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Review: IRAQ, BUT FUNNY at Lookingglass Theatre Company
by Zac Thriffiley - Jun 13, 2025

IRAQ, BUT FUNNY serves not only as a masterful satire of British and American colonialism in the Middle East but also as a moving, multigenerational family drama.

Photos: World Premiere of IRAQ, BUT FUNNY at Lookingglass Theatre
by Emmy Rice - Jun 7, 2025

Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, has released production photos for the world premiere of Iraq, But Funny, now playing through July 20 in The Joan and Paul Theatre. See the photos here!

YOU WILL GET SICK & More Lead Chicago's June 2025 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - May 29, 2025

Chicago is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2025 include You Will Get Sick & more!

Cast and Creative Team Set for the World Premiere of IRAQ, BUT FUNNY at Lookingglass
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2025

Lookingglass Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team for its next production, the world premiere of Iraq, But Funny. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

EURYDICE Comes to Writers Theatre in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2023

 Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Braden Abraham, kicks off its 2023/24 Season with Eurydice. Eurydice is written by Wilmette native and acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl and marks the directorial debut of Braden Abraham at Writers Theatre. 

RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN Extends Through Early April at Raven Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 3, 2023

Due to popular demand, Raven Theatre’s critically-acclaimed Chicago premiere of Right To Be Forgotten has added an additional week of performances, extending through Sunday, April 2, 2023.

Photos: First Look at RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN at Raven Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2023

Raven Theatre, Chicago’s newest Equity-affiliated theatre, continues its 40th Anniversary Season with the Chicago premiere of Right To Be Forgotten, Sharyn Rothstein’s smart and timely story about human forgiveness in the age of the internet.

RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Raven Theatre in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 9, 2023

Raven Theatre is continuing its 40th Anniversary Season with the Chicago premiere of Right To Be Forgotten, Sharyn Rothstein’s smart and timely story about human forgiveness in the age of the internet.

Cast Announced for Raven Theatre's RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2022

Raven Theatre has announced casting for its Chicago premiere of Sharyn Rothstein’s Right To Be Forgotten, directed by Sarah Gitenstein.

Steep Summer Shows Continue with Simon Stephens' LIGHT FALLS
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2022

Steep Theatre's second summer production is the US premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' Light Falls set to open July 8th. Stephens, Steep's Associate Playwright, will make his fifth production with Ensemble Member Robin Witt once again serving as director. Witt has also directed Stephen's Wastwater, Motortown, Pornography and Harper Regan, Steep's bestselling production.

BWW Review: SELLING KABUL at The Seattle Rep
by Jay Irwin - Apr 28, 2022

The lies we tell ourselves and each other, Dear Readers, and the information we choose to divulge and that which we choose to keep to ourselves, those choices are at the heart of “Selling Kabul”, the current show playing at the Seattle Rep.

Photos: First Look Inside Rehearsals for SELLING KABUL at Seattle Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2022

Seattle Rep is presenting Sylvia Khoury's (Seattle Rep 20x30 commissioned playwright) Selling Kabul. Directed by Seattle's own Valerie Curtis-Newton (2019's Nina Simone: Four Women), Selling Kabul is a 2021 recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and it's set to perform on the Leo K. stage from April 22-May 22, 2022.

SELLING KABUL Announced On Stage At Seattle Rep Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2022

Seattle Rep will introduce its audiences to its 20x30 program’s commissioned playwright Sylvia Khoury with its production of Selling Kabul opening next month.

Photos: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2021

Get a sneak-peek at Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol back on stage in the heart of the Chicago Loop following a year of darkened stages.

Northlight To Present Online Reading Of A DISTINCT SOCIETY
by A.A. Cristi - May 4, 2021

Northlight Theatre continues to engage audiences with its commitment to developing new work with free Interplay readings. A Distinct Society, written and directed by Kareen Fahmy, premieres Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 6:30pm.

Victory Gardens Theater Presents the Chicago Premiere of RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2020

Victory Gardens Theater concludes its 45th season with the Chicago Premiere of Right To Be Forgotten by Sharyn Rothstein and directed by Devon de Mayo.

Photo Flash: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns To The Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2019

Acclaimed Chicago actor Larry Yando returns for his 12th season at Goodman Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, directed for the seventh year by Artistic Associate Henry Wishcamper.

Photo Flash: First Look At THE WINTER'S TALE At Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 8, 2019

No modern American director is better at making a play's iconic moments pop with fresh irreverence' (Chicago Tribune). Artistic Director Robert Falls reimagines The Winter's Tale-one of William Shakespeare's final and most wildly theatrical works-following his celebrated revivals of Measure for Measure (2013) and King Lear (2006) at Goodman Theatre. 

TimeLine Announces Inaugural FIRST DRAFT Playwrights Collective Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2018

TimeLine Theatre Company announces its inaugural "FIRST DRAFT: A TimeLine Playwrights Collective Festival,' the culmination of the company's latest two-year new-play incubator program offering residency to Chicago-based emerging and established writers. FIRST DRAFT will take place December 1 - 3, 2018, at TimeLine's home at 615 W. Wellington Avenue in Chicago, with free public readings of new plays by current Playwrights Collective members Tyla Abercrumbie, Will Allan, Maureen Gallagher, and Calamity West. 

FACELESS Electrifies The Rep Studio
by Julie Musbach - Jan 3, 2018

A tense and tightly plotted drama, Faceless made a splash with its world premiere at Chicago's Northlight Theatre last year. Now, with much of its creative team and cast returning, that acclaimed production moves to The Rep's Emerson Studio Theatre. Written by Selina Fillinger and directed by BJ Jones, the play runs from January 17 to February 4.