Greenhouse Theater

Greenhouse Theater
2257 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
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About

Twenty-five years ago, eight Chicago artists gathered together to share a dream. Their goal was to establish a theater that featured the work of Chicago artists for the people of our great city. That dream is a reality. It is called Victory Gardens Theater. The original work produced in their complex on Lincoln Avenue fuels the theater community of the world. See it first. See it in Chicago. See it at Victory Gardens.

The upstairs theater is a thrust stage with 198 seats; the downstairs theater is a thrust stage with 195 seats.

Current Productions

We have no current productions for this theater right now.

Missing your show? Email us at listings@theatermania.com

Past Productions

Drama

Knock Me a Kiss

Chicago

Closed: March 4, 2000

Comedy

Escape from Happiness

Chicago

Closed: December 19, 1999

Comedy

Santaland Diaries, The

Chicago

Closed: December 30, 1999

Drama

Door to Door

Chicago

Closed: January 2, 2000

Drama

Love Talker, The

Chicago

Closed: May 6, 2000

Drama

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Chicago

Closed: May 28, 2000

Comedy

Cahoots

Chicago

Closed: June 18, 2000

Play

No One As Nasty

Chicago

Closed: July 2, 2000

Drama

Common Rooms

Chicago

Closed: August 12, 2000

Blissfield

Chicago

Closed: October 22, 2000

Drama

The History of Bowling

Chicago

Closed: November 12, 2000

Hello Dali: From the Sublime to the Surreal

Chicago

Closed: December 31, 2000

Play

Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2000

Drama

Hambone

Chicago

Closed: February 25, 2001

Drama

Hapgood

Chicago

Closed: April 1, 2001

Play

The Action Against Sol Schumann

Chicago

Closed: April 28, 2001

Play

Jonathan Wild

Chicago

Closed: May 6, 2001

Comedy

Fossils

Chicago

Closed: July 1, 2001

Play

Immoral Imperatives

Chicago

Closed: October 28, 2001

Play

Rosemary

Chicago

Closed: November 11, 2001

Play

Henry Flamethrowa

Chicago

Closed: November 18, 2001

Cabaret

Tim Grimm

Chicago

Closed: October 21, 2001

Play

The Glamour House

Chicago

Closed: December 23, 2001

Drama

Waiting to be Invited

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2002

Play

Waiting to Be Invited

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2002

Drama

Making History

Chicago

Closed: April 7, 2002

Comedy

Battle of the Bands

Chicago

Closed: May 5, 2002

Play

High Life

Chicago

Closed: May 19, 2002

Play

The Old Man’s Friend

Chicago

Closed: July 7, 2002

Drama

Ariadne’s Thread

Chicago

Closed: October 27, 2002

Drama

The Secret Rapture

Chicago

Closed: November 10, 2002

Comedy

Holiday

Chicago

Closed: January 5, 2003

Musical

God and Country

Chicago

Closed: December 29, 2002

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

Chicago

Closed: December 21, 2002

Play

The Cider House Rules: Parts 1 and 2

Chicago

Closed: April 6, 2003

Play

Bourbon at the Border

Chicago

Closed: March 2, 2003

Play

Come Blow Your Horn

Chicago

Closed: May 4, 2003

Play

Unspoken Prayers

Chicago

Closed: May 4, 2003

Making Connections

Chicago

Closed: April 6, 2003

Concerto Chicago, A Percussive Concert for the Stage

Chicago

Closed: May 25, 2003

Drama

The End of the Tour

Chicago

Closed: July 6, 2003

In the Options Pit

Chicago

Closed: June 3, 2003

Comedy

Pants On Fire

Chicago

Closed: May 16, 2004

Concert/Event

Play Slam 2003

Chicago

Closed: June 16, 2003

Play

Lost in Yonkers

Chicago

Closed: September 21, 2003

Play

Homeland Security

Chicago

Closed: November 23, 2003

Comedy

Rumors

Chicago

Closed: December 14, 2003

Comedy

AFFLUENZA!

