Power UP! Saturday Dance Classes
2025-09-06 - 2025-12-20 | IL
Power UP! Saturday Dance Classes are for all students, ages 5-14, who want to advance their dance training beyond FMC Summer Dance Camp and School Programs. Sponsored by the Epstein Family Foundation, classes are FREE with $25 registration fee, and open to newcomers, as well as students from previous programs. They provide fully immersive dance instruction focusing on ballet, modern, African, Latin, and Hip-Hop dance techniques every week.
Times: 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m.
FMC’s Dance Ensemble is an ambitious group of students who receive advanced training to prepare for performances at some of Chicago’s biggest venues. If you’re serious about taking your skills to the next level, you won’t want to miss it!
Times: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
All Dance Classes Are On Saturdays!

Blue Heaven
2025-09-06 20:00 - 2025-10-26 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Black Ensemble Theatre, 4450 N Clark St., Chicago, IL, Illinois, 60640, United States
Previews: September 6, 7, 12, 13
Open: September 14
Close: October 26

Written and Directed by Daryl D. Brooks

A Soul-Stirring Celebration of the Blues
Get ready for a wild, heart-shaking ride through the power of the blues. Blue Heaven is a fierce, funny, and deeply moving new production that takes you on a journey from shame to redemption, from heartbreak to healing, one unforgettable song at a time
Fueled by the legendary sounds of B.B. King, Big Mama Thornton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, and Howlin’ Wolf, this show doesn’t just entertain, it electrifies. With powerhouse performances, raw emotion, and a whole lot of soul, Blue Heaven proves that the blues isn’t just music, it’s medicine.
Whether you’ve lived the blues or just love them, this is your invitation to laugh, cry, reflect, and rejoice.
Let the music move you. Come find your Blue Heaven.

Rome Sweet Rome
2025-09-23 19:30 - 2025-10-19 19:30 | Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Rome Sweet Rome is a celebration of so many things, but at its heart it expresses the deep connection we still have with Shakespeare and his stories after 400+ years. It’s a joy to have Q Brothers Collective take on perhaps the most famous political assassination of them all and give it their own smart, contemporary, satirical treatment—creating an ancient world that is seemingly both ridiculous and true at the same time. This production launches a series of Shakespeare and Shakespeare-inspired work that includes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamnet, our own Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor, along with a 75-minute Short Shakespeare! Hamlet which will bring 20,000 students to CST. There has never been a better time to enjoy Shakespeare at CST and everything he inspires.

OAK by Terry Guest
2025-10-08 00:00 - 2025-11-09 00:00 | Raven Theatre, 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Three kids, an old woman with a shotgun, and a mysterious creek monster. Set firmly in the southern gothic tradition, Terry Guest’s OAK dives into the world of three Black kids as they navigate a community where children aren’t safe, and the adults fail to protect them. It’s 7pm, do you know where your children are?
Performances Oct 8 – Nov 9, 2025
– Thursdays at 7:30pm
– Fridays at 7:30pm
– Saturdays at 7:30pm
– Sundays at 3:00pm
SPECIAL BLACK OUT NIGHT PERFORMANCE:
Friday, October 24th
https://www.raventheatre.com/oak-black-out-night/

Rooted
2025-10-09 19:00 - 2025-11-02 14:00 | Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Rooted is a play by Black actor and playwright Ben Locke.
Faced with the prospect of losing their ancestral home, a trio of BIPOC modern-day witches resurrect a witch from their coven to help them grapple with rapid change, surprising discoveries, and the newest neighbor in their home. This queer romantic comedy is about sisterhood, what we hold on to, and what’s worth our sacrifices and magic.

Mop and Bucket Blues
2025-10-16 - 2025-11-09 | IL
Dates:
October 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 23th, 24th, 25th, & 26th
November 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th
“Mop and Bucket Blues” examines the importance of sports and creative arts programming by bringing awareness to Chicago’s inner city gun violence, poverty, food insecurity, absentee fathers, and the lack of funding for sports and creative arts programing in public schools in high crime areas. This production seeks to shed light on the potential of theater as a powerful medium for social change and educational reform.
