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Jackalope Theatre

Three people in white lab coats examine a small animal cage. One person reaches inside the cage, while another holds a clipboard. The background is covered in layers of newspaper pages.

by Rob Silverman Ascher | August 27, 2026

Jackalope’s Living Newspaper Festival Brings Today’s Headlines to the Stage Jackalope's seventeenth edition of the festival turned five recent news stories into short plays, accompanied by filmed commentary from two news anchors.

A person with platinum blond hair, wearing a striped shirt, holds a paintbrush and a palette of colors, standing in front of a wall covered in graffiti art.

by Noel Schecter | June 5, 2026

In “Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play,” Life Imitates Art (Imitating Life) Jackalope Theatre presents Terry Guest’s twisted tale of artistic ambition and vengeance set during the Pop Art era.

by Tristan Bruns | June 2, 2025

There Goes the Neighborhood: A Review of “Neighborhood Watch” at Jackalope Theatre

by Tristan Bruns | March 12, 2025

Just Another American Boy: A Review of Jackalope Theatre’s “Dummy in Diaspora”

by Hugh Iglarsh | June 3, 2024

Singularly Intelligent: A Review of “The Singularity Play” by Jackalope Theatre Company

A man stares into a mirror seated at a bar holding a beer.

by Hugh Iglarsh | February 26, 2024

The Fix Is In: A Review of “The Smuggler” at Jackalope Theatre

by Brian Hieggelke | May 26, 2023

Stage Top 5: June 2023

by Ted C. Fishman | November 18, 2022

Shifting Morality: A Review of Among the Dead at Jackalope Theatre

by Newcity | January 7, 2022

Players 50 2022: The Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts

by Kevin Greene | February 25, 2020

Theater Top 5: March 2020

by Kevin Greene | February 19, 2020

Onward and Upward, Always: A Changing of the Guard at Jackalope Theatre

by Kevin Greene | January 8, 2020

Winter Theater Preview: 2020 Edition

by Kevin Greene | January 2, 2020

Players 2020: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

by Kevin Greene | January 1, 2020

Player of the Moment: Wardell Julius Clark

by Kevin Greene | November 7, 2019

Words and Bonds: A Review of P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle at Jackalope Theatre

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