Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
800 E Grand Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
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About

Located on the edge of the lakefront on Navy Pier, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater seats 525. Standing seven stories tall, this courtyard style theater includes a studio theater, its own parking, a beautiful English-style garden, and even a skyline room reserved for special events.

Current Productions

Drama

Hamlet

Chicago

Final performance: May 4, 2024

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Comedy

Judgment Day

Chicago

Performances begin: April 23, 2024

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Magic Show

The Enigmatist

Chicago

Performances begin: May 29, 2024

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Family/Kids

Corduroy

Chicago

Performances begin: June 18, 2024

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Musical

The Lords of the Rings – A Musical Tale

Chicago

Performances begin: July 19, 2024

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Past Productions

Concert/Event

Alexandra Billings in Concert

Chicago

Closed: October 28, 1996

Drama

Antony and Cleopatra

Chicago

Closed: December 12, 1999

Comedy

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Chicago

Closed: March 19, 2000

Drama

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

Chicago

Closed: March 18, 2000

Comedy

All’s Well That Ends Well

Chicago

Closed: June 11, 2000

Hamlet! The Musical

Chicago

Closed: August 20, 2000

Comedy

The Two Gentleman of Verona

Chicago

Closed: November 11, 2000

Drama

The Herbal Bed

Chicago

Closed: December 10, 2000

Play

Hamlet (Peter Brook’s version)

Chicago

Closed: June 2, 2001

Play

The Tempest

Chicago

Closed: June 16, 2002

Play

Salao the Worst Kind of Unlucky

Chicago

Closed: June 8, 2002

Concert/Event

Showtime 2002!

Chicago

Closed: May 20, 2002

Musical

The Bombitty of Errors

Chicago

Closed: September 1, 2002

Musical

The Wizard of Oz

Chicago

Closed: August 18, 2002

Comedy

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chicago

Closed: August 17, 2002

Comedy

Love’s Labor’s Lost

Chicago

Closed: November 17, 2002

Musical

Sunday in the Park with George

Chicago

Closed: February 2, 2003

Concert/Event

Hollis Resnick in Concert

Chicago

Closed: October 14, 2002

Drama

Julius Caesar

Chicago

Closed: February 23, 2003

Play

The Winter’s Tale

Chicago

Closed: June 1, 2003

Play

Romeo & Juliet

Chicago

Closed: May 12, 2003

Do Not Go Gentle

Chicago

Closed: May 4, 2003

The Alchemist

Chicago

Closed: May 12, 2003

Fuente Ovejuna

Chicago

Closed: June 2, 2003

Musical

Little Mermaid

Chicago

Closed: August 17, 2003

Comedy

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chicago

Closed: August 16, 2003

Comedy

The Taming of the Shrew

Chicago

Closed: November 23, 2003

Play

Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2, and 3

Chicago

Closed: January 18, 2004

Comedy

Twelfth Night or What You Will

Chicago

Closed: December 14, 2003

Musical

A Little Night Music

Chicago

Closed: February 15, 2004

The Molière Comedies

Chicago

Closed: February 21, 2004

Play

King John

Chicago

Closed: June 6, 2004

Play

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chicago

Closed: May 29, 2004

Musical

Romeo and Juliet Musical: The People vs. Friar Laurence, the Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet

Chicago

Closed: August 15, 2004

Play

Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid)

