Theater Wit

Theater Wit 💡We are the premier smart art theater in Chicago
🎭 Humorous, challenging, + intelligent plays!

Theater Wit offers the best small theater in Chicago, in addition to our own award-winning work, we host some of the most exciting companies in our three performance facility. Every year there are over 600 performances of nearly 50 different productions presented by a dozen of Chicago's brightest lights on the storefront scene.

On her 15th birthday, Jisun, a North Korean girl, decides to sell herself to an old man to buy medicine for her dying mo...
05/28/2026

On her 15th birthday, Jisun, a North Korean girl, decides to sell herself to an old man to buy medicine for her dying mother. After risking her life crossing into China, she learns her body is considered worthless. Will she survive in a merciless foreign land where her very existence is illegal?

A sold-out hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and performed at the U.S. Capitol Center, this powerful, fast-paced solo piece is inspired by the true stories of courageous North Korean women defectors.

Tickets at https://www.physicalfestival.com/tickets

June 4-6, APOCALIPSYNC by Luciano Rosso (Argentina, France)​ offers a reflection on isolation, creativity, and a cartoon...
05/27/2026

June 4-6, APOCALIPSYNC by Luciano Rosso (Argentina, France)​ offers a reflection on isolation, creativity, and a cartoon-like view of our contemporary world.

★★★★ " there is a Ru Paul’s Drag Race vibe when Rosso lip-syncs to Mariah Carey’s Emotions. Without a hint of make-up or glamour, he holds us in the palm of his hand as he sashays around the stage and ‘hits’ those incredible high notes."

-Kelly Apter, The Scotsman

Get tickets: https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/577/performances

05/27/2026

Coming from PTF June 4-6, Los Regalos / The Gifts by CompaĂąia de Teatro FĂ­sico (Peru) is simply breathtaking: https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/576/performances

A father and his two sons live in a house. The most routine tasks, such as preparing breakfast, bathing, or housework turn