John Waters loves Christmas, and he wants you to know. The legendary cult-filmmaker takes to the stage with his traditional one-man monologue, extolling the virtues of everyone's favorite holiday, from offering advice on Christmas films and music to asking the important questions you've always wanted to be answered by the people's pervert, such as 'Is Santa erotic?'

Welcome to the opening night of 'The Murder at Haversham Manor' where students of the Cornley University Drama Society are attempting to stage this 1920s production. However, everything that can go wrong is and the opening night is quickly going from bad to disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can't play dead and actors who trip over everything they struggle to get to their final curtain call.

Self-proclaimed "idiots on the internet", Darcy and Jer are bringing their 'Average At Best' tour to a city near you in 2025! If you've never heard of them... Why not?! Darcy and Jer, husbands and proud fathers to their daughter Grace and their golden retriever Yuma (we can't forget the dog!) shot to fame and success within just three years of creating content. The comedic duo will talk about anything and everything, ADHD, their life as members of the LGBTQ+ community, and even their plants! You'd be a fool to miss this wholesome and hilarious show.

Join Chicago Shakespeare Theater for the riotous comeuppance of Sir John Falstaff! The third play of Shakespeare's to include the errant 'fat Knight' Falstaff, Merry Wives of Windsor is a buoyant and breezy comedy that blends belly-laughs, disguises, mishaps, and hijinks-a-plenty to create a hilarious swan song for what is said to be Queen Elizabeth I's favorite of his characters. Directed by Phillip Breen - the absolute authority of Merry Wives, this is surely one of Shakespeare's most genuinely hilarious works.

Tony Award-winning director Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) teams up with Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) for this new comedy musical, coming to the Goodman Theater in the summer of 2026. Telling a (completely untrue) story of how Eugene O'Neill was inspired to write The Iceman Cometh, Iceboy! is an irreverent and hilarious twist on theatrical history.

The Regional Theater Tony winning venue reunites with director Selina Cadell (Hamlet) for a new staging of Shakespeare's biting romantic comedy, coming to Chicago this holiday season! Packed with passion, twists, and witty humor, Much Ado About Nothing has been thrilling and delighting audiences for over 400 years. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's new production will be sure to deliver on the joy and the drama!