1 Hoodoo Love (Raven Theatre) Katori Hall’s spellbinding, music-filled tale about the danger of our desires returns to Chicago with Wardell Julius Clark directing and music direction by Ricky Harris. Opens November 5
2 P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle (Jackalope Theatre Company) Inspired by Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” this Midwest premiere is a blistering and entertaining look at cultural and racial appropriation in a fictionalized exchange of ideologies, vernacular, and alleged street cred. Opens November 5
3 Packing (About Face Theatre Company) Combining personal memoir, historical record, popular music, and ancestral frontier stories, this world premiere one-person play by Scott Bradley illuminates the deeply personal LGBTQ struggles that are too often erased from U.S. history. Opens November 7
4 Always… Patsy Cline (Firebrand Theatre Company) Christina Hall and Firebrand Theatre artistic director Harmony France alternate roles in a musical based on the real-life friendship between Louis Seger and country music legend Patsy Cline. Opens November 19
5 The First Deep Breath (Victory Gardens Theater) Originally developed as a part of the 2018 Ignition Festival, in this world premiere by Lee Edward Colston II sometimes the family that stays together drowns together. Opens November 22
