Drama, comedy, musicals — the stages of the Western suburbs have it all.
Check out what local theaters have planned for the 2015-16 season.
ALBRIGHT THEATRE
100 N. Island Ave., third floor of the Batavia Government building, Batavia. 630-406-8838, www.albrighttheatre.com. Tickets: $9-$15.
Sept. 11-26: “The Miracle Worker”
Oct. 30-Nov. 14: “The Butler Did It”
Feb. 26-March 12: “Other Desert Cities”
April 22-May 7: “Over the Tavern”
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June 10-25: “In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play)”
BRIGHTSIDE THEATRE
Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Street Naperville. 630-637-7469, www.brightsidetheatre.com. Tickets: $22-$25.
Oct. 30-Nov. 15: “Noises Off”
Feb. 20-28, 2016: BrightSide Theatre Youth Project: “Legally Blonde, Jr. The Musical”
Feb. 19-March 6: “Not Now, Darling”
June 3-19: “Monty Python’s Spamalot”
CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF ELGIN & FOX VALLEY THEATRE COMPANY
The Blizzard Theatre at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Building H, Elgin. Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. 847-214-7550. www.cteelgin.com. Tickets: $10-$12.
Sept. 11-20: “Mary Poppins”
Oct. 21-25: “The Adventures of Aladdin”
April 7-12: “The Jungle Book”
ELGIN THEATRE COMPANY
Kimball Street Theater in the Rider Center of Elgin Academy, Kimball Street and Dundee Avenue, Elgin. 847-741-0532. www.elgin-theatre.org. Tickets: $15-$18.
Sept. 11-27: “Wait Until Dark”
Nov. 20-22: “A Christmas Carol”
Jan. 8-24: “M*A*S*H”
June 17-26: “The Cemetery Club”
FOX VALLEY REPERTORY
4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. 630-584-6342, www.foxvalleyrep.org. Tickets: $32-$42.
Aug. 27-Oct. 25: “Maybe, Baby, It’s You”
Nov. 5-Dec. 27: “A Christmas Survival Guide — A Ho, Ho, Holiday Musical Revue”
FOX COUNTRY PLAYERS
Waubonsee Community College, Route 47 and Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove. 630-234-5459. www.foxcountryplayers.org. Tickets: $15-$20.
Oct. 16-18: “Oliver!”
January: “A Night of Broadway”
April 15-17: “Next to Normal”
FOX VALLEY REPERTORY
4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. 630-584-6342. www.foxvalleyrep.org. Tickets: $32.
Live Music Series
Oct. 22: The Legacy Gals
Oct. 31: ABBA Salute
Dec. 9: A Carpenter’s Christmas
2016 season has not been set as of press time.
GROVE PLAYERS AT LINCOLN CENTER
935 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. 630-415-3682, www.groveplayers.com. Tickets: $13-$20
Nov. 6-15: “Night Watch”
Feb. 12-21: “Rabbit Hole”
May 6-15: “Romantic Comedy”
JANUS THEATER COMPANY
Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St., 8th Floor, Elgin. 847-363-3573. www.janustheater.com. Tickets: $16
Nov. 6-22: “King of Shadows”
Feb. 12-28: “An Iliad”
April 22-May 8: “Hamlet” and “Wittenberg” (alternating dates)
Festival performances (ticket price varies)
Sept. 17-20: “I Dream Before I Take the Stand” (Elgin Fringe Festival)
Oct. 9-11: “Tales From Poe: Into Darkness”
Nov. 14: “The Contract” (Side Street Studio Art Showcase)
MAGICAL STARLIGHT THEATRE
Naperville Central High School, 440 W. Aurora Ave., Naperville. 630-848-5000. www.magicalstarlighttheatre.org. Tickets: $10-$12.
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Jan. 15-24, 2016: “Mary Poppins”
ORGANIC THEATER COMPANY
Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville. 630-637-7469. www.organictheater.info. Tickets: $20-$30.
