Extended Jan 2026 – 8 extra shows
"Top 10 Performances 2025"
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
JEFF RECOMMENDED
"Calling all Jekkies! Calling all Jekkies! Get thee to Chopin Theatre for director Derek Van Barham's new production of the mother lode. - You will not be disappointed" - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
"Jekyll & Hyde' commits to the ultra-goth, bodice-ripping monster mash." - Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times
"entire ensemble deliver performances with clarity, precision, and wit" Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader
"you'd be hard pressed to say this isn't a million dollar production" - Misha Davenport, Broadwayworld.com
"It is not very often that I think I might need to add another star making it 6*'s.. This one is not to be missed" - Alan Bresloff, AroundTheTownChicago.com
"an absolute must-see for Chicago theater lovers" - Anthony Cusumano, Third Coast Review
"stylish vision to life with a cast of scary good voices…….near-perfect production…" - John Accrocco, Buzz Center Stage
"a top flight ensemble of enormous depth and versatility...It doesn't get better than this! - Ed Tracy, PicksInSix
Performances Thu-Sat 7p, Sun 5p
Tickets: $25/33 (Previews Oct 10-24); $35-55 (Oct 25-Dec 21st); $40-60 (Jan 2-5, 7-10)
More info: scot@KokandyProductions.
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Sat Januarty 17th 2p - Edward Hirsch reads from My Childhood in Pieces: A Standup Comedy, A Skokie Elegy and speaks with Prof. Joanna Trzeciak Huss about comedy, memory, and his journey to poetry–plus a short film on Polish poet Ryszard Krynicki by Ewa Zadrzynska (Poetry Unites). Reception and book signing follows.
Complimentary event; RSVP required.
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Jan 25 6p; Jan 26 2p, 5p and 8p
"fiendishly good" – Chicago Tribune
"technically superb and musically brilliant" - Cleveland Classical
As charming as it is beautiful, Blair Thomas’ most recent puppetry creation takes the form of a large-scale, four-panel crankie in this koan, offering insight into the rascally nature of a dog and his owner. (Run time: 45 mins. Age: All).
Tickets $43/$35 (students & seniors)
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Jan 22 7p;
Jan 23 3p & 8p;
Jan 24 11a & 730p;
Jan 25 3p
Chicago Premiere - Rhynoceron traces the true events surrounding the arrival of a one-horned rhinoceros to Renaissance Europe, sparking an obsession that continued for hundreds of years. (Run time: 70 mins. Age:TBC).
Tickets $43/$35 (students & seniors)
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South Korea - Oil Pressure Vibrator articulates the artist's fascination with the excavator and its movements, wielding heavy machinery to break into the complexities of sexuality. The performance is a quest interwoven with performance, documentary film and genre-defying video work. With English subtitles. (Run time: 60 mins. Age: 18+).
Tickets $43/$35 (students & seniors)
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