A Critical Moment: The UChicago Critics Table in Conversation

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Chicago critic and dramaturg Regina Victor is curating a conversation on the state of criticism across disciplines at The Understudy! Victor has invited Martine Kei Green Rogers, head of theatre at DePaul University, to facilitate a a roundtable conversation with the UChicago Critics Table, a multidisciplinary critical cohort focusing on the arts on the Southside of Chicago. Victor wants […]

The Thing in the Bathroom by Cal Walker

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

A Comedy Horror Play about Capitalism Click Here to RSVP

Event Series Cafe Royalty

Cafe Royalty – Drag @ The Understudy

The Understudy Coffee and Books 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States

Join hosts Lezbian Minelli and Oversharon, alongside guests Betty Theft, Georgia Rising, Kerosene, Stephanie, and Tiki Vonté. The Understudy is proud to launch our new drag series, CAFE ROYALTY, a rotating program of guest hosts and shows the last Friday of every month. Join us Friday, September 29th for our kickoff show, featuring cast members […]

Live Portrait Illustration with Joe Kraft

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

In honor of Andersonville Arts Weekend, Our mural artist, Joe Kraft is returning to sell art and merch, and also draw charming custom portraits live for guests! No need to RSVP, just come visit us on Saturday the 30th!

GASZCHEBET by Skyler Tarnas

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

Click Here to reserve tickets We're hosting our neighbors Bramble Theatre for their Fall Reading Series. Join us October 9th for Gazschebet by Skyler Tarnas. Gemma was on the way back from breaking up with her girlfriend when she crashed into Faith Callahan's car. Now she's stranded at the Callahans' modest Midwestern home in the […]

Kokandy Book Club Presents: THE CRUCIBLE

The Understudy Coffee and Books 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States

An intimate salon series celebrating theatre, music and community. Have a sit, have a sip and honor the ritual of talking about good plays. Join The Understudy and our friends from Kokandy Productions for the latest installment of our series Book Club. Kokandy Book Club is an intimate salon series celebrating theatre, music and community. […]

Shadow Carriers: Sit-down Andersonville Ghost Tour

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

Excited about our signature ghost tour (the Andersonville Walking Tour) but are unable or do not wish to walk the distance? Not a problem! This year, we're offering a sit-down version of our acclaimed walking tour. Through the use of slides, we will bring the Andersonville ghost stories directly to your seat! ----- Join veteran […]

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The Whole Seamus Thing by Ben Auxier and L.C. Bernadine

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

Click Here to reserve tickets We’re hosting our neighbors Bramble Theatre for their Fall Reading Series. Join us on October 16th for The Whole Seamus Thing by Ben Auxier and L.C Bernadine Mel, a once-dedicated staff member at a nonprofit organization increasingly, obsessively hates the man she hoped was her former boss. Now she's facing off against […]

A Taste of RED with A Red Orchid Theatre

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

CLICK HERE for Tickets Hang out with our friends from A Red Orchid Theatre on October 17th for the latest installment of their series A Taste of Red. A Red Orchid Theatre invites you to take a peek behind the curtain and see how their team goes about exploring a play. What gets their ensemble […]

Tambo & Bones POP-UP Performance @ The Understudy

The Understudy Coffee and Books 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States

Join us for a special POP UP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE of Refracted Theatre Company's currently running show, Tambo & Bones! Join us for a special POP UP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE of Refracted Theatre Company's currently running show, Tambo & Bones! Includes a LIVE RAP SHOW followed by a Q+A with the show's stars, William Anthony Sebastian Rose […]

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Homunculus by Andrew Piechota

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

CLICK HERE for Tickets Homunculus by Andrew Piechota Two debt-laden young workers, Ash and Sage, toil in the depths of a decrepit mansion-turned-crypto-mine deep in the woods near the Columbia River Basin, looking after a massive rig of computer servers. They receive food via airdrop, rest in sleeping bags, and are forbidden from contact with […]

body, no organs by Dizzy Turek

The Understudy 5531 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, Chicago, IL, United States

CLICK HERE for Tickets Hallelujah has died. As she descends from the earth, she finds herself after life, waist deep in floodwaters, no sun, seemingly no land, and no other souls in sight. All she has are the clothes on her back and a giant gash down the middle of her chest. Inside this gash, […]