Dec. 10-13: “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”
THE RIVERFRONT PLAYHOUSE
11-13 South Water Street Mall, Aurora. 630-897-9496, www.riverfrontplayhouse.com. Tickets: $15-$17.
Sept. 11-Oct. 17 (No performances Sept. 18-19): “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean”
Dec 11-19: “A Christmas Carol”
The rest of the season has not been set as of press time.
STEEL BEAM THEATRE
111 W. Main St., St. Charles. 630-587-8521. www.steelbeamtheatre.com. $22-$28.
Main Stage
Sept 11-Oct 4: “Good People”
Nov 20-Dec. 27: “Forever Plaid – Plaid Tidings”
Jan. 15-Feb. 7: “Yankee Tavern”
Feb. 26-March 20: “The Clean House”
April 1-24: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
May 13-June 5: “When Not That Good Will Do (world premiere).
Children’s Theatre ($10-$15)
Oct. 10-18: “Pippi Longstocking”
Remainder of season to be announced.
THEATRE-ON-THE-HILL
Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center, 375 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. 630-908-2538. www.tothbolingbrook.com. Tickets: $15.
Nov. 6-22: “Six Degrees of Separation”
VERO VOCE THEATRE
951 State Ave., Suite F, St. Charles. 630-584-0139. www.verovoce.com. Tickets: $12-$20.
Main Stage
Oct. 2-18: “Shakespeare in Hollywood”
Nov. 13-15: New Playwright Festival
Dec. 4-20: “The Christmas Schooner”
Jan. 15-16: Page to Stage 2 (works of the St. Charles writers group).
March 11-20: “Musicals of Musicals”
Spring: Murder Mystery dinner
May 27-June 12: “Next to Normal”
Children’s Theatre ($10-$18)
Sept. 19-Oct. 27: “Law & Order: Nursery Rhyme Unit.”
Oct. 23-Nov. 1: “Captain Louie, Jr.”
Feb. 26-March 6: “Annie, Jr.”
April 16-24: “The Outsiders”
May 14-22: “Disney’s Mulan, Jr.”
VILLAGE THEATRE GUILD
3S020 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. 630-469-8230, www.villagetheatreguild.org. Tickets: $18-$20.
Oct. 16-Nov. 8: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”
Jan. 15-Feb. 6: “Doubt: A Parable”
March 18-April 9: “The Last Romance”
May 20-June 11: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
WHEATON DRAMA
111 N. Hale St., Wheaton. 630-260-1820, www.wheatondrama.org. Tickets: $15-$23
Sept. 18-Oct. 11: “Play It Again, Sam”
Nov. 20-Dec. 13: “Hairspray”
Dec. 17- 20: “Miracle on 34th Street”
Jan. 29-Feb. 24: “Rabbit Hole”
March 18-April 3: “Quartet”
May 20-June 12: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
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WILLIAMS STREET REPERTORY
Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. 815-356-9212. www.wsrep.org. Tickets: $32.50-$38.50, $8 student age 18 and under.
Oct. 9-Nov. 1: “Gypsy”
Nov. 28-Jan. 3: “Plaid Tidings”
Jan. 22-Feb. 14: “Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical”
April 22-May 15: “Death of a Salesman”
WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE (TownSquare Players and Woodstock Musical Theatrer Company)
121 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock. 815-338-5300, www.woodstockoperahouse.com. Tickets, $21-$24.
Oct. 2-18: “Young Frankenstein” by Woodstock Musical Theater Company
Nov. 6-22: “White Christmas” by Towne Square Players
Nov. 27-Dec. 6: “A Christmas Carol” by Woodstock Musical Theater Company
March 4-20: “Mary Poppins” by Towne Square Players
April 8-24: “Into the Woods” by Woodstock Musical Theater Company
June 17-26: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Towne Square Players
Annie Alleman, Kathy Cichon and Randall G. Mielke are freelance writers.