The Second Stage
The Second Stage
3408 N. Sheffield Chicago IL 60657- Capacity:
- 60
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Current Events on Goldstar
Incendiary: Wishbone Theatre Collective's Comedy of Love and Arson
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Love and arson collide in this noir-style comedy from Wishbone Theatre Collective. Penned by noted playwright Adam Szymkowicz (Nerve, Food for Fish), Incendiary finds young fire chief Elise falling for Jake... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Profiles Theatre Presents World Premiere of Assisted Living
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $20.00
Anne Kelly needs help. She's pushing 40 and still lives with her mother. Her deadbeat brother won't even return her calls and the ancient family home seems to be falling down around her. When Levi, a sweet... Learn More.
Sci-Fi Comedy In Pursuit Pits Aliens Against American Red Tape
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
In Hobo Junction's new science-fiction comedy, a sweet immigrant couple from another galaxy is settling into a quiet life in Wisconsin with only an intergalactic green card standing between them and the nice... Learn More.
Murder Investigation Drama A Girl With Sun in Her Eyes
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $17.50
The Shield meets Memento in this world-premiere thriller by local playwright Joshua Rollins. It's 6 a.m. An undercover female police officer has disappeared overnight on the South Side of Chicago. The last... Learn More.
The Warriors: Nostalgic Drama Gives New Life to the Victims of a Tragic School Shooting
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
In 1998, two boys pulled a fire alarm at Westside Middle School and as the students and teachers filed outside, the boys began to shoot at them from the woods. Four young girls and one teacher were killed,... Learn More.
Jailbait: Acclaimed New Play Comes to Profiles Theatre's Second Stage
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $35.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $17.50
Profiles Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of the acclaimed new play Jailbait by Deirdre O'Connor. Set during one dizzying night at a club, the play follows two 15-year-old girls, desperate to grow up,... Learn More.
New Drama Here Where It's Safe at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
Zach and Abbie are an American couple desperate to have a child. Beena is a 19 year-old Indian woman struggling to escape an abusive marriage and provide for her son. When financial concerns convince Abbie... Learn More.
New Drama Becoming Ingrid from Rubicon Theatre Project
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $10.00
Set in the dank, gray moors of Scotland, this fantastical excursion follows a lovable American woman named Christine and her obsessive quest to be close to her favorite author, Ingrid. While narrating with... Learn More.
XYZ Festival Headliner The Flowers from About Face Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Obie Award-winning playwright Adam Bock returns to Chicago with this witty love letter to the theatre. The gay couple that runs The Flowers acting troupe is as star-crossed as the forty-year-old actors they... Learn More.
Quirky Play The Typographer's Dream from 5th Floor Productions
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
A typographer, a geographer and a stenographer examine their professions and their identities during this smart comedy from award-winning playwright Adam Bock. With humor and heart, The Typographer's Dream... Learn More.
The Day of Knowledge: Gripping Drama at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Stage Left Theatre presents the world premiere of David Alan Moore's The Day of Knowledge. Set forty days after the end of a traumatic hostage crisis, this powerful drama explores the struggles of the event'... Learn More.
The Private Lives of Eskimos (or 16 words for snow): Surreal Dark Comedy
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
The Mill Theatre presents the world premiere of The Private Lives of Eskimos (or 16 words for snow), a dark and surreal comedy by Ken Urban. After the sudden death of his sister, Marvin can't find his cell... Learn More.
Offsprung by Rubicon Theatre Project
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $10.00
Torn apart by sixteen years of dysfunction, the Mashburns are at times absurd, headstrong, ambitious, reckless and very much alone. It seems they will stay estranged forever; until the arrest of the oldest... Learn More.
Interactive, Improvised Musical pHamily The Musical
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
pH Music Director Mike Descoteaux has taken long-running highly-interactive improv show pHamily, and transformed it into a fully improvised musical spectacular! pHamily the Musical is a one-act play built... Learn More.
pHrenzy - Dazzling Improv with Audience Participation
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
Now in its sixth season, pHrenzy is the original pH show to dazzle audiences. The premise is simple and fun: eight players start the show and one by one they will be voted out by a series of arbitrary rules... Learn More.
