CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE ARTISTS & AUDIENCES “COME TOGETHER” FOR AS YOU LIKE IT BEGINNING OCTOBER 6

Chicago Shakespeare Theater kicks off what they are calling their “Come Back Season” with As You Like It starting October 6.

The return to in-person theatre will be celebrated with a series of exciting events leading up to a full line-up of productions which includes Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn in Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, the Broadway-bound World Premiere musical The Notebook from Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter, Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well staged by Shana Cooper, visionary director Sheldon Epps’ startling new take on The Tempest.

“Come Together” Event Series

• Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks presents DREAM: A Community Reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – August 24–September 4, 2021
• “Here Comes The Sun” Community Sing on Navy Pier – September 10, 2021
• Screening of Othello: The Remix at Shakespeare’s Globe – September 14, 2021
• No Malice Film Festival in partnership with Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation and Museum and the Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation – September 19, 2021
• Re-lighting of the Marquee – October 6, 2021

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks

DREAM: A Community Reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
created with Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, Cage Sebastian Pierre, GQ, Joriah Kwamé, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Me’Lo The Generation Hero and DJ Jeremy Heights, Englewood • Move Me Soul, Austin • Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Hermosa • Alexis Willis, West Pullman • Yin He Dance, Chinatownwith designs by Fulton Street Collective, West Town in Chicago Park District Parks across the city.
August 24–September 4, 2021

The 2021-2022 “Come Back” Season”

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare | adapted & directed by Daryl Cloran
conceived by Daryl Cloran and the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Courtyard Theater
October 6–November 21, 2021

WORLD-CLASS ARTISTRY ON OUR STAGES
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
by Clark Young and Derek Goldman | directed by Derek Goldman | starring David Strathairn in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
November 3-14, 2021

THE HOLIDAY TRADITION CONTINUES
Q Brothers Christmas Carol
written by Q Brothers Collective (GQ, JQ, Jax, Pos) | directed by GQ and JQ | developed with Rick Boynton
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
December 8-23, 2021

CELEBRATING THE TALENT OF OUR CITY’S ARTISANS
Holiday Artisan Market @ Chicago Shakespeare
Virtual pop-up shop with 100% proceeds to local artists
December 2021

STREAMING THE WORLDSTAGE
Ontroerend Goed’s
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A WorldStage production from Belgium
directed by Alexander Devriendt
on Chicago ShakesSTREAM
January 2022

STUDENTS IN CONVERSATION WITH SHAKESPEARE
Chicago Shakespeare SLAM
In high schools across the region and onstage at Chicago Shakespeare.
January 2022

PRE-BROADWAY WORLD PREMIERE
The Notebook
Music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson | book by Bekah Brunstetter | based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks | directed by Michael Greif and Schele Williams
Ihe Yard a Chicago Shakespeare
March 15–April 24, 2022

SHAKESPEARE’S COMING-OF-AGE LOVE STORY
All’s Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare | directed by Shana Cooper
Courtyard Theater
April 23–May 29, 2022

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL EVENT
It Came from Outer Space
Book, music and lyrics by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair | directed by Laura Braza
In the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare
May 25–June 26, 2022

LEADING DIRECTOR HELMS NEW PRODUCTION
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare | directed by Sheldon Epps
September–October 2022

ABOUT CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
A Regional Tony Award recipient, Chicago Shakespeare Theater produces a year-round season—featuring plays, musicals, world premieres, family productions, and theatrical presentations from around the globe—alongside education programming for students, teachers, and lifelong learners, and creative community engagement with the city’s artists and neighborhoods.

Founded in 1986, the Theater has evolved and expanded to present as many as twenty productions and 650 performances annually and has been honored with numerous national and international awards. Chicago Shakespeare is the city’s leading presenter of international work and has toured its own productions to five continents. Dedicated to welcoming the next generation of theatergoers, one in four audience members is under the age of eighteen.

Located on Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier, Chicago Shakespeare’s campus features the Jentes Family Courtyard Theater, The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, and the Thoma Theater Upstairs. Onstage, in classrooms and neighborhoods across the city, and in venues around the world, Chicago Shakespeare is a multifaceted cultural hub.

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