Gather around the “CAMPfire” for a joyful celebration to kick-off Pride Month with Western music, community, and a splash of camp. Get your tickets and join us for a special pre-show event at 5:30 PM followed by the performance of Brokeback Mountain at 7:00 PM.
MAY 28 –JUN 28, 2026
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MAY 28 –JUN 28, 2026
A Play by Ashley Robinson
Songs by Dan Gillespie Sells
Based on Annie Proulx’s short story
Directed by Jonathan Butterell
The Jentes Family Courtyard Theater
By special arrangement with Nica Burns and Adam Blanshay
Originally produced by Nica Burns, Adam Blanshay Productions, Lambert Jackson and Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, @sohoplace in 2023
North American Premiere
Brokeback Mountain
A Play by Ashley Robinson
Songs by Dan Gillespie Sells
Based on Annie Proulx’s short story
Directed by Jonathan Butterell
The Jentes Family Courtyard Theater
By special arrangement with Nica Burns and Adam Blanshay
Originally produced by Nica Burns, Adam Blanshay Productions, Lambert Jackson and Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, @sohoplace in 2023
Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
Audience Notice: This production contains scenes of intimacy, brief nudity, and explicit language. The staging features prop firearms and a simulated gunshot, live flame, and haze effects.
Lead Production Sponsor:
Associate Production Sponsor:
Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Music Fund
“Top Shows to See in the U.S. This Spring” in The New York Times
Gather around the campfire for the highly anticipated North American premiere! This sweeping love story for the ages by Ashley Robinson brings Annie Proulx’s captivating novella that inspired the Academy Award-winning film to the stage. Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape of extreme rural poverty and insular conservative communities. When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth. Directed by Jonathan Butterell and starring Harrison Ball (former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet) as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Cameron Kay (Netflix’s Boots, Club Kid) as Jack Twist, this beautiful tale of an irresistible and hidden love spans twenty years. A live Country Western band onstage weaves a soulful sonic landscape as vast as the West with original songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.
May 2026
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7:00 PM / Friday , May 29
7:00 PM / Saturday , May 30
Post-Show Navy Pier Fireworks
2:00 PM / Sunday , May 31
Tickets Available
Limited Availability
Multiple Performances
Sold Out
TUE, JUN 2 AT 7:00 PM
Admission includes pre‑show event and show
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WED, JUN 24
FRI, JUN 26
Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
Audience Notice: This production contains scenes of intimacy, brief nudity, and explicit language. The staging features prop firearms and a simulated gunshot, live flame, and haze effects.
Lead Production Sponsor:
Associate Production Sponsor:
Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Music Fund
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7:00 PM / Friday , May 29
7:00 PM / Saturday , May 30
Post-Show Navy Pier Fireworks
2:00 PM / Sunday , May 31
Tickets Available
Limited Availability
Multiple Performances
Sold Out
TUE, JUN 2 AT 7:00 PM
Admission includes pre‑show event and show
SUN, JUN 21
WED, JUN 24
FRI, JUN 26
TUE, JUN 2 AT 7:00 PM
Admission includes pre‑show event and show
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WED, JUN 24
FRI, JUN 26
★★★★ “Electrifying”
★★★★ “Compelling”
★★★★ “Brokeback is still moving mountains 20 years on”
Artists
Band
Paul Mertens
Harmonicas
Tom McGettrick
Pedal Steel Guitar
Mary Halm
Bass
Ryan Blihovde
Copyist
Heather Boehm
Musicians Contractor
Creative Team
Ashley Robinson
Playwright
Jonathan Butterell
Director
Dan Gillespie Sells
Composer
Stephanie Farina
Sound Recreation and Additional Content
Spotlight
Pride Night on TUE, JUNE 2
LGBTQIA+ Panel on WED, JUNE 10
On Wednesday, June 10 after the 1 p.m. performance of Brokeback Mountain, Chicago Shakespeare theater will host a post-show discussion on LGBTQIA+ experiences of health and history as part of the national Seven Days in June campaign to ensure “Health is Primary.”
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