Events

Chicago drag superstar, Ari Gato, is BACK with a BANG this summer for a night of fun, music, and MURDER!Join Ari as her "solo" cabaret falls apart once again as she's forced to share the spotlight, but this time... there are CONSEQUENCES!A night of amazing singing, stories, and laughter to close out your Pride Season […]

A poetry concert in celebration of Shivani Gupta's debut chapbook: my mother is a mixed metaphor feat. Ikaros Ensemble and 4 featured poets.Come celebrate and immerse in a poetry showcase with a concert style book launch for Chicago poet, Shivani Gupta’s debut collection, my mother is a mixed metaphor, published by Rockwood Press. Personalized signed […]

Come join us for an evening full of dancing, hot ppl, and coquito as we fundraise for Abuela’s Follies — new work written by Kidany Camilo✨Abuela cordially invites you to her party. Let’s just say… she didn’t spend all these years being alive just to not know how to throw down . Come down to […]

Calling all TGNC theatre artists in the Chicagoland area! Come hang out with us~Calling all TGNC theatre makers/performer qts in the chicagoland area - you looking to make some new friends?The Understudy will be open after hours - we'll be hanging out from 7PM - 9:30PM. Catherine Miller will be hosting, Jett Parr will be […]

A staged reading of the new work before it's Edinburgh Fringe Festival run later this summer!There Was A TimeDot is depressed. What happens, though, when the weight of memory is too heavy a burden for one mind? An examination of mental health, love, loss, and the fight to keep going. Mentions of depression, mental health, […]

A musical cabaret inspired by A Streetcar Named Desire produced by your friends at Kokandy Productions!Join The Understudy and Kokandy Productions for the latest installment of our BOOK CLUB series!Summer is here—the air thick with music, perfume and sweltering heat. It's Tennessee Williams weather! Book Club is back, storming into town like a long lost […]

An open stage for clowns, goofs, and funny people who'd like to test out first drafts. Hosted by the iconic clown duo, Band PracticeLeftovers Night is a strange and delicious feast of alternative comedy acts that are in the making, need experimenting, or somehow didn't quite make it to the main event just yet. Berlin […]

When ex-dancer Rina shows up at Hank’s gym wanting to learn how to box, she embarks on a journey that will forever transform her.When ex-dancer Rina shows up at Hank’s gym wanting to learn how to box, she embarks on a journey that will forever transform who she is and who she will become.But when […]

If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan LevenePreeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics! If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva!   WHAT’S THE PLAN? • 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early, wonder […]

Band Practice combines a real live dating show with a real live clown detective show to find out the true nature of this so-called "love".Drat! LOVE has been ripping up the streets leaving people wounded, broken, confused, and perhaps with a bad haircut and useless evidence of its nefarious behavior. You are invited to join […]

A play reading of In the Next Room (or, The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl produced by Exit, Pursued by a Play Reading. In the Next Room or the vibrator play is a comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity.Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre […]

Come join us for a night full of theatre trivia and fabulous prizes! Hosted by Patrick Zakem and Ben KayeAaaaand we are back with another round of trivia at 7:30 on October 13th with new categories, spoopy drinks and fabulous prizes! Hosted by our friend Patrick Zakem, each round will test your knowledge of. A […]