Our Events

We’ve designed The Understudy from the ground up to support a variety of events. Join us after close for play readings, drag performances, concerts, meetups, and more! The calendar is always updating, so check back often.

We’re always on the lookout for new ways to share our space and bring creative people together. If you have an idea for a new one-off event or series at The Understudy, please fill out the form below. Please note that we give priority to theatre related events, and, though we really want to, we can’t accommodate every request. Let’s chat!

recurring series

Ball & Battle: A Drag Show and Latte Art Throwdown

March 30 @ 7:00 pm10:30 pm

Join The Understudy for an evening of fierce looks, fierce competition, and fabulous prizes. PLEASE NOTE: This event is 21+. No underage attendees or contestants will be permitted.   It’s […]

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Ball & Battle: A Drag Show and Latte Art Throwdown
March 30 @ 7:00 pm10:30 pm

Stories Beyond Bars: An Art Fundraiser & Panel for Prisoner’s Rights

April 10 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

Join us for an unforgettable evening of advocacy and inspiration at the Stories Beyond Bars Fundraiser, hosted by Uptown People’s Law Center (UPLC). Set against the vibrant backdrop of The […]

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Stories Beyond Bars: An Art Fundraiser & Panel for Prisoner’s Rights
April 10 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

ECHO’S INFERNO by Juliet Kang Huneke

April 15 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

It’s 1884, and Echo really doesn’t get along with her brothers. Or anyone. Then, the devil offers her a chance to skip forward and start over. Will she take it? […]

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ECHO’S INFERNO by Juliet Kang Huneke
April 15 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

A Conversation with Jen Silverman: THERE’S GOING TO BE TROUBLE

April 16 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

Author Jen Silverman joins Kirsten Fitzgerald for a a discussion of their new novel THERE’S GOING TO BE TROUBLE, out 4/9 from Random House. Playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Jen Silverman […]

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A Conversation with Jen Silverman: THERE’S GOING TO BE TROUBLE
April 16 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

Play Reading Club: RED REX

April 29 @ 7:00 pm8:30 pm

After a holiday hiatus, Play Reading Club is BACK! No need to RSVP, just show up ready to discuss the play! Our book club begins at 7 PM on the […]

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Play Reading Club: RED REX
April 29 @ 7:00 pm8:30 pm
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Join The Understudy for an evening of fierce looks, fierce competition, and fabulous prizes.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is 21+. No underage attendees or contestants will be permitted.

 

It's our birthday, and we're celebrating in style.

In honor of our first anniversary, we're bringing together the coffee and performance communities again for a hybrid drag show and latte ard throwdown. First, join us in the bookstore for a set of fabulous performances from some of our favorite drag things. Then, head over to the cafe for a fierce competition, with cash prizes and incredible swag on the line. Enjoy pastries from our friends at Brite alongside other local favorites. We can't wait to see y'all here! PERFORMERS, SPONSORS, AND PRIZE PACKAGES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
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Join us for an unforgettable evening of advocacy and inspiration at the Stories Beyond Bars Fundraiser, hosted by Uptown People’s Law Center (UPLC). Set against the vibrant backdrop of The Understudy Coffee and Books, this event will feature creative offerings from storytellers impacted by the prison system, sharing their journeys and highlighting the vital role of legal aid in their lives. Immerse yourself in an art exhibition showcasing the creativity and resilience of our artistic contributors, while our panel discussion sheds light on the critical work of UPLC's legal team. Contributors to this event include passionate individuals dedicated to human rights and criminal justice reform, including UPLC's esteemed Executive Director, Alan Mills, and several other UPLC team members, who will lead discussions and answer your questions. Attendees will have the opportunity to donate on the spot via Square and QR code, directly supporting their mission to provide critical legal aid to those in need. Join us as we strive to educate, advocate, and unite for positive change in our communities. Content warning: Pieces may contain explicit language and triggering themes that may be distressing for some audience members. Doors open at 7pm for a panel beginning at 7:30pm. The Understudy cafe will be open for refreshments. Masks Strongly Encouraged
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It's 1884, and Echo really doesn't get along with her brothers. Or anyone. Then, the devil offers her a chance to skip forward and start over. Will she take it? Will it matter? With biting humor and irreverent logic, ECHO'S INFERNO explores girlhood, rage, ambition, and connection. Cast and Creative Team TBA About Freshly Brewed Freshly Brewed seeks to invest in Chicago’s emerging playwrights and theatre artists in keeping with The Understudy’s commitment to Community, Collaboration, and Discovery. The series features monthly readings of new plays in various stages of development. Each artist conrtibuting– playwrights, directors, and actors– will receive a stipend underwritten by the series' anonymous donor. Freshly Brewed also marks the inaugural collaboration between The Understudy and its neighbor, Edgewater’s Raven Theatre, who is thrilled to support The Understudy as their fiscal sponsor for this series. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to Freshly Brewed.
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Author Jen Silverman joins Kirsten Fitzgerald for a a discussion of their new novel THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE, out 4/9 from Random House.

Playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Jen Silverman joins actor and director Kirsten Fitzgerald to discuss their new novel There's Going to Be Trouble.

Don't miss these remarkable artists discussing how a life in the theatre informs writing sweeping and intimate stories in other media. Learn about the development of There's Going to Be Trouble, and what draws Silverman to each format for which they write.  
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Plays include: Spain; Highway Patrol; Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; The Moors; The Roommate; and Witch. Their plays have been produced off-Broadway (Second Stage Theatre, MCC Theater, The Playwrights Realm), across the US (Steppenwolf, The Goodman, The Humana Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Huntington, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Writers Theatre etc), and internationally in Australia, the UK, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, and elsewhere. Books include: the debut novel We Play Ourselves (named one of the best books of the year by Buzzfeed; a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award), story collection The Island Dwellers (finalist for a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize), poetry chapbook Bath (selected by Traci Brimhall for Driftwood Press); and new novel There’s Going to be Trouble forthcoming from Random House on April 9th 2024. Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. They wrote The Miranda Obsession as a narrative podcast for Audible, starring Rachel Brosnahan. They also write for TV and film, including Tales of the City (Netflix) and Tokyo Vice (Max). Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim.
About the Book Minnow has always tried to lead the life her single father modeled—private, quiet, hardworking, apolitical. So she is rocked when an instinctive decision to help a student makes her the notorious public face of a scandal in the small town where she teaches. As tensions rise, death threats follow, and an overwhelmed Minnow flees to a teaching position in Paris. There, she falls into an exhilarating and all-consuming relationship with Charles, a young Frenchman whose activism has placed him at odds with his powerful family. As Minnow is pulled in to the daring protest Charles and his friends are planning, she unknowingly almost repeats a secret tragedy from her family’s past. Her father wasn’t always the restrained, conservative man he appears today. There are things he has taken great pains to conceal from his family and from the world. In 1968, Keen is avoiding the Vietnam draft by pursuing a PhD at Harvard. He lives his life in the basement chemistry lab, studiously ignoring the news. But when he unexpectedly falls in love with Olya, a fiery community organizer, he is consumed by her world and loses sight of his own. Learning that his deferment has ended and he’s been drafted, Keen agrees to participate in the latest action that Olya is leading—one with more dangerous and far-reaching consequences than he could have imagined. Minnow’s and Keen’s intertwining stories take us through the turmoil of the late sixties student movements and into the chaos of the modern world. Exploding with suspense, heart, and intelligence, There’s Going to Be Trouble is a story about revolution, legacy, passionate love, and how we live with the consequences of our darkest secrets.
Kirsten Fitzgerald is a Chicago-based Actor and the Artistic Director at A Red Orchid Theatre. She has originated roles in the world premieres of Traitor, Pilgrim's Progress, Weapon of Mass Impact, and 4 Murders by Brett Neveu and Grey House by Levi Holloway (at AROT), Swing State by Rebecca Gilman and I hate It Here by Ike Holter (Goodman Theatre), Lettie by Boo Kilebrew and Appropriate by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (Victory Gardens Theatre) as well as Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlow and Bruce Norris' The Qualms (Steppenwolf Theatre) among others. Other recent Goodman Theatre credits include ROE and SWEAT. On television, Kirsten played Maria Walters in The Exorcist (FOX) and Mac in Sirens (USA), both for two seasons. In addition, she has made appearances on Shinning Girls (appleTV), The Big Leap (FOX), Proven Innocent (FOX), Chicago Med (NBC), Chicago Justice (NBC), Chicago Fire (NBC), Underemployed (FOX) and ER (NBC). Film credits include Widows (Steve McQueen), Killing Eleanor (Rich Newy & Annica Marks), and Working Man (Robert Jury).   As Artistic Director at A Red Orchid Kirsten has fostered world premiere productions by Brett Neveau (Traitor, Pilgrim's Progress, The Opponent, Megacosm), Levi Holloway (Grey House, The Haven Place), Ike Holter (Sender), Grant Varjas (33 To Nothing), and Craig Wright (Mistakes Were Made, The Illiad) alongside numerous regional premieres and reimagining's of rarely seen gems. In 2022, Kirsten directed A Red Orchid's critically acclaimed production of The Moors by Jen Silverman. This production was honored with 5 Joseph Jefferson awards including one for Best Director of a play at a mid-size theatre as well as one for Best Production at a mid-size theatre.
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After a holiday hiatus, Play Reading Club is BACK! No need to RSVP, just show up ready to discuss the play! Our book club begins at 7 PM on the last Monday of every month. This month, we’re reading Red Rex by Ike Holter.  
About the play:
The sixth play in Ike Holter’s Rightlynd saga. Red Rex is a scrappy theater company that is on the brink—will they have the hit that puts their name on the map, or the wake-up call that it’s time to throw in the towel? A prodigal son actor and amateur neighborhood talent join the stage to perform a play that may or may not be based on a true story. Internal drama threatens to complicate the production further, causing fireworks both on and offstage. What else could go wrong? Complex and thought-provoking, RED REX asks us: What are we willing to sacrifice to share stories that must be heard, and where do we draw the line?  
Red Rex

