City Lit Theater

City Lit Theater
1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave
Chicago, IL 60660
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City Lit, founded in 1980 by Arnold Aprill, Lorell Wyatt, and David Dillon, is Chicago's premiere theater devoted to the adaptation of literature to the stage. City Lit has garnered over 25 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and 16 Joseph Jefferson Citations.

Current Productions

Black Boys Cry

Performances begin: June 29, 2024

Past Productions

Pigs Have Wings

Closed: June 12, 2005

The Nerd

Closed: January 29, 2006

Somebody Foreign

Closed: March 13, 2006

Holmes and Watson

Closed: June 4, 2006

Orphans

Closed: September 9, 2006

Living the Dream

Closed: February 11, 2007

Gidget

Closed: June 3, 2007

Twelfth Night

Closed: February 3, 2008

Underneath the Lintel

Closed: April 20, 2008

Pudd’n Head Wilson

Closed: June 15, 2008

The Wind Cries Mary

Closed: August 24, 2008

Dashiell Hamlet

Closed: October 26, 2008

Scoundrel Time

Closed: March 8, 2009

Private Lives

Closed: May 3, 2009

Old Times

Closed: May 3, 2009

The Sign of the Four

Closed: July 3, 2011

Fuddy Meers

Closed: December 8, 2012

Caucasian Chalk Circle

Closed: February 9, 2013

Harry’s Halfway House

Closed: June 23, 2013

The Long Walk for Water

Closed: July 14, 2013

Psmith, Journalist

Closed: November 6, 2016

The Sundial

Closed: February 12, 2017

Forty-two Stories

Closed: May 28, 2017

London Assurance

Closed: July 23, 2017

Deirdre of the Sorrows

Closed: October 15, 2017

J.B.

Closed: December 10, 2017

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Closed: April 15, 2018

Prometheus Bound

Closed: June 10, 2018

Thirteen Days

Closed: October 24, 2021

Thirteen Days

Closed: October 24, 2021

Emma’s Child

Closed: May 29, 2022

Hay Fever

Closed: October 9, 2022

The Mark of Kane

Closed: December 4, 2022

Happy Days

Closed: April 2, 2023