Promotional photo for First Floor Theater’s remount of “Peerless”
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Ignition Festival
(Victory Gardens Theater)
Selected plays by Antoinette Nwandu, Tori Sampson, Ken Weitzman, Julia Doolittle, Hansol Jung and Kristiana Rae Colón will be presented in a festival of readings and directed by leading artists from Chicago
Runs August 4-6
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Peerless
(First Floor Theater)
The remount of this blisteringly funny riff on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” will be a part of this year’s Theater on the Lake season
Opens August 9
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The Fly Honey Show
(The Inconvenience)
This annual performance reimagines the classic cabaret to create an intimate and explosive celebration of body and sex positivity
Opens August 10
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Machinal
(Greenhouse Theater Center)
The company’s second season kicks off with this American classic inspired by the sensational, true story of murderess Ruth Snyder
Opens August 14
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Peacebook
(Collaboraction)
A free, collaborative city-wide festival of theater, dance, music, visual art and spoken word, all focused on cultivating peace in Chicago
August 26 with additional performances throughout the fall
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