Staged readings of ten new works by Chicago writers. The festival features five new musicals and five new plays from 14 local Chicago playwrights, lyricists, and composers; including John S. Green (Jeff winner and Pulitzer nominated, THE LIQUID MOON), Chloe Bolan (O’Neill semi-finalist, LOVE IN THE TIME OF DEMENTIA), Joanne Koch (National Nantucket Short Play Competition winner for STARDUST), and former Chicago Tribune feature writer Fran Zell. The works to be performed as staged readings will cover genres from comedies and dramas to documentary theatre, and subject matter that ranges from history to current events, and fantasy to reality. Complete schedule of plays and dates at 2024 Play Festival | Writers Bloc (writersblocfest.org)
Theater Wit is at 1239 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL.
Dinner with Friends (10/19/24-11/23/24)
Radial Gradient (1/27/23-3/11/23)
National Merit (8/25/22-9/25/22)
Rasheeda Speaking (4/22/22-6/4/22)
Brilliant Works of Art (9/10/21-9/30/21)
Teenage Dick (2/28/20-4/18/20)
Limelight (11/29/19-11/30/19)
Real Housewives of Lakeview the Musical: A ONE NIGHT CONCERT READING (4/10/18-4/10/18)
Cyrano (3/3/18-4/15/18)
Marie Christine (10/21/17-12/10/17)
Dinner with Friends (10/19/24-11/23/24)
Videos
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) | ||
The Little Mermaid
Drury Lane Theatre (11/6 - 1/12) | ||
The King in Concert
Raue Center For The Arts (1/11 - 1/11) | ||
Hadestown
CIBC Theater (5/6 - 5/18) | ||
Minkowski Conducts
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (1/26 - 1/26) | ||
An Evening of Percussion
Raue Center For The Arts (2/22 - 2/22) | ||
The Best of Second City
McAninch Arts Center (2/15 - 2/15) | ||
Jazz a cappella
Chicago a cappella (3/29 - 3/29) | ||
LOVE Happens
The Center for Performing Arts (2/8 - 2/8) | ||
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
James M. Nederlander Theatre (9/10 - 2/1) | ||
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