The Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater
2433 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago IL 60614- Phone:
- 773-871-3000
- Website:
- http://www.victorygardens.org
- Capacity:
- 299
The theater features roomy, comfortable seats with ample legroom, incredible acoustical design, fantastic sightlines, and the world of the stage at your fingertips.
In the summer of 2009, the VG opened the Upstairs Studio stage. Victory Gardens’ brand-new state-of-the-art upstairs studio space is named after Chicago Tribune Chief Critic Emeritus Richard Christiansen. Seating 109, the Richard Christiansen Theater maintains intimacy while allowing comfort for both audience and performers.
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Current Events on Goldstar
Crow: One-Man Show Inspired by an Adventurer's Disappearance
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $14.00
Writer/performer Jeremy Sher stars in Crow, based on the true story of adventurer Donald Crowhurst, who disappeared during a much-publicized round-the-world boat race in 1969. While most of the world was... Learn More.
The Whole World is Watching Revisits the Chicago Riots of 1968
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
"The whole world is watching" is what antiwar demonstrators chanted outside of the Chicago Hilton Hotel on August 28, 1968 during the Democratic National Convention. This prescient chant became famous after... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Puppetry, Music Combine in A Brown Bear, a Moon and a Caterpillar
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $26.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $13.00 - $18.00
Chicago Children's Theatre presents Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's A Brown Bear, a Moon and a Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle. Following in the very successful footsteps of its recent The Very... Learn More.
Metatheater Examination of Genocide in We Are Proud to Present a Presentation...
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
In the impossibly titled We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, you will meet a... Learn More.
Author Ayad Akhtar (American Dervish) Appears at Printers Row Live
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Chicago Tribune presents Printers Row Live, a discussion with actor, playwright and author Ayad Akhtar about his acclaimed debut novel American Dervish. A first-generation Pakistani-American from... Learn More.
Ameriville: State of the Union Seen Through Humor, Hip Hop
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
The acclaimed performance group Universes combines poetic storytelling with the infectious rhythms of jazz, gospel, blues, hip-hop and even flamenco to create an unforgettable evening of song, dance and... Learn More.
Holiday Classic It's a Wonderful Life: Live at The Biograph
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $6.25 - $20.00
American Blues Theater presents a live radio-style performance of Frank Capra's holiday masterpiece on stage at the Biograph Theater. This has been a holiday tradition in Chicago since 2004 and this year's... Learn More.
Goodnight Moon: Children's Classic on Stage
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $37.50
- Our Price:
- FREE - $19.50
Chicago Children's Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Goodnight Moon, a musical based on the classic bedtime story by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd. In this delightful show for children ages 3... Learn More.
Relationships Comedy Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $29.69 - $39.69
- Our Price:
- FREE - $19.69
A hit comedy from writer-director Brad Gottfred, Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes shines a harsh and hilarious spotlight on the current state of relationships. In it, Nicole is finally meeting Dylan... Learn More.
Waiting for Lefty: American Blues Theater Production of Odets' Classic
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $6.25 - $12.50
Dedicated to producing meaningful plays dealing with the plight of working men and women, The American Blues Theater brings Clifford Odets' classic of the genre back to the stage. First produced in 1935, the... Learn More.
Literally Sexy 4: Going Deep -- A Risque Late-Night Cabaret
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Spoken word artist Marty McConnell and G Boutique maven Tara Sissom play genial host to many of Chicago's sexiest artists and performers in a spectacular show saluting the Windy City's carnal culture. This... Learn More.
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play): Sarah Ruhl Brings Her Broadway Hit Home to Chicago
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50 - $20.00
A 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee for Best Play, Sarah Ruhl's provocative and, at times, tender comedy is set in the 1880s -- a time when doctors believed that "hysterical" women (and men)... Learn More.
The Homosexuals Explores Friendship Through the Lens of Sex
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $28.00
- Our Price:
- $14.00
On his first night in a Midwestern city, Evan meets a circle of men who become his closest friends and potential lovers. Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins' comedic and heartbreaking work is for anyone who's... Learn More.
Dot & Ziggy: World Premiere of Friendship Play for Babies and Toddlers
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $16.00 - $18.00
- Our Price:
- $8.00 - $9.00
A skunk and a ladybug, neighbors but not yet friends, get advice from a wise spider who helps them learn how to share. Created by Linda Hartzell, Mark Perry and Seattle Children's Theatre and performed by... Learn More.
The Gospel According to James, a Gripping Play Based on an Actual Hate Crime
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $25.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents the Chicago premiere of Charles Smith's The Gospel According to James, straight from its world premiere this spring at Indiana Repertory Theatre. Starring Emmy winner and... Learn More.
