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2022/23 Season

The Notebook

Measure for Measure

Wuthering Heights
National Theatre, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic & York Theatre Royal, United Kingdom

The Comedy of Errors

Reconnect
A.B.L.E.

Little Carl
Theatre Y

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A.B.L.E.

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks

Chicago Shakespeare Slam

 

 

2020/21 Season

Measure for Measure
Digital Program

Twelfth Night
Digital Program

I, Banquo
Digital Program

I, Cinna (the poet)
Digital Program

We Are Out There
Digital Program

Love's Labor's Lost
Digital Program

Romantics Anonymous
Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic & Plush Theatricals, United Kingdom
Digital Program

The Journey
Scott Silven, United Kingdom
Digital Program

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
Virtual Tour
Digital Program

Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure
Digital Program

Chicago Shakespeare Slam
Digital Program

TO BE 4/23
Digital Program

 

 

2019/20 Season
2018/19 Season

Nell Gwynn

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

An Inspector Calls
National Theatre of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Hamlet

SIX

BigMouth
SKaGen, Belgium

Fight Night
Ontroerend Goed, Belgium

Us/Them
BRONKS, Belgium

Circolombia, Colombia
Part of Destinos, the Chicago International
Latino Theater Festival

 

 

 

2015/16 Season

 

2013/14 Season

 

2012/13 Season

Sunday in the Park with George

The School for Lies

Julius Caesar

Henry VIII

Othello: The Remix
In Chicago, and CST on tour in England, Germany and Scotland

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland

Black Watch
National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland

Dickens' Women
From England

Minsk 2011, A Reply to Kathy Acker
Belarus Free Theatre, Belarus

Cadre
Omphile Molusi, South Africa

Roadkill
From the UK

Inner Voices
Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

CPS Shakespeare! Hamlet

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
The Taming of the Shrew

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Leave It to Ludwig
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2011/2012 Season

Follies

Elizabeth Rex

The Feast: an Intimate Tempest

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Timon of Athens

en route
one step at a time like this, Australia

Long Gone Lonesome
National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland

Being Shakespeare
featuring Simon Callow, England

 

2010/11 Season

Romeo and Juliet

As You Like It

The Madness of George III

Funk It Up About Nothin'
CST on tour in Australia 

Being Harold Pinter
Belarus Free Theatre, Belarus 

The Cripple of Inishmaan
Druid theatre company, Ireland 

Give Me Your Hand
Druid theatre company, Ireland 

Black Watch
National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland

Short Shakespeare! Macbeth

CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Carnival of the Animals | The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2009/10 Season

Richard III

Private Lives

The Taming of the Shrew

Water Fools (Fous de Bassin)
Ilotopie, France

The Walworth Farce
Druid theatre company, Ireland

Uncle Vanya
Maly Drama Theatre, Russia

Itsoseng
Omphile Molusi, South Africa

Short Shakespeare! The Comedy of Errors

CPS Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Disney’s Aladdin

Peter and the Wolf | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2008/09 Season

Amadeus

The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward II, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer

Macbeth

Twelfth Night

Maudits Sonnants
Compagnie Transe Express, France

A Midsummer Night's Dream
India and Sri Lanka 

The Investigation
Urwintore, Rwanda 

Sweet William
featuring Michael Pennington, England 

Romeo y Julieta

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream

CPS Shakespeare! Macbeth

Rod Blagojevich Superstar
in association with The Second City

Funk It Up About Nothin'

Willy Wonka

Leaping Leopold! The Mozart Show
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2007/08 Season

Cymbeline

Othello

The Comedy of Errors

Passion

Farewell Umbrella (Au Revoir Parapluie)
James Thiérrée, France

Saint Joan
Shaw Festival, Canada

Fragments
Théatre des Bouffes du Nord, France

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew

CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back?
(An Aesop’s Fables Musical)

Classical Idol
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2006/07 Season

Hamlet

The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Three Musketeers

Troilus and Cressida

Twelfth Night
Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Russia

Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise
The Farber Foundry, South Africa

Marionette Macbeth
co-produced with Carlo Colla e Figli, Italy
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and CST on tour at The New Victory Theater, New York City

Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew

CPS Shakespeare! Hamlet

MacHomer: The Simpsons Do Macbeth
created and performed by Rick Miller

Tiny Ninja Hamlet

How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back?
(An Aesop’s Fables Musical)

Seussical! The Musical

Witches, Wizards Spells and Elves:
The Magic Of Shakespeare
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2005/06 Season

The Merchant of Venice

Much Ado About Nothing

A Flea in Her Ear

Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
at Chicago Shakespeare and CST on tour at Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon-Avon, England

Bright Abyss
Compagnie du Hanneton, France

Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters
Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy

Short Shakespeare! The Comedy of Errors

Short Shakespeare! Macbeth

Burial at Thebes

Hecuba

Romeo and Juliet Musical:The People vs. Friar Laurence, The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet
in association with The Second City

The Princess and the Pea

My, What Big Ears You Have!
(The Better to Hear Music With, My Dear)
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2004/05 Season

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Measure for Measure

Romeo and Juliet

Kabuki Lady Macbeth

The Playboy of the Western World
The Abbey Theatre, Ireland

Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3
CST on tour at The Duke on 42nd Street, New York City

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Short Shakespeare! The Comedy of Errors

Romeo and Juliet Musical:The People vs. Friar Laurence, The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet
in association with The Second City

Peter Pan

And Furthermore, They Bite!
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2003/04 Season

The Taming of the Shrew

Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3

The Molière Comedies
at The LaSalle Bank Theatre, Chicago

King John

A Little Night Music

Twelfth Night
Shakespeare’s Globe, England

The Imaginary Invalid (Le Malade Imaginaire)
La Comédie-Française, France

Pacific Overtures
CST on tour at the Donmar Warehouse, England

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet
part of the NEA Shakespeare in American Communities National Tour

Little Mermaid

Green Eggs and Hamadeus
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2002/03 Season

Love’s Labor’s Lost

Julius Caesar

The Winter’s Tale

Sunday in the Park with George

Do Not Go Gentle
The Stratford Festival, Canada

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

The Bombitty of Errors

CST Play Reading Series

CSO Concert Series

The Wizard of Oz

Witches, Wizards Spells and Elves:
The Magic of Shakespeare
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians

 

2001/02 Season

Richard II

As You Like It

The Tempest

Pacific Overtures

The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Ambassador Theatre Group, England

Le Costume
C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, France

La Nuit
Théâtre National de Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Salao, The Worst Kind of Unlucky
Redmoon Theater, Chicago

CSO Concert Series

Hamlet! The Musical
in association with The Second City

The Wizard of Oz

 

2000/01 Season

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The School for Scandal
The Stratford Festival, Canada

King Lear

The Herbal Bed

The Tragedy of Hamlet
C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, France

La Dernière Lettre
La Comédie-Française, France

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

CSO Chamber Series

 

1999/00 Season

Antony and Cleopatra

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

All’s Well That Ends Well

Shakespeare’s R&J

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Hamlet! The Musical
in association with The Second City

 

1998/99 Season

Much Ado About Nothing

Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2

Short Shakespeare! Macbeth

 

1997/98 Season

The Merchant of Venice

Henry V

The Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

 

1996/97 Season

Hamlet

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Timon of Athens

Short Shakespeare! Macbeth

 

1995/96 Season

Othello

Twelfth Night

Richard III

Short Shakespeare! Julius Caesar

 

1994/95 Season

The Winter’s Tale

Troilus and Cressida

As You Like It

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

 

1993/94 Season

The Tale of Cymbeline

The Taming of the Shrew

Measure for Measure

Short Shakespeare! Macbeth

 

1992/93 Season

King Lear

Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet

Short Shakespeare! Julius Caesar

Willpower! On Tour

 

1991/92 Season

Pericles

Macbeth

Willpower! On Tour

 

1990/91 Season

King John

Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits II

 

1989/90 Season

The Tale of Cymbeline

Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

Willpower! On Tour

 

1988

Antony and Cleopatra

 

1987

Troilus and Cressida

 

1986

Henry V

   

 

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