About the Theatre
As the premier non-profit professional theater in the western suburbs, First Folio's mission is to present intimate productions of classic and contemporary works. By making our home in residence at Mayslake Peabody Estate, we create a unique theatrical experience that enriches the community.RELATED STORIES
TWELFTH NIGHT Extends at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2023
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night, staged by director Tyrone Phillips in the Courtyard Theater, now extended by popular demand through December 3, 2023. ...
Cast and Creative Team Set For TWELFTH NIGHT at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Stephi Wild - September 08, 2023
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night. Learn more about who is starring in the production here!...
Production Team Set for 55th Anniversary Equity Jeff Awards at Drury Lane Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 07, 2023
Get the inside scoop on the production team for the 55th Anniversary Equity Jeff Awards at Drury Lane Theatre. Discover who will be in charge of the award-winning artistic and musical direction for this exciting event....
Goodman Theatre, Paramount Theatre & More Nominated for 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 14, 2023
Discover the nominations for the 55th Anniversary Jeff Awards for Equity Theater! Find out who made the cut and get ready for the highly anticipated awards ceremony....
Babes With Blades Announces Cast And Creative Team For THE DUCHESS OF MALFI At The Factory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - July 17, 2023
Babes With Blades Theatre Company's (BWBTC) has announced the cast and creatives for The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and directed by Artistic Director Hayley Rice with fight direction by Maya Vinice Prentiss, September 9 – October 21 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St.
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Lifeline Theatre Welcomes New Production and Operations Managers to Staff
by Stephi Wild - June 08, 2023
Lifeline Theatre will welcome Addoris Davis as Production Manager and John Craig as Operations Manager, beginning in May 2023. Reporting to Artistic Director Ilesa Duncan and working in partnership with the Operations Manager, Davis will be responsible for managing the overall production of all of ...
Grippo Stage Company Presents SHAW VS. TUNNEY
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2023
Grippo Stage Company will present the world premiere of Shaw vs. Tunney, written by Douglas Post and directed by Nick Sandys, based on the book “The Prizefighter and The Playwright” by Jay R. Tunney, May 25 - July 8, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave....
Photos: Inside Porchlight Music Theatre's NEW FACES SING BROADWAY At Evanston Space
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2023
Porchlight Music Theatre held its latest 2022 – 2023 season offering, New Faces Sing Broadway 1984, hosted by Honey West*, directed by Tommy Novak with music direction and arrangements by Micky York. See photos from the event....
Porchlight Announces The Cast Of NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1984, April 25 & 26
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2023
Porchlight Music Theatre announces the roster of new faces starring in its latest 2022 – 2023 season offering, New Faces Sing Broadway 1984, hosted by Honey West, directed by Tommy Novak with music direction and arrangements by Micky York. New Faces Sing Broadway 1984 takes place Tuesday, April 25....
Grippo Stage Company Presents The World Premiere Of SHAW VS. TUNNEY By Playwright Douglas Post
by A.A. Cristi - March 10, 2023
Grippo Stage Company presents the world premiere of Shaw vs. Tunney, written by Douglas Post and directed by Nick Sandys, based on the book “The Prizefighter and The Playwright” by Jay R. Tunney, May 25 - July 8, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
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Past Shows
Jane Austen's Emma
3/23 - 4/24/2022
Come revel in one of literatures most joyous & light-hearted romantic comedies, as young Emma Woodhouse seeks to prove her skills at matchmaking. Good-hearted Emma ...
Agatha Christie's The Secret Council
1/26 - 2/27/2022
Thrill to the first adventure of Tommy and Tuppence, Agatha Christies most dashing and romantic sleuths. In the wake of the Great War, England finds ...
The Jigsaw Bride: A Frankenstein Story
10/13 - 11/14/2021
A world premiere play from Joseph Zettelmaier, who brought you The Gravedigger and Dr. Sewards Dracula, comes another eerie and suspenseful tale. 100 years after ...
Why Dogs Don't Talk
7/27 - 8/8/2021
Man's best friend is his dog. So it must follow, then, that a dog's best friend is...well, his human, right?What happens to the relationship when ...
First Folio Bedtime Tales
2/15 - 7/15/2021
First Folio Bedtime TalesCurated by Melanie KellerOriginal Music by Christopher KrizFirst Folio Artistic Associates Diana Coates and Michael Goldberg will help you read your children ...
First Folio Storytellers Series
2/15 - 7/15/2021
The First Folio Storytellers SeriesCurated by Melanie KellerOriginal Music by Christopher KrizJoin some of your favorite First Folio Artistic Associates as well asguest artists as ...
Waiting for Tina Meyer
5/11 - 5/23/2021
Come join Walter and Bob, two journeyman actors, on New Years Eve, as they have a couplea drinks in Finnegans Roadhouse while they wait to ...