Chicago

Closed: December 28, 2003

Concert/Event

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

Chicago

Closed: December 20, 2003

Play

Major Barbara

Chicago

Closed: January 25, 2004

Drama

Free Man of Color

Chicago

Closed: February 29, 2004

Comedy

Pulp

Chicago

Closed: April 4, 2004

Play

Some Americans Abroad

Chicago

Closed: March 21, 2004

Play

Knowing Cairo

Chicago

Closed: April 4, 2004

Play

Trying

Chicago

Closed: May 15, 2004

Play

Hidden Laughter

Chicago

Closed: May 16, 2004

Play

Frame 312

Chicago

Closed: May 30, 2004

Play

The Romance of Magno Rubio

Chicago

Closed: July 11, 2004

Play

Brutality of Fact

Chicago

Closed: September 5, 2004

Play

Family Drama

Chicago

Closed: October 24, 2004

Drama

Arcadia

Chicago

Closed: October 31, 2004

Play

A Delicate Balance

Chicago

Closed: October 31, 2004

Play

The Family Gold

Chicago

Closed: October 24, 2004

Play

The White House Murder

Chicago

Closed: October 17, 2004

Play

Pyretown

Chicago

Closed: November 14, 2004

Play

Hanging Fire

Chicago

Closed: December 19, 2004

Play

Big Time

Chicago

Closed: December 19, 2004

Family/Kids

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

Chicago

Closed: December 18, 2004

Perverts

Chicago

Closed: December 12, 2004

Play

Shoes

Chicago

Closed: February 27, 2005

Play

The Divine Order of Becoming

Chicago

Closed: March 27, 2005

Play

Berlin ’45

Chicago

Closed: May 1, 2005

Drama

The Rimers of Eldritch

Chicago

Closed: May 15, 2005

Victory Gardens Theater’s 15th Annual Chicago Stories

Chicago

Closed: April 8, 2005

Play

Suburban Motel

Chicago

Closed: June 12, 2005

Play

Symmetry

Chicago

Closed: July 10, 2005

Sextet: An Evening of One Acts by Lanford Wilson

Chicago

Closed: September 11, 2005

Drama

Memory House

Chicago

Closed: October 23, 2005

Play

The House of Bernarda Alba

Chicago

Closed: October 30, 2005

Play

Wheatley

Chicago

Closed: November 13, 2005

Drama

Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams

Chicago

Closed: December 18, 2005

Drama

Talley and Son

Chicago

Closed: December 18, 2005

Play

Aren’t We All

Chicago

Closed: January 8, 2006

Play

The House of Blue Leaves

Chicago

Closed: March 4, 2006

Drama

I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda

Chicago

Closed: March 12, 2006

Play

Softly Blue

Chicago

Closed: March 12, 2006

Sex/Adapt: An Evening of Scenes

Chicago

Closed: March 6, 2006

Drama

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball

Chicago

Closed: April 23, 2006

Comedy

Dealer’s Choice

Chicago

Closed: May 14, 2006

Comedy

Cradle of Man

Chicago

Closed: May 7, 2006

Play

Power

Chicago

Closed: June 4, 2006

Play

Huddersfield

Chicago

Closed: July 8, 2006

Comedy

Half and Half

Chicago

Closed: July 9, 2006

Drama

Spinning into Butter

Chicago

Closed: September 3, 2006

Drama

Hard Love

Chicago

Closed: August 20, 2006

Play

Come Back, Little Sheba

Chicago

Closed: October 21, 2006

Drama

The Best Man

Chicago

Closed: November 5, 2006

Play

Panther Burn

Chicago

Closed: December 3, 2006

Play

Boy Gets Girl

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2006

Play

The Real Thing

Chicago

Closed: January 7, 2007

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

Chicago

Closed: December 23, 2006

Drama

The Price

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2007

Play

The Bed

Chicago

Closed: February 25, 2007

Clothing Optional

Chicago

Closed: January 28, 2007

Comedy

Pitching Penguins

Chicago

Closed: March 16, 2007

Beautiful Wonderful Glorious Snow

Chicago

Closed: February 11, 2007

Play

Mrs. Warren’s Profession

Chicago

Closed: April 22, 2007

Comedy

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Chicago

Closed: April 29, 2007

Play

An Immigrant Class

Chicago

Closed: April 15, 2007

Medieval Cripples

Chicago

Closed: March 25, 2007

Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat

Chicago

Closed: April 15, 2007

Pulp

Chicago

Closed: May 20, 2007

Drama

Trouble the Water

Chicago

Closed: June 10, 2007

Play

My Children, My Africa

Chicago

Closed: June 11, 2007

Play

Hyde in Hollywood

Chicago

Closed: July 7, 2007

The Nussbaum Perspective

Chicago

Closed: May 13, 2007

My Buddy Bill

Chicago

Closed: May 16, 2007

Family/Kids

High School Musical

Chicago

Closed: August 9, 2007

2 by Pearl: Hospice & Late Bus to Mecca

