Theater

Two people high five on a theater stage with dramatic lighting. A staircase and kitchen set are visible in the background.

Court Theatre’s ‘Out Here’ rebuilds the queer musical from the ground up

Incubated at UChicago, the original work reimagines divorce, coming out at 50 and the conventions of musical theater

Apr 28, 2026

Ariana Burks and Aeriel Williams sit on the Court stage in costume will looking intently at each other.

UChicago’s Court Theatre breathes new life into ‘Antigone’

Final chapter in the Oedipus Trilogy takes on love, justice and standing up to power

Feb 27, 2024

Eve L Ewing sits next to Sasha-Ann Simons on stage at an event. Eve is holding a microphone while talking.

1919 brings story of Chicago race riots to the stage

UChicago’s Eve L. Ewing discusses Steppenwolf Theatre adaptation of her collection of poems

Oct 24, 2022

Kung fu master Oscar Lam with students

Scientific process inspires UChicago art/science lab, whose latest play entangles quantum concepts and kung fu

Dec 12, 2019

Augie March rehearsal

Staging the unstageable: Alum gives Saul Bellow novel its theatrical debut

May 14, 2019

Scene from Familiar

Anthropologist Kathryn Takabvirwa serves as cultural consultant for Steppenwolf play

Jan 11, 2019

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Puppets and projectors give new life to Frankenstein at Court Theatre

Oct 31, 2018

Martyna Majok, AB’07

Playwright Martyna Majok, AB’07, wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Apr 17, 2018

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UChicago interns find connection between artistic life and community work

Oct 3, 2014

Alumna finds playwriting success at Steppenwolf

Aug 14, 2014