Strange Cargo:
The Doom of the Demeter
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
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.