Red Rex

$13.00

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About the playwright:
Ike Holter is a Chicago writer and the author of plays including Exit Strategy , Hit the Wall and Put Your House in Order. He wrote The Rightlynd Saga , a series of 7 interconnected plays set in a fictional Chicago neighborhood that the Chicago Tribune called One of the most significant literary achievements in modern-day Chicago. For Television, he's received the WGA award for Best Adaptation for his work on the Emmy-award winning FX series Fosse/Verdon , and his miniseries Harold was recently picked up by Wayfarer studios. He is currently developing film and TV projects with Netflix and TriBeCa Productions, and has taught at University of Chicago, DePaul, and is a lecturer at Yale University. Winner of the 2017 Windham-Campbell prize for drama, one of the highest literary awards in the world, and the 2021 Steinberg Playwright award. Repped by WME and M88.
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BRAWL! by Connor Ermir Bradshaw

March 18 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

Masculinity, desire, and belonging form a heady mix at the center of the boxing ring in BRAWL! Will Lucky find a way out? Dug into the backyard of Diesel Philips’ […]

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BRAWL! by Connor Ermir Bradshaw
March 18 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith

March 16 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

The Lacy Project directed by Clara Zucker A Snails on a Bike Production Her mother’s photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night […]

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THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith
March 16 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith

March 15 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

The Lacy Project directed by Clara Zucker A Snails on a Bike Production Her mother’s photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night […]

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THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith
March 15 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith

March 14 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

The Lacy Project directed by Clara Zucker A Snails on a Bike Production Her mother’s photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night […]

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THE LACY PROJECT by Alena Smith
March 14 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

USITT Presents The Stage Rigging Handbook

March 4 @ 7:30 pm10:30 pm

Join us for this special event on March 4, at The Understudy in Chicago! USITT Executive Director Laura Lee Everett will sit down with co-author Shane Kelly and scenic designer […]

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USITT Presents The Stage Rigging Handbook
March 4 @ 7:30 pm10:30 pm

Legland: An Absurd “Staged” Reading

March 2 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

LegLand creates absurdist, bouffon-inspired devised theatre pieces that parody everything from Greek drama to reality TV to consumer culture We thought we had already found all the great lost works […]

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Legland: An Absurd “Staged” Reading
March 2 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm
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Masculinity, desire, and belonging form a heady mix at the center of the boxing ring in BRAWL! Will Lucky find a way out?
Dug into the backyard of Diesel Philips’ home is The Pit: the home and training ground for young boxers in the Mowbray Mountain valley. Here, limbs lock until a bell dings or a body drops. Here, loving looks a lot like fighting. And here, boys don’t leave; they escape.
Playwright: Connor Ermir Bradshaw Director: Danny Fender Movement/Intimacy Director: Magdalena Dalzell Dramaturg: Madie Doppelt Lead Producer: Emma Durbin About Freshly Brewed Freshly Brewed seeks to invest in Chicago’s emerging playwrights and theatre artists in keeping with The Understudy’s commitment to Community, Collaboration, and Discovery. The series features monthly readings of new plays in various stages of development. Each artist conrtibuting– playwrights, directors, and actors– will receive a stipend underwritten by the series' anonymous donor. Freshly Brewed also marks the inaugural collaboration between The Understudy and its neighbor, Edgewater’s Raven Theatre, who is thrilled to support The Understudy as their fiscal sponsor for this series. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to Freshly Brewed.
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The Lacy Project directed by Clara Zucker A Snails on a Bike Production