MADMEN & PRISONERS: TWO TALES BY POE
10/20 - 11/1/2020
This streaming video contains two excerpts from First Folio's 2018 production of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and ...
Jeeves Saves the Day
1/29 - 3/1/2020
Mayslake Hall: Jeeves Saves the Day...
Sherlock's Last Case
10/2 - 11/3/2019
Charles Marowitz; dir: Maria Aitken....
The Guys
9/9 - 9/11/2019
Less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks, New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected ...
The Firestorm
3/27 - 4/28/2019
Meridith Friedman; dir: Tina Parker....
All Childish Things
1/23 - 2/24/2019
“All Childish Things“ is a tale of a heist gone wrong. Dave has come up with the plan, Carter's got a way in, Max has ...
SHREW'D
7/11 - 8/19/2018
Outdoor Stage: adapt: David Rice; lyrics: David Rice; music: Michael Keefe; dir: Johanna McKenzie Miller....
Mary's Wedding
3/28 - 4/29/2018
It is the eve of Mary’s wedding, a night filled with dreams: dreams of love, dreams of war, and dreams of what might be. When ...
Women In Jeopardy
1/24 - 2/25/2018
Wendy MacLeod; dir: Kelly Criss....
The Man-Beast
10/4 - 11/5/2017
Joseph Zettelmaier; dir: Hayley Rice. World Premiere...
As You Like It
7/12 - 8/20/2017
An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...
Silent Sky
3/29 - 4/30/2017
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...
Captain Blood
1/25 - 2/26/2017
adapt: David Rice; lyrics: David Rice; music: Christopher Kriz; dir: Alison C. Vesely. Mayslake Hall:...
Dr. Seward's Dracula
10/5 - 11/6/2016
Joseph Zettelmaier; dir: Alison C. Vesely....
Dr. Seward's Dracula
10/5 - 11/6/2016
Joseph Zettelmaier; dir: Alison C. Vesely....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7/6 - 8/14/2016
William Shakespeare....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7/6 - 8/14/2016
William Shakespeare....
Jeeves At Sea
1/27 - 2/28/2016
Set sail for laughter as Bertie Wooster revels in life aboard the Vanderley yacht. Bertie is the pampered guest of the lively Lady Stella (very ...
The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story
9/23 - 11/1/2015
adapt: David Rice from David Rice; dir: Alison C. Vesely....
The Winter's Tale
7/8 - 8/9/2015
Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
3/25 - 4/26/2015
Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron; dir: Rachel Lambert....
Churchill
4/15 - 4/19/2015
Ronald Keaton....
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
1/28 - 3/1/2015
Chaos is king backstage at the Max Prince Show, a popular 1950s comedy-variety TV series. The stress of slipping ratings is eating Max alive, but ...
Fooling Buddha
2/18 - 2/22/2015
David Kovac....
Outdoor Stage:
7/9 - 8/10/2014
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare; dir: Nick Sandys....
Salvage
3/26 - 4/27/2014
Great Hall Stage: Joseph Zettelmaier; dir: Alison C. Vesely....
Rough Crossing
1/29 - 3/2/2014
By Tom Stoppard Playwrights Sandor Turai and Alex Gal are trying to finish an already- promised musical comedy on their trans-Atlantic journey from France to ...
The Rainmaker
7/31 - 9/1/2013
N. Richard Nash; dir: Alison C. Vesely....
SHAKESPEARE'S CYMBELINE: A FOLK TALE WITH MUSIC
6/19 - 7/21/2013
- David Rice; lyrics: Michael Keefe, David Rice; music: Michael Keefe, David Rice....
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL
3/27 - 4/28/2013
- Glen Berger....
JEEVES TAKES A BOW
1/30 - 3/3/2013
- adapt: Margaret Raether from Margaret Raether....
The Merchant of Venice
7/11 - 8/19/2012
The Turn of the Screw
3/28 - 4/9/2012
Making God Laugh
2/1 - 3/4/2012
Produced in association with First FolioTheatre, the play is inspired by the Woody Allen joke, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your ...
Tea at Five
9/14 - 10/16/2011
Videos
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The Way It Is...Now
Venus Cabaret Theater (4/19 - 4/20) | |
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David Williamson in: Ridiculous
Rhapsody Theater (5/16 - 6/29) | |
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Richard II
Sandbox Theatre Collective (4/27 - 4/29)
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Women Beware Women
Blue In The Right Way (4/17 - 5/12) | |
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Baby
Citadel Theatre Company (4/17 - 5/19) | |
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El Medico Mago
Rhapsody Theater (5/4 - 5/5) | |
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Sondheim Tribute Revue
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre (3/8 - 4/28) | |
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Jefferey Cooke - Objects in the Mirror...
Venus Cabaret Theater @ Mercury Theater Chicago (5/3 - 5/4) | |
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