A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley Kowalski
MadKap Productions at the Skokie Theatre
3/27/26 – 4/26/26
Tennessee Williams’ most emotionally charged drama that explores desire, delusion, and the harsh realities of human nature. When Blanche DuBois, a troubled woman with a dark past, moves in with her sister Stella and her volatile husband Stanley, tensions rise, leading to a tragic clash of wills. With its iconic characters and intense psychological drama, A Streetcar Named Desire is not only one of Williams’ greatest plays, but is a classic of the American theatre.
Strange Cargo nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Ensemble
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter at City Lit Theatre was honored with a nomination for the 2025 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Ensemble in a non-equity production. The production also received several other nominations including Best Scenic Design (Ruby Lowe), Best Sound Design (Joe Griffin), Best Projection Design (DJ Douglass), and Best Artistic Specialization (Jeremiah Barr). The Jeff Awards will be announced on March 23, 2026 during the 52nd Jeff Awards Ceremony.
Strange Cargo:
The Doom of the Demeter
Petrofsky / Dark Figure
City Lit Theatre
10/10/25 – 11/23/25
Based on Chapter Seven of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, this gothic horror high seas adventure tells the shocking events aboard the cargo ship transporting Count Dracula’s belongings from Transylvania to England. Suspicion, paranoia, and madness infect the crew as the harried sailors disappear one by one. Full of creeping mystery, vibrant language, rich characters, sinister vanishings, violent sea storms, swashbuckling action, monstrous puppetry, and, of course, a boatload of terrors, this is the Dracula tale you’ve never seen.
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Palamon
Forest Theatre Company
8/10/25 – 8/17/25
The Two Noble Kinsmen tells the story of a strange and queer love triangle. Arcite and Palamon are passionately devoted cousins who become rivals for the love of Emilia, even though she does not know they exist, and only loves her long-dead girlfriend, Flavina. The Two Noble Kinsmen, an unsettling and modern romance of thwarted desire, is Shakespeare's last known work.
Party Gone Wrong
Stovelight Play Series
7/28/25
Keeping the light on for overlooked voices and unheard stories. A new play series consisting of 3 short plays from Chicago-based playwrights.