Her mother's photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night of her 22nd birthday, Lacy has to navigate between image and reality, sex and friendship, self-indulgence and responsibility. This wild tragicomedy presents a portrait of a young woman held captive by her own childhood and a vivid picture of a generation unable to grow up.

CAST

Tyra Grove Jane Hobson Nena Martins Kyra McConnell Talia Roland-Kalb Content Warning: drug abuse, violent and derogatory language, stylized depiction of masturbation. Recommended for audience members 18+.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

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The Lacy Project directed by Clara Zucker A Snails on a Bike Production

Her mother's photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night of her 22nd birthday, Lacy has to navigate between image and reality, sex and friendship, self-indulgence and responsibility. This wild tragicomedy presents a portrait of a young woman held captive by her own childhood and a vivid picture of a generation unable to grow up.

CAST

Tyra Grove Jane Hobson Nena Martins Kyra McConnell Talia Roland-Kalb Content Warning: drug abuse, violent and derogatory language, stylized depiction of masturbation. Recommended for audience members 18+.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

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CAST

Tyra Grove Jane Hobson Nena Martins Kyra McConnell Talia Roland-Kalb Content Warning: drug abuse, violent and derogatory language, stylized depiction of masturbation. Recommended for audience members 18+.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

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Join us for this special event on March 4, at The Understudy in Chicago! USITT Executive Director Laura Lee Everett will sit down with co-author Shane Kelly and scenic designer Regina García to discuss the latest edition of the Stage Rigging Handbook, working in the industry, and the impact Jay O. Glerum’s work has had on the world of theatrical stage rigging over the last several decades.   Doors open at 7pm. Discussion begins at 7:30pm. The Understudy cafe will bbe open for refreshments during the event. PREORDER THE BOOK ABOUT THE BOOK First published in 1987 and revised in 1997 and 2007, Stage Rigging Handbook remains the only book in any language that covers the design, operation, and maintenance of stage rigging equipment. Though often unnoticed, these systems are critical in both easing the workload of stage technicians and creating storytelling magic for the audience. This landmark text imparts the foundations for understanding and implementing rigging systems, such that upon completion of the book, the reader is ready to begin hands-on training and practice. Organized into four sections, the handbook combines research and practical experience to guide riggers through their work. It begins by explaining the construction and care of basic lifting media. Part two analyzes types of rigging systems; then the handbook details the forces that impact rigging, from Newtonian physics to calculating expansive modern systems. Finally, it presents day-to-day best safety practices, including brand new sections on risk assessment and fall protection. This reorganized and greatly expanded fourth edition of Jay O. Glerum’s industry standard text updates much of the information in the previous editions with the addition of chapters on truss (the framework that supports lighting, screens, and other accessories), motorized chain hoists, hardware, and job safety, including fall protection systems. Award-winning production manager Shane Kelly preserves Glerum’s voice while bringing fresh information to a new generation of riggers, supplementing the text with updated versions of earlier photographs and drawings as well as an additional one hundred illustrations. The handbook facilitates the development of a rigging practice rooted in safety, precision, and professionalism.
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LegLand creates absurdist, bouffon-inspired devised theatre pieces that parody everything from Greek drama to reality TV to consumer culture
We thought we had already found all the great lost works of the past. We thought wrong. LegLand is proud to present an absurd “staged” “reading” of all the newly discovered texts from their private archives, including some of the only great, classical texts to be set in a major American city. Discover a densely energetic guided descent into absurdity. Created and performed by LegLand (Connor Konz, Danny Gadaj, and Mo Less) "Stage Manager": Aida Delaz LegLand creates absurdist, bouffon-inspired devised theatre pieces that parody everything from Greek drama to reality TV to consumer culture. Their signature style melds drag, larger-than-life costumes, audience participation, burlesque, and various multimedia elements.
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