2024-25 Mainstage Season
“Professional, Live Theatre for the whole family!”
The Cottage
Written by Sandy rustin
Straight from Broadway, making its Chicago-theatre premiere, this recent hit directed by Jason Alexander starring Eric McCormick (Will and Grace) is a brand-new, side splitting romp. This outrageous tale of sex, betrayal, and desire is one woman’s attempt to expose her latest affair to both her husband-and to her lover’s wife. Surprising and hilarious web of secrets unravels in this ridiculously funny romantic comedy.
September 13 - October 13, 2024
Previews: September 11 & 12, 2024 at 7:30 pmThursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pmSundays at 3:00 pmWednesdays at 1:00 pm (9/25/24, 10/9/24)
Dames at Sea
Book and Lyrics by george haimsohn
Music by jim wise
Directed by gregg denhardt
Musical Parody of large, flashy 1930’s Busby Berkeley-style musical in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City steps into a role on broadway and becomes a star. Bernadette Peters played the role of Ruby when it debuted in 1966. And she later toured the role at the Academy Playhouse in Lake Forest.
November 15 - December 15, 2024
Previews: November 13 & 14, 2024 at 7:30 pmThursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pmSundays at 3:00 pmWednesdays at 1:00 pm (11/27/24, 12/11/24)
I and You
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by scott shallenbarger
This extraordinary touching story is written by the same playwright who brought us Silent Sky this last season. Charming, mysterious, and poetic in the truest sense of the word. Lauren Gunderson’s I and You is a study of the beauty, the agony, and the mystery of the human connection.
February 21 - March 23, 2025
Previews: February 19 & 20, 2025 at 7:30 pmThursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pmSundays at 3:00 pmWednesdays at 1:00 pm (3/5/25, 3/19/25)
A Jukebox for the Algonquin
written by paul stroili
Directed by scott westerman
A Chicago Theatre premiere! All the residents of Placid Pines Senior Care Center want is a jukebox, but that simple request leads to a side-splitting, roller-coaster journey.
April 18 - May 18, 2025
Previews: April 16 & 17, 2025 at 7:30 pmThursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pmSundays at 3:00 pmWednesdays at 1:00 pm (4/23/25, 5/7/25)