Playwright Amelia Roper (“Zürich”) makes her Chicago debut this month.
1 Zürich (Steep Theatre) Forty floors up, behind the windows of a posh Swiss hotel, a man sings, a maid cleans, children run wild, a banker makes things difficult, and one elderly woman’s fight against a corrupt world order changes everything. (Or nothing.) Opens October 4
2 Patience & Sarah: A Pioneering Love Story (Third Eye Theatre Ensemble) Based on the lives of nineteenth-century American painter Mary Ann Willson and her partner “Miss Brundage,” this stunning opera features an entirely female creative team with a female composer, librettist and novelist. Opens October 5
3 Warrior Class (The Comrades) When Assemblyman Julius Lee makes a bid for Congress, the ghosts of his college days come back to haunt him. Nothing reveals true colors like a sprint to the finish, when friends become enemies and allies can turn on a dime. Opens October 13
4 Hooded, Or Being Black For Dummies (First Floor Theater) Marquis and Tru are both fourteen-year-old black boys, but they exist in two totally different worlds. Their worlds overlap in a holding cell where they butt heads, debate, wrestle and ultimately prove that Nietzsche and 2Pac were basically saying the same thing. Opens October 24
5 Radio Culture (TUTA Theatre Chicago) Staged in an intimate installation, this production takes a subtly profound and unexpected journey around the globe to peer in to our interior worlds, and the irresistible, transformative power of listening. Opens October 25
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