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UPCOMING EVENTS

Banned Books Week 2025: Oct 5th-11th
Free readings near you: more details here

UPCOMING EVENTS

City Lit’s Fall Quiz Night fundraiser!

Saturday November 8th: 2-5pm

Join us for a fun afternoon at Burke’s Public House.

Great prizes, fun theater-related questions, free appetizers, deals on drinks, and you help raise money for City Lit

get your team together and get tickets here

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Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

written by Stephen Adly Guirgis

directed by Esteban Andres Cruz

July 25 - September 7, 2025

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Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter

written by Timothy Griffin

directed by Ed Rutherford

October 10 - November 23, 2025

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Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns

written by John Weagly

adapted from the works of G.K. Chesterton and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

directed by Brian Pastor

December 2025

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Changing Channels
Changing Channels

written by John Reeger

directed by Kevin Theis

February 27 - April 12, 2026

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Scaramouche
Scaramouche

music and lyrics by Kingsley Day

book by Kingsley Day and James Glossman

directed by Beth Wolf

May 1 - June 14, 2026

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City Lit Theater’s spectacular 45th season:

City Lit Theater

City Lit Theater, in Edgewater is the seventh, longest-running theater company in Chicago. We were founded in 1979, with $210, and are now into our 45th season. We are about to open our 156th production. City Lit Theater was the first in the nation devoted to stage adaptations of literary material.  At City Lit’s launch event, our founders were able to read a congratulatory letter we had received from Tennessee Williams. We have been associated with many great theater folk from Chicago and beyond.

Welcome to our 45th season, please take a look around our new website, sign up for news below and follow us on the socials.