This is Only a Test
World premiere
by Eric Reyes Loo
Postponed
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
Playhouse Theatre, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn IL
630-942-4000
TBA
Chicago Children's Theatre
The Station, 100 S. Racine Ave., Chicago IL
312-374-8835
Me ... Jane
Postponed to Fall 2020
Citadel Theatre
300 S. Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest IL
847-735-8554
Brighton Beach Memoirs
April 22, 2020 - Sunday May 24, 2020
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
312-633-0630
See website for ongoing classes and readings.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Navy Pier, Chicago
312-595-5600
As You Like It
Postponed
The Notebook
Fall 2020
Circle Theatre
TBA
City Lit
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago IL
773-293-3682
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
World premiere
Adaptation by L.C. Bernadine and Spencer Huffman
June 5, 2020 - July 19, 2020
Collaboraction
Performances at Flatiron Arts Building, 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago
Red Island
Postponed to 2020-2021 season
The Comrades
Performances at Greenhouse Theater Center. 2257 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago IL
773-404-7336
As Bees in Honey Drown
by Douglas Carter Beane
July 16, 2020 - August 16, 2020
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago
773-753-4472
The Gospel at Colonus
Postponed to 2020-2021 season
Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theatre
100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
630-530-8300
TBA
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
The Rough Guide to the Underworld
May 5, 2020 - June 7, 2020
Athenaeum Theatre
Eclipse Theatre Company
Performances at Victory Gardens Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago
312-4091687
Cloud 9
Postponed
Owners
July 16, 2020 - August 16, 2020
Far Away
November 19, 2020 - December 20, 2020
Emerald City Theatre Company
Apollo Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Corduroy
November 15, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Ivy + Bean
February 16, 2020 - March 15, 2020
The Name Jar
May 1, 2020 - June 2, 2020
The Factory Theater
1621-23 W. Howard Street, at the new Factory Theater
773-879-8257
The HOA
by Angelina Martinez
Opens June 19, 2020
Filament Theatre
4041 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
773.270.1660
TBA
First Floor Theater
All performances in Room 300, Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee
The Juniors
World premiere
April 18, 2020 - May 30, 2020
First Folio Theatre
The Peabody Estate, 31st St. and Route 83, Oak Brook
630-986-8067
TBA
The Gift Theatre
Performances at 4802 N. Milwaukee, Chicago IL
502- 439-2441
TBA
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago
312-443-3800
TBA
Griffin Theatre Company
773-769-2228
TBA
The Haven Theatre
The Fig and the Wasp
World premiere
By Samantha Behr
July 2, 2020 - August 2, 2020
Hype Man
Chicago premiere
2020
The House Theatre
Performances at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Chicago IL
773-769-3832
TBA
Idle Muse Theatre Company
773-340-9438
TBA
Interrobang Theatre Project
Performances at Rivendell Theatre, 5779 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago IL
773-935-6875
Sexbot
TBA
Irish Theatre of Chicago
1333 N. Milwaukee Ave
773-878-3727
TBA
Jackalope Theatre Company
Performances at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway
P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle
November 5, 2019 - December 21, 2019
Night Creatures
World premiere
Postponed to season 13
Kokandy Productions
Performances at Theater Wit, 1229 West Belmont, Chicago
773-975-8150
Hundred Days
Postponed
Lifeline Theatre Company
6912 North Glenwood Avenue , Chicago, Illinois 60626
(773) 761-4477
Extra Yarn
March 20, 2021 - April 25, 2021
KidSeries
Treasure Island
May 28, 2021 - July 18, 2021
MainStage
Music Theater Works
All performances at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Ave., Evanston except where noted
Mamma Mia!
June 6, 2020 - June 14, 2020
Ragtime
August 22, 2020 - August 30, 2020
Richard Rodgers- Greatest Hits
October 2, 2020 - October 11, 2020
Billy Elliot
December 26, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Lookingglass Theatre Company
821 N Michigan Ave., Chicago
312-337-0665
Lookingglass Alice
Postponed
The Odyssey
October 9, 2020 - January 10, 2021
Villette
February 5, 2021 - April 25, 2021
Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon
May 28, 2021 - August 8, 2021
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL
847-634-0200
TBA
Mercury Theater
3745 N. Southport Ave., Chicago
773-325-1700
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Postponed
Neo-Futurists
5153 N. Ashland (at Foster)
TBA
The New Colony
773-413-0862
Other Rockpools
July 15, 2020 - August 15, 2020
Northlight Theatre
9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL
847-673-6300
Songs for Nobodies
TBA
The Lifespan of a Fact
September 24, 2020 - November 1, 2020
Mr. Dickens' Hat
World premiere
A Play with Music by Michael Hollinger
November 19, 2020 - December 27, 2020
Fireflies
January 21, 2021 - February 27, 2021
A Woman of no Importance
March 11, 2021 - April 18, 2021
Unlikeable Heroine
World premiere
By Melissa Ross
May 6, 2021 - June 13, 2021
Paramount Theatre
23 East Galena Blvd., Galena, IL
630-896-6666
Kinky Boots
June 30, 2021 - August 15, 2021
Pegasus Theatre
All Performances at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave.