Wickedly Dark Comedy Rantoul and Die at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $20.00
Mark Roberts, the writer and executive producer of such TV hits as The Big Bang Theory and Mike and Molly, has written a new play about a marriage on the rocks, featuring four very comic and real characters... Learn More.
Tree: Family Secrets Revealed in the Chicago Premiere of a New Drama
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $25.00
In PEN Award-winner Julie Hébert's drama dealing with race, culture and more, a white gender-studies professor arrives at the home of Leo, a divorced African-American chef, with her deceased father's... Learn More.
Circle Mirror Transformation: Award-Winning Comedy-Drama Comes to Chicago
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $48.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $24.00 - $25.00
Emerging playwright Annie Baker's funny and emotionally-affecting hit play receives its Chicago premiere, directed by Dexter Bullard. The story is set in a rural Vermont community center's acting class,... Learn More.
World-Premiere Play The Boys Room with Chicago Favorites Joe Dempsey and Steve Key
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents the world premiere of The Boys Room. Two middle-aged brothers try to escape their overwhelming responsibilities and problems by retreating to their boyhood bedroom --... Learn More.
Best Church of God -- A Satirical Send-Up of Christianity
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Victory Gardens Theater welcomes sketch comedy show Best Church of God. The hard-hitting satirical "services" contain literal -- and hysterical -- interpretations of the Old and New Testaments, public... Learn More.
Broadway Musical The Story of My Life From Chicago Muse
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $46.00 - $56.00
- Our Price:
- $23.00 - $28.00
The Story of My Life is a profoundly funny and deeply moving musical about lifelong best friends, Thomas and Alvin. As time tests the bonds of friendship, best-selling author Thomas calls on the only... Learn More.
World Premiere Dark Comedy McMeekin Finds Out at Victory Gardens
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $37.50
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $18.75
In the world premiere of this dark comedy by Scott T. Barsotti presented by Route 66 Theatre Company, a pair of working class Pittsburgh parents are stuck at home watching football - she with broken legs, he... Learn More.
Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo, in its Chicago Premiere
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $24.00
Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) takes his provocative one-act classic, The Zoo Story, which launched his career fifty years ago, and adds a new... Learn More.
Solo Show in Sign Language and Voice: Arlene Malinowski's Aiming for Sainthood
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Arlene Malinowski's new solo show Aiming for Sainthood is the heartfelt and hilarious true story of a middle-aged woman who grew up in a deaf family and returns to her childhood home when her mother gets... Learn More.
Dark Comedy A Guide for the Perplexed at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50 - $25.00
Tony Award nominated Actor Kevin Anderson (Nothing Sacred, Sleeping with the Enemy) returns to his Chicago roots in this world premiere play by Joel Drake Johnson. Anderson plays Doug, a newly released... Learn More.
Hard Headed Heart, Three-Part Puppet Show from Blair Thomas
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
The Victory Gardens Theater presents Hard Headed Heart by Blair Thomas, Chicago's most acclaimed puppet master. In a trio of interconnected solo shows -- The Puppet Show of Don Cristobal, St. James Infirmary... Learn More.
Sharp and Funny Classic Tobacco Road at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $20.00
American Blues Theater presents Jack Kirkland's Tobacco Road, adapted from Erskine Caldwell's 1932 novel. This sharp, steamy, unrelenting, wickedly funny story examines the extreme lengths people will travel... Learn More.
Jacob and Jack, a Time-Traveling Farce About Two Actors Separated by Generations
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
Well-known television personality Jack Shore is appearing for one night only in a tribute to his grandfather, Jacob Shemerinsky, great star of the Yiddish Theatre. In his backstage dressing room, Jack... Learn More.
Monologist Mike Daisey in The Last Cargo Cult
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Nationally renowned monologist Mike Daisey presents his newest show The Last Cargo Cult. It's the true story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. He... Learn More.
Monologist Mike Daisey in How Theatre Failed America
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
The Victory Gardens Theater presents acclaimed monologist Mike Daisey in How Theatre Failed America. This hilarious, thought-provoking piece is a look at the role of theatre in American society, a reflection... Learn More.
Victory Gardens Theater Presents The Lost Boys of Sudan by Lonnie Carter
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
Three boys meet while fleeing the horrors of war. As they team up on their perilous journey, they exchange heroic survival stories, songs and laughter. Thus begins an extraordinary journey that eventually... Learn More.
Unveiled, a Solo Performance Looking at the Lives of Muslim Women
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
In Rohina Malik's one-woman show, Unveiled, five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil. Writer and actress Rohina Malik was born and raised in London, England,... Learn More.
