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A Regional Tony Award recipient, Chicago Shakespeare Theater produces a bold and innovative year-round season—plays, musicals, world premieres, family productions, and theatrical presentations from around the globe—alongside education programming for students, teachers, and lifelong learners, and engagement with communities across the city.

Founded in 1986, the Theater has evolved to present as many as 20 productions and 650 performances annually and has been honored with numerous awards. Chicago Shakespeare is the city’s leading presenter of international work and has toured its productions to five continents.

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The Merry Wives of Windsor at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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The Merry Wives of Windsor at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The secret lives of Windsor wives reveal more than just dirty laundry in an endlessly entertaining new take on Shakespeare’s most raucous comedy.

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Demystifying Shakespeare A Course Led By Artistic Director Edward Hall

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Demystifying Shakespeare A Course Led By Artistic Director Edward Hall

Join Edward Hall at Chicago Shakespeare for an inspiring course exploring Shakespeare’s poetry, world, and times, in partnership with the Newberry Library.

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Mrs. Krishnan’s Party at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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Mrs. Krishnan’s Party at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Direct from New Zealand! Step into Mrs. Krishnan’s corner shop where food simmers and laughter abound for a joyfully immersive party like no other.

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Fault at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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Fault at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

All’s fair in love and marital warfare as Lucy and Jerry Green go head-to-head after 30 years of marriage in a late-night tangle of lies, ambition, and betrayal.

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Brokeback Mountain at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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Brokeback Mountain at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Heartbreaking love story based on the novella that inspired the Oscar-winning film comes to the stage with soulful new music in North American premiere.

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