Sick/Personal Day, a Showcase of Original Sketch Comedy
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Sick/Personal Day is a sketch show that takes boring office jobs to task. A hysterical and honest view of the travails and inevitable personality glitches within professional culture, Sick/Personal Day... Learn More.
Graphic and Edgy Adult Improv Show pHrenzy pHucked
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
pHrenzy pHucked is a completely improvised competition where the audience decides the outcome by voting players out one by one. It's improv with a dark twist: no holds barred and nothing taboo, it's not for... Learn More.
Dark Comedy After Ashley at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
The media's hunger for violence, sex and redemption grabbed hold of the tragedy that struck Justin's family when he was only 14 years old. Three years later, he fights back with his only weapon: no-holds-... Learn More.
Wheel of pHortune: A Different Type of Improv at Every Show!
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Wheel of pHortune invites the audience--and fate--to decide the type of improvisation show to be performed each week! A variety of improv "forms" are attached to the Wheel of pHortune. Once an audience... Learn More.
100... Years of Losing: Baseball-Themed Sketch Comedy Show
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
pH Productions' SKETCHseries presents 100... Years of Losing. Fresh from a successful run at Donny's Skybox, it's a sketch show about baseball's beloved, beleaguered Chicago Cubs. The show features comedy,... Learn More.
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief -- An Othello Parody, Songs & Skits
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
Re-imagining the last days of Desdemona's life, The Mill's production draws inspiration from the structure of early burlesque, using original songs and skits that poke fun at Othello and contemporary gender... Learn More.
Learning to Unscramble Mixed Messages in S*x Signals
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
Blending improvisational comedy, education and audience participation, S*x Signals is a provocative look at dating, s*x and acquaintance rape on college campuses. The two-person show explores how mixed... Learn More.
pHamily - Your Suggestions Bring A Family To Life
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
pHamily is an entirely improvised show where the audience creates the characters and calls the shots. The troupe takes one randomly selected player and explores a year in the life of that person and their... Learn More.
Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
In a dystopian future, Channel One employee Warren struggles to finish editing a war documentary shot by his partner, who disappeared while filming in the battle zone. Under constant pressure from government... Learn More.
Mysterious Drama Skin in Flames at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
In this award-winning drama by Guillem Clua (translated from the Catalan), a young girl looks gently into the camera lens, her clothes and hair aflame, thrown through the air by an exploding bomb. Twenty... Learn More.
The Guy Show: pH Productions Presents Testosterone-Fueled Sketch Comedy
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $8.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
Chris Edwards' The Guy Show is a sketch comedy show which explores the how-tos and the how-comes of being a guy. These are Basic Aggressive Life Lessons of Survival or B.A.L.L.S. And if you thought that was... Learn More.
Sex, Cubs & Rock n' Roll -- A Sketch Comedy Show
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $8.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
pH's latest sketch comedy show takes audiences down a dark path as it explores how sex and music have shaped our lives...and maybe we'll all learn to believe in the Cubs again. It's a sketch show born to... Learn More.
Two Strangers Brought Together in Spare Change at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
A young Chicago urbanite is shaken out of his comfortable existence by the urge to help a young woman who is fleeing an abusive relationship. In the face of her apparent mental instability, his attempts... Learn More.
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!: Dario Fo's Satirical Tale of Poverty
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Will Act For Food presents We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Nobel laureate Dario Fo's "comedy of hunger". The play relates a strange series of events that takes place in two poor households after a protest... Learn More.
pHrenz-O-Ween - The Ultimate Improv Halloween Experience
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
pHrenz-O-Ween is the annual Halloween version of pH's original Mainstage show, pHrenzy. Eight costumed characters perform in improvised scenes based on audience suggestions. One by one they are voted out. At... Learn More.
pHreedom pHalls: StapH Infection -- Spoof of TV Hospital Shows
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
pHreedom pHalls: StapH Infection is an improvised spoof of every hospital show on TV -- like "ER," "House" and "Scrubs." The audience witnesses the live taping of the show, allowing them to see what happens... Learn More.
Jerkology: pH Productions Presents Sketch Comedy Show About Jerks
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $8.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
Everyone knows some jerks, but few people have ever seen a sketch comedy show about them. pH Productions wants to change that, and so they present Jerkology, a show about jerks and their deeds. The show is... Learn More.