Tim Miller's Solo Show Lay of the Land at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Lay of the Land is Tim Miller's saucy, sharp-knifed look at the State of the Queer Union during a time of trial. Careening from his sexy misadventures performing in 45 States, to Marriage Equality street... Learn More.
The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony), a Solo Show
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Autobiography, animal behavior and bald-faced lies create this poetic meditation on midlife crisis in the key of canine. After years as a self described "professional homosexual," our heroine gives up... Learn More.
11:11, Featuring The New Colonists, at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
On the eve of the first day of camp, a group of young, Christian camp counselors give in to the temptations of summer's last night of freedom, and in the process, unknowingly drug themselves. As the evening... Learn More.
Blue Door: Touching Drama from Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
Victory Gardens Theater presents Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, a beautiful exploration of family and identity. A soul-searching journey begins when an African-American professor is left by his wife due to his... Learn More.
The Snow Queen: Holiday Production of Andersen's Classic Fairy Tale
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
As part of an annual holiday tradition, The Victory Gardens Theatre presents The Snow Queen. Hans Christian Andersen's beloved winter tale comes to life in a show featuring human actors alongside delightful... Learn More.
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity: Provocative Wrestling Comedy by Kristoffer Diaz
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a fresh comedy by rising star playwright Kristoffer Diaz. Veteran pro wrestler Macedonio Guerra teams up with an impossibly... Learn More.
Year Zero, a Witty Coming-of-Age Drama at Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
Vuthy Vichea is a lonely, Dungeons and Dragons-playing, hip hop-loving 16-year-old Cambodian American who finds himself an outcast in his home of Long Beach, California. In this funny and emotional world... Learn More.
Love Person, a Multimedia Play About Language and Love
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
A modern-day, multimedia Cyrano DeBergerac, Love Person intertwines communication and love in a comic, poetic, and feverish game of deception. The play combines American Sign Language, Sanskrit, English and... Learn More.
Class Dismissed, a Comedy about Youth in the Sixties
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
In the heat of the 1960s, you can't blame a rich kid for wondering where his priorities lie. There's your dad, who wants you to carry on the family business. Your friends (who don't know you have money) are... Learn More.
Literally Sexy 2: Burlesque, Drag, Comedy, and More
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents Literally Sexy 2, a variety show. Featuring stars from some of Chicago's best burlesque troupes, plus drag performers, comedy, and more, it's an evening of intriguing and... Learn More.
Living Green World Premiere: A Modern-Day Homage to A Raisin in the Sun
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
Making its world premiere at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, Living Green is playwright Gloria Bond Clunie's homage to Lorraine Hansberry's classic play A Raisin in the Sun. Set in 1995, this new drama... Learn More.
What Does The Sun Sound Like, Arlene Malinowski's One-Woman Show
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
This award-winning solo show has played to sold-out houses and standing ovations throughout the country. Funny, touching and poignant, these stories are told through sign language and voice using both deaf... Learn More.
Drinking & Writing Vol. IV: The 12 Steps of Xmas - A Funny & Smart Homage to Great Writers
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents a reprise of last year's Christmas hit, Drinking & Writing Vol. IV: The 12 Steps of Xmas. With the help of Bukowski, Kerouac and Capote, Neo-Futurists Steve Mosqueda and... Learn More.
Eurydice: A Powerful Retelling of the Myth of Orpheus
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $24.00
The Victory Gardens Theater presents Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice. Ruhl, the award-winning playwright, wrote this beautiful and startling take on the Greek myth of Orpheus, whose bride Eurydice was condemned to the... Learn More.
Cabaret! Cabaret!: Showcase Features Scenes From Upcoming Musicals
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Victory Gardens Theater and Chicago Public Radio present Cabaret! Cabaret!, a showcase of musical numbers from upcoming Chicago productions and writers. The eventing features selections from Bohemian... Learn More.
Poet Kevin Coval Celebrates the Release of His New Book, Everyday People
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Four-time HBO Def Poet Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, will celebrate the debut of his newest book of poems, Everyday People, at official book release events at... Learn More.
Family Comedy Relatively Close by the Author of Beau Jest
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $37.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $18.50 - $22.50
James Sherman, author of Victory Gardens' favorites Beau Jest, From Door To Door and Affluenza!, finds the fun in dysfunction in his newest family comedy about three sisters who return to their old family... Learn More.
A Big Blue Nail at the Victory Gardens Theater
The Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $37.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $18.50 - $22.50
A phantasmagorical tale that examines explorer Robert Peary's fame as the first man to reach the North Pole, which obscured the contributions of Matthew Henson, his African-American cohort who could... Learn More.
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Handicap Information
Handicap seating may be available.
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