2023/24 Season
2022/23 Season
Wuthering Heights
National Theatre, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic & York Theatre Royal, United Kingdom
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
2021/22 Season
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
TM
Ontroerend Goed, Belgium
Digital Program
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
A Man of Good Hope
Isango Ensemble, South Africa
Andares
Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral, México
Part of Destinos, the Chicago International
Latino Theater Festival
2018/19 Season
An Inspector Calls
National Theatre of Great Britain, United Kingdom
BigMouth
SKaGen, Belgium
Fight Night
Ontroerend Goed, Belgium
Us/Them
BRONKS, Belgium
Circolombia, Colombia
Part of Destinos, the Chicago International
Latino Theater Festival
L’après-midi d’un foehn Version 1
Compagnie Non Nova, France
co-presented with Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Two Pints
Abbey Theatre, Ireland
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure
Chicago Shakespeare Slam: Final Bout
2017/18 Season
Schiller’s Mary Stuart
Macbeth
The Toad Knew
James Thierrée, France
Amarillo
Teatro Línea de Sombra, Mexico
Part of Destinos, the Chicago International
Latino Theater Festival
2016/17 Season
David Carl's
Celebrity One-Man Hamlet
David Carl
Macbeth
Theater Zuidpool, Belgium
Songs of Lear
Song of the Goat, Poland
Enamorarse de un Incendio
Foro Shakespeare, Mexico
Piya Behrupiya
Company Theatre Mumbai, India
The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan (Hamlet)
Shanghai Jingju Theatre, China
undreamed shores
one step at a time like this, Australia
The Complete Deaths
Spymonkey, United Kingdom
Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
Twelfth Night
2015/16 Season
Measure for Measure
Cheek by Jowl, United Kingdom
Pushkin Theatre, Russia
King Lear
Belarus Free Theatre, Belarus
Sancho
Oxford Playhouse, United Kingdom
Twelfth Night
Filter Theatre, United Kingdom
I, Malvolio
Tim Crouch Theatre, United Kingdom
Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
Shakespeare's Greatest Hits
2014/15 Season
Hamlet
Shakespeare’s Globe, United Kingdom
The Magic Flute
Isango Ensemble, South Africa
Ionesco Suite
Théâtre de la Ville, France
The Table
Blind Summit, United Kingdom
CPS Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2013/14 Season
Othello: The Remix
CST on tour to South Korea, London and Australia
The Table
Blind Summit, United Kingdom
Tristan & Yseult
Kneehigh, from Cornwall, England
Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks:
The Comedy of Errors
Fairy Tales
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians
2012/13 Season
Sunday in the Park with George
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
Leave It to Ludwig
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians
2011/2012 Season
The Feast: an Intimate Tempest
en route
one step at a time like this, Australia
Long Gone Lonesome
National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland
Being Shakespeare
featuring Simon Callow, England
A History of Everything
Ontroerend Goed, Belgium
Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew
CPS Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew
Murder for Two—A Killer Musical
Witches, Wizards, Spells and Elves:
The Magic of Shakespeare
featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians
2010/11 Season
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
CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet
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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