Chicago

Closed: June 20, 2004

Play

Peter Pan

Chicago

Closed: August 15, 2004

Comedy

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Chicago

Closed: November 21, 2004

Comedy

The Playboy of the Western World

Chicago

Closed: December 12, 2004

Play

Measure for Measure

Chicago

Closed: March 20, 2005

Play

Kabuki Lady Macbeth

Chicago

Closed: May 1, 2005

Play

Romeo and Juliet

Chicago

Closed: June 19, 2005

Comedy

Romeo and Juliet the Musical

Chicago

Closed: September 4, 2005

Family/Kids

The Princess and the Pea

Chicago

Closed: August 4, 2005

Comedy

The Comedy of Errors

Chicago

Closed: August 13, 2005

Play

The Merchant of Venice

Chicago

Closed: November 12, 2005

Bright Abyss

Chicago

Closed: November 19, 2005

Comedy

Arlecchino: Servant of Two Masters

Chicago

Closed: November 27, 2005

Comedy

Much Ado About Nothing

Chicago

Closed: February 26, 2006

Drama

Macbeth

Chicago

Closed: April 23, 2006

Comedy

A Flea in Her Ear

Chicago

Closed: April 23, 2006

Drama

Hecuba

Chicago

Closed: June 18, 2006

Play

Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2

Chicago

Closed: June 18, 2006

Family/Kids

Seussical: The Musical

Chicago

Closed: August 20, 2006

Drama

Hamlet

Chicago

Closed: November 18, 2006

Play

The Two Noble Kinsmen

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2006

Comedy

Twelfth Night

Chicago

Closed: December 3, 2006

Play

The Three Musketeers

Chicago

Closed: February 18, 2007

Family/Kids

Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2007

Family/Kids

How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back?

Chicago

Closed: April 22, 2007

Drama

Marionette Macbeth

Chicago

Closed: March 25, 2007

Play

Troilus and Cressida

Chicago

Closed: June 24, 2007

Family/Kids

How Can You Run With a Shell on Your Back? An Aesop’s Fables Musical

London

Closed: August 12, 2007

Comedy

Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew

London

Closed: August 12, 2007

Play

Cymbeline

London

Closed: November 11, 2007

Musical

Passion

Chicago

Closed: November 11, 2007

Farewell Umbrella

Chicago

Closed: December 1, 2007

Play

Saint Joan

Chicago

Closed: January 20, 2008

Drama

Othello

Chicago

Closed: April 6, 2008

Play

Romeo & Juliet

Chicago

Closed: April 5, 2008

Comedy

The Comedy of Errors

Chicago

Closed: June 29, 2008

Comedy

Funk It Up About Nothin’

Chicago

Closed: August 3, 2008

Family/Kids

Willy Wonka

Chicago

Closed: August 17, 2008

Play

Amadeus

Chicago

Closed: November 9, 2008

Play

Edward II

Chicago

Closed: November 9, 2008

Family/Kids

Leaping Leopold! The Mozart Show

Chicago

Closed: November 9, 2008

Play

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare)

Chicago

Closed: December 21, 2008

Play

Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Chicago

Closed: March 8, 2009

Play

The Investigation

Chicago

Closed: January 31, 2009

Comedy

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chicago

Closed: March 7, 2009

Sweet William

Chicago

Closed: February 22, 2009

Musical

Rod Blagojevich Superstar!