866-811-4111
Rastus & Hattie
September 3, 2020 - October 4, 2020
The Plagiarists
TBA
Porchlight Music Theatre
Performances at Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, Chicago IL
Legally Blonde
October 10, 2020 - November 29, 2020
Assassins
October 28, 2020 - October 29, 2020
Titanic
January 30, 2021 - March 12, 2021
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
February 24, 2021 - March 1, 2021
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
April 17, 2021 - May 28, 2021
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
May 12, 2021 - May 17, 2021
Pride Films and Plays
773-250-3117
TBA
Promethean Theatre Ensemble
A Town Called Progress
June 13, 2020 - July 18, 2020
Provision Theater Company
1001 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago
312-455-0065
Nicodemus
May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Raven Theatre
6157 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60660
773-338-2177
Eden Prairie, 1971
Postponed
A Red Orchid Theatre
1531 N. Wells St., Chicago IL
312-943-8722
The Moors
Postponed
Red Tape Theatre
TBA
Red Theater Chicago
5357 N Winchester Ave., Chicago IL
773-733-0540
TBA
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago
773-RAV-PLAY
The Country Girl
Postponed
The Pride
Postponed
Remy Bumppo
Performances at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago IL
773-871-3000
The Agitators
Postponed
Royal George Theatre
1641 N. Halsted St., Chicago
312-998-9000
Hit Her with Skates
Postponed
Shattered Globe Theatre Company
Performances at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago IL
773-871-3000
When the Rain Stops Falling
April 23, 2020 - June 6, 2020
The Side Project
1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago
773-340-0140
TBA
Side Show Theatre Company
773-809-4782
TBA
Silk Road Theatre Project
Performances at 77 W. Washington St., Chicago, 2nd Floor
312-236-6881
TBA
St. Sebastian Players
St. Bonaventure Church, 1625 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago
773-404-7922
TBA
Stage Left Theatre
3408 N. Sheffield, Chicago
773-883-8830
TBA
Steep Theatre Company
1115 W. Berwyn, Chicago IL
773-649-3186
Ironbound
By Martyna Majok
Postponed
Light Falls
July 4, 2020 - August 15, 2020
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St., Chicago
312-335-1650
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
Postponed to 2020-2021 season.
Strawdog Theatre Company
1802 W. Berenice Ave., Chicago IL
773-528-9696
Welcome to Keene, New Hampshire
Postponed
Teatro Vista
312.666.4659
The Dream King
World premiere
Postponed
Victory Gardens
American Mariachi
April 25, 2020 - May 31, 2020
The Goodman's Albert Theatre
Theatre at the Center
1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN 46321
219-836-3255
Talley's Folly
April 30, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Ain't Misbehavin'
July 9, 2020 - August 9, 2020
Hello, Dolly!
September 10, 2020 - October 11, 2020
Elf
November 12, 2020 - December 20, 2020
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Performances at 721 Howard Street, Evanston IL
773-347-1109
Godspell
June 5, 2020 - July 26, 2020
Three Cat Productions
Diamond Lil's
May 6, 2020 - June 6, 2020
Timeline Theatre Company
All performances at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave., except as noted.
773-281-8463
Relentless
May 6, 2010 - June 27, 2020
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland St | Chicago
773-384-0494
The Water Hen
Postponed
T.U.T.A. Theatre Company
847-217-0691
TBA
Victory Gardens Theater
Performances at the Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, except as noted
773-871-3000
Right To Be Forgotten
May 29, 2020 - Jun 28, 2020
Windy City Playhouse
Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago IL (unless otherwise noted)
312-374-3196
TBA
Writers Theatre
The Last Match
TBA
Mementos Mori
TBA
Please note that dates may change unexpectedly - always check with the theater before making plans.
- Updated 4/5/20. Questions and comments can be emailed to the Editor