Promotional photo for First Floor Theater’s remount of “Peerless”
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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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