Chicago

Closed: September 6, 2009

Play

Twelfth Night

Chicago

Closed: June 7, 2009

Musical

Murder for Two–A Killer Musical

Chicago

Closed: November 27, 2011

Play

The Feast: An Intimate Tempest

Chicago

Closed: March 11, 2012

Play

Being Shakespeare

Chicago

Closed: April 29, 2012

Play

A History of Everything

Chicago

Closed: June 3, 2012

Family/Kids

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Chicago

Closed: August 26, 2012

Play

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

Chicago

Closed: October 14, 2012

Musical

Sunday in the Park with George

Chicago

Closed: November 4, 2012

Play

Black Watch

Chicago

Closed: October 21, 2012

Comedy

The School for Lies

Chicago

Closed: January 20, 2013

Family/Kids

Leave it to Ludwig

Chicago

Closed: January 20, 2013

Drama

Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker

Chicago

Closed: February 3, 2013

Julius Caesar

Chicago

Closed: March 24, 2013

Drama

Cadre

Chicago

Closed: February 24, 2013

Romeo and Juliet

Chicago

Closed: March 23, 2013

Play

Othello: The Remix

Chicago

Closed: June 15, 2013

Drama

Henry VIII

Chicago

Closed: June 16, 2013

Play

Roadkill

Chicago

Closed: May 26, 2013

Comedy

Inner Voices

Chicago

Closed: June 29, 2013

Comedy

Cyrano de Bergerac

Chicago

Closed: November 10, 2013

Play

A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol

Chicago

Closed: December 22, 2013

Comedy

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Chicago

Closed: January 19, 2014

Musical

Gypsy

Chicago

Closed: March 23, 2014

Comedy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chicago

Closed: March 22, 2014

Musical

Road Show

Chicago

Closed: May 4, 2014

Play

Tristan & Yseult

Chicago

Closed: April 13, 2014

Play

Henry V

Chicago

Closed: June 15, 2014

Family/Kids

Seussical

Chicago

Closed: August 17, 2014

Play

Hamlet

Chicago

Closed: July 30, 2014

Immersive/Interactive

Since I Suppose

Chicago

Closed: September 21, 2014

Drama

King Lear

Chicago

Closed: November 9, 2014

Play

Ionesco Suite

Chicago

Closed: October 19, 2014

Musical

A Q Brothers Christmas Carol

Chicago

Closed: December 28, 2014

Play

Pericles

Chicago

Closed: January 18, 2015

Puppetry

The Table

Chicago

Closed: January 25, 2015

Drama

Dunsinane

Chicago

Closed: March 22, 2015

Musical

Sense and Sensibility

Chicago

Closed: June 7, 2015

Play

The Tempest

Chicago

Closed: November 8, 2015

Comedy

Ride the Cyclone

Chicago

Closed: November 8, 2015

Play

The Heir Apparent

Chicago

Closed: January 17, 2016

Play

Othello

Chicago

Closed: April 10, 2016

Play

Twelfth Night

Chicago

Closed: April 9, 2016

Play

Othello: The Remix

Chicago

Closed: May 8, 2016

Tug of War – Foreign Fire

Chicago

Closed: June 12, 2016

Solo Performance

I, Malvolio

Chicago

Closed: June 5, 2016

Solo Performance

Gary Busey’s One Man Hamlet

Chicago

Closed: July 17, 2016

Play

The Merchant of Venice

Chicago

Closed: August 14, 2016

Play

Tug of War – Civil Strife

Chicago

Closed: October 9, 2016

Drama

King Charles III

Chicago

Closed: January 15, 2017

Comedy

The Complete Deaths

Chicago

Closed: December 11, 2016

Play

The Winter’s Tale

Chicago

Closed: December 21, 2016

Play

The Book of Joseph

Chicago

Closed: March 5, 2017

Comedy

Love’s Labor’s Lost

Chicago

Closed: March 26, 2017

Play

Shakespeare in Love

Chicago

Closed: June 18, 2017

Family/Kids

Madagascar – A Musical Adventure

Chicago

Closed: August 27, 2017

Comedy

The Taming of the Shrew

Chicago

Closed: November 12, 2017

Dance

The Toad Knew

Chicago

Closed: September 23, 2017

Drama

Red Velvet

Chicago

Closed: January 21, 2018

Play

Mary Stuart

Chicago

Closed: April 15, 2018

Drama

Macbeth

Chicago

Closed: June 24, 2018

Drama

Waiting for Godot

Chicago

Closed: June 3, 2018

Family/Kids

Wizard of Oz

Chicago

Closed: August 25, 2019

Play

The King’s Speech

Chicago

Closed: October 20, 2019

Play

A Man of Good Hope

Chicago

Closed: October 13, 2019

Play

Romeo and Juliet

Chicago

Closed: December 19, 2019

Musical

Emma

Chicago

Closed: March 15, 2020

As You Like It

Chicago

Closed: June 21, 2020

Musical

The Notebook

Chicago

Closed: November 8, 2020

Musical

The Notebook

Chicago

Closed: October 16, 2022

Musical

The Notebook

Chicago

Closed: October 30, 2022

Play

Twelfth Night

Chicago

Closed: November 26, 2023

Musical

Islander

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2023

Musical

Illinois

Chicago

Closed: January 28, 2024

Play

Richard III

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2024

Comedy

Short Shakespeare! The Comedy of Errors

Chicago

Closed: March 19, 2005

Musical

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicago

Closed: August 20, 2000