Provocative Drama Live Girls Explores Women's Roles
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
Truth, s*x and art take center stage in this intriguing look at two women from very different, yet surprisingly similar, worlds. Sarah, a performance artist, interviews Sonia, a famous porn star, for a piece... Learn More.
Hilarious Heretical Improv, The Apocryphal Wonder Years
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $8.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
In a hilariously creative take on America's best-selling book, the lost books of the Bible come to life in the improvised tales from pH Productions' interactive comedy! Over the centuries, the Church removed... Learn More.
Emmy-Winning Playwright David Rush's One Fine Day Skewers Academia
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
In this award-winning play, Fred Miller, a popular and tenured professor, shocks his politically-correct students by showing up to class dressed up as Hitler. When a Jewish student voices her displeasure to... Learn More.
pHrenzy Bowl III - pH's Improv Competition Super Bowl Spoof
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
pH Productions, one of Chicago's most popular improv and comedy theater companies, presents the 3rd Annual pHrenzy Bowl, the most audience participative Super Bowl parody show in town. On the eve of the big... Learn More.
pHrenzy Party! - The Improv Show Where the Audience Decides
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
To celebrate their 5th season in Chicago, pH Productions, the improv and comedy theater company, presents some exciting new twists on the original pH production pHrenzy, featuring tons of special guests and... Learn More.
Sick/Personal Day, an Office Sketch Show
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
pH Productions, the improv and comedy theater company, kicks off its 5th season in Chicago with a slate of their most successful Spotlight shows. Sick/Personal Day is an office sketch show that takes all... Learn More.
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase: Women On Top
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase features some of their best Spotlight shows from the past 4 years. Special guests join the original casts as the company revisits some of their most memorable and well-... Learn More.
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase: The Death Show with Death
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase features some of their best Spotlight shows from the past 4 years. Special guests join the original casts as the company revisits some of their most memorable and well-... Learn More.
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase: Bad Advice
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
pH Productions' Spotlight Showcase features some of their best Spotlight shows from the past 4 years. Special guests join the original casts as the company revisits some of their most memorable and well-... Learn More.
Two-Person Comedy Shows Attencion! and Dollprov from pH Productions
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
Attencion! and Dollprov are two original, comedic, two-person shows featuring some of the most talented players in the pH Productions group. Attencion! stars co-artistic director Micah Philbrook and Sean... Learn More.
In Times of War, One Man Must Struggle For Justice
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
A drama of great relevance today: at the dawn of World War II, German saboteurs land a U-boat on Long Island and make it to Manhattan. When their leader gives them up, surrendering voluntarily, Roosevelt... Learn More.
ShupHle - An Improv Show Created with iPods
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
pH presents their newest Spotlight show: ShupHle. ShupHle takes the current trend of everyone owning an iPod (or mP3 player) and creates an inventive new improv show out of it. Bring your iPod (or mP3 player... Learn More.
Comedic Mystery Match, a Broadway Favorite, at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Appetite Theatre Company ends its 2006 season by presenting the Midwest premiere of Match, the 2004 Broadway favorite by Stephen Belber -- a touching, comedic mystery about three people searching to make a... Learn More.
World Premiere of Fellow Travellers at Stage Left Theatre
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
Stage Left Theatre celebrates their 24th season with the world premiere of award-winning playwright Margaret Lewis' drama Fellow Travellers. This acclaimed play is about an aging, world-renowned artist who... Learn More.
Compelling Play about Science and Ethics: Echoes of Another Man
The Second Stage (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
Stage Left Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of Echoes of Another Man, Mia McCullough's compelling play about the intersection of science and ethics, that tells the story of what happens when a famous... Learn More.
Map and Directions
Parking for the theater is limited to street metered parking and public lots that cost between $20 and $25 on weekends. Theater is located in the heart of Wrigleyville so please anticipate heavy traffic, particularly on game nights. Public transportation is highly recommended!
From the Addison Red Line Stop: Walk West towards Sheffield. South on Sheffield (approximately 1 and a half blocks).
-From the Belmont Brown/Red Line Stop: Walk West towards Sheffield. North on Sheffield (approximately 2 and a half blocks).
-The 22 Clark St. Bus is also available. The closest stop to the theater is Clark and Roscoe.
Handicap Information
Handicap seating is regularly available.
Please contact us after buying tickets by replying to your confirmation email to make arrangements.