London

Closed: September 2, 2007

Play

Chain

London

Closed: August 25, 2007

Play

Suddenly, Last Summer

Chicago

Closed: October 27, 2007

Drama

Fiction

London

Closed: November 4, 2007

Play

The Defiant Muse

Chicago

Closed: October 28, 2007

Play

MiLK

Chicago

Closed: November 12, 2007

Play

A Park in Our House

Chicago

Closed: December 9, 2007

Play

Bourbon at the Border

Chicago

Closed: December 16, 2007

Comedy

The Philadelphia Story

London

Closed: January 6, 2008

Body & Soul

Chicago

Closed: November 18, 2007

Family/Kids

The Snow Queen

Chicago

Closed: January 6, 2008

Dickens in America

Chicago

Closed: December 18, 2007

Drama

Marrying Terry

Chicago

Closed: January 26, 2008

Drama

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Chicago

Closed: March 8, 2008

Play

Beneath A Dark Sky

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2008

Chicken and Striptease @ Crip Slam Sundays

Chicago

Closed: January 27, 2008

Play

Botanic Garden

Chicago

Closed: March 9, 2008

Play

A Big Blue Nail

Chicago

Closed: March 2, 2008

Concert/Event

Greenhouse Open House

Chicago

Closed: February 13, 2008

The inSecurity Blanket: National Security vs. Individual Freedom

Chicago

Closed: March 30, 2008

Play

Pinter and Perception

Chicago

Closed: March 17, 2008

Play

Bronte

London

Closed: May 4, 2008

Play

Four Places

Chicago

Closed: May 11, 2008

Play

She Calls Up the Sun

Chicago

Closed: June 1, 2008

Gimp

Chicago

Closed: May 15, 2008

Comedy

On the Verge or the Geography of Yearning

Chicago

Closed: June 1, 2008

Play

A Taste of Honey

Chicago

Closed: July 5, 2008

Comedy

‘Til The Fat Lady Sings

Chicago

Closed: June 29, 2008

Play

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Chicago

Closed: July 20, 2008

Musical

Woody Guthrie’s American Song

Chicago

Closed: July 20, 2008

Play

Relatively Close

Chicago

Closed: July 13, 2008

Play

Torch Song Trilogy

Chicago

Closed: September 7, 2008

Drama

On An Average Day

Chicago

Closed: September 6, 2008

Play

The Glass Menagerie

Chicago

Closed: November 2, 2008

Play

The Voysey Inheritance

Chicago

Closed: November 2, 2008

Comedy

Chekhov’s Life In the Country

Chicago

Closed: December 21, 2008

Musical

Tomorrow Morning

Chicago

Closed: December 7, 2008

Comedy

The Marriage of Figaro

Chicago

Closed: January 4, 2009

Play

The Autumn Garden

Chicago

Closed: December 21, 2008

Drama

Iphegenia 2.0

Chicago

Closed: February 22, 2009

American Ethnic

Chicago

Closed: March 29, 2009

Play

Blue Surge

Chicago

Closed: May 3, 2009

Play

Old Times

Chicago

Closed: May 31, 2009

Play

A Song for Coretta

Chicago

Closed: July 26, 2009

Play

Six Degrees of Separation

Chicago

Closed: August 30, 2009

Play

Democracy

Chicago

Closed: December 20, 2009

The Acting Tank

Chicago

Closed: May 20, 2011

The Ernie Play

Chicago

Closed: May 15, 2011

The Chicago Landmark Project

Chicago

Closed: July 10, 2011

Play

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek

Chicago

Closed: September 4, 2011

Comedy

Family Devotions

Chicago

Closed: September 4, 2011

Comedy

Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes

Chicago

Closed: September 25, 2011

Play

Frat

Chicago

Closed: October 22, 2011

Play

Mourning Becomes Electra

Chicago

Closed: October 30, 2011

Musical

Facing East: A New Musical, In Concert

Chicago

Closed: October 3, 2011

Play

A Bright New Boise

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2011

Comedy

All Childish Things

Chicago

Closed: December 17, 2011

Play

A Klingon Christmas Carol

Chicago

Closed: December 31, 2011

Family/Kids

Tinsel: The Musical!

Chicago

Closed: December 20, 2011

Concert/Event

Clutter: The True Story of the Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out

Chicago

Closed: March 11, 2012

Drama

In the Heart of America

Chicago

Closed: April 1, 2012

Play

The House of Yes

Chicago

Closed: April 28, 2012

Comedy

Chesapeake

Chicago

Closed: May 6, 2012

Comedy

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Chicago

Closed: July 15, 2012

Comedy

My First Time

Chicago

Closed: July 28, 2012

Play

The Vortex

Chicago

Closed: August 26, 2012

Drama

Adrift

Chicago

Closed: August 26, 2012

Comedy

EL Stories

Chicago

Closed: August 25, 2012

Comedy

Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry!

Chicago

Closed: October 6, 2012

Comedy

Seascape

Chicago

Closed: October 14, 2012

Comedy

The Mistakes Madeline Made

Chicago

Closed: November 3, 2012

Drama

American Storm

Chicago

Closed: December 16, 2012

Comedy

You Never Can Tell

Chicago

Closed: January 6, 2013

Play

The Chimes

Chicago

Closed: December 31, 2012

Drama

Leaves, Trees, Forest

Chicago

Closed: March 3, 2013

Drama

Beautiful Broken

Chicago

Closed: April 21, 2013

Comedy

Creditors

Chicago

Closed: June 2, 2013

Drama

Tea With Edie and Fitz

Chicago

Closed: June 9, 2013

Musical

Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

Chicago

Closed: July 28, 2013

Hank Williams: Lost Highway

Chicago

Closed: October 6, 2013

Play

Northanger Abbey

Chicago

Closed: November 10, 2013

Family/Kids

It’s A Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!

Chicago

Closed: December 29, 2013

Play

An Inspector Calls

Chicago

Closed: January 12, 2014

Comedy

Mr. Shaw Goes to Hollywood

Chicago

Closed: February 16, 2014

Play

Quark

Chicago

Closed: March 2, 2014

Play

Our Class

Chicago

Closed: May 25, 2014

Reading

Ripped: The Living Newspaper Festival

Chicago

Closed: May 5, 2014

Reading

Dead Man’s Hand: The Roaring Girl

Chicago

Closed: May 13, 2014

Drama

Macbeth

Chicago

Closed: July 6, 2014

Drama

The Diviners

Chicago

Closed: July 4, 2014

Drama

Grounded

Chicago

Closed: July 13, 2014

Play

Breaking The Shakespeare Code

Chicago

Closed: June 15, 2014

Comedy

My First Time

Chicago

Closed: September 19, 2014

Play

Hank Williams: Lost Highway

Chicago

Closed: August 31, 2014

Solo Performance

Churchill

Chicago

Closed: September 14, 2014

Comedy

Hank Williams: Lost Highway

Chicago

Closed: September 28, 2014

Family/Kids

It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!

Chicago

Closed: December 28, 2014

Play

It’s A Wonderful Life

Chicago

Closed: December 28, 2014

Play

A Kid Like Jake

Chicago

Closed: March 15, 2015

Comedy

Yankee Tavern

Chicago

Closed: March 22, 2015

Comedy

Yankee Tavern

Chicago

Closed: March 22, 2015

Drama

Side Man

Chicago

Closed: May 24, 2015

Musical

Side Man

Chicago

Closed: May 24, 2015

Festival

Ripped: The Living Newspaper Festival

Chicago

Closed: May 12, 2015

Drama

Other Than Honorable

Chicago

Closed: June 27, 2015

Play

The Rainmaker

Chicago

Closed: September 27, 2015

The Family Dynamic

Chicago

Closed: November 14, 2015

Family/Kids

It’s A Wonderful Life

Chicago

Closed: December 27, 2015

Comedy

Barney the Elf

Chicago

Closed: December 20, 2015

Drama

Looking Over The President’s Shoulder

Chicago

Closed: March 6, 2016

Solo Performance

The Way She Spoke: A Docu-mythologia

Chicago

Closed: July 10, 2016

Solo Performance

MotherStruck!

Chicago

Closed: July 17, 2016

Solo Performance

Squeeze My Cans

Chicago

Closed: July 24, 2016

Comedy

Barney The Elf

Chicago

Closed: January 1, 2017

Comedy

Threesome

Chicago

Closed: May 21, 2017

Comedy

Italian Bred

Chicago

Closed: May 28, 2017

Play

Roast

Chicago

Closed: August 19, 2019

Drama

Sons and Lovers

Chicago

Closed: September 29, 2019

Play

Rhonda Badonda: The Adventures of a Girl With a Pain in Her Brain

Chicago

Closed: October 6, 2019

Drama

Sunday Evening

Chicago

Closed: February 9, 2020

Solo Performance

Teddy Roosevelt: The Man in the Arena

Chicago

Closed: April 19, 2020

Comedy

When Harry Met Rehab

Chicago

Closed: January 30, 2022

Family/Kids

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical

Chicago

Closed: December 19, 2021

Play

Bible Bingo: An Act of Charity in Two Acts

Chicago

Closed: March 12, 2022

Play

Late Nite Catechism

Chicago

Closed: April 16, 2022

Musical

How the Hell Did I Get Here?

Chicago

Closed: April 3, 2022

Comedy

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

Chicago

Closed: July 2, 2022

Family/Kids

Peabody, A Musical Comedy for Intrepid Young Scientists

Chicago

Closed: May 22, 2022

Family/Kids

Peabody – A Musical Comedy for Intrepid Young Scientists

Chicago

Closed: November 20, 2022

Performance Art

The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque

Chicago

Closed: December 31, 2022

Comedy

Dory Fantasmagory

Chicago

Closed: May 28, 2023

Chicago Stories 2000

Chicago

Closed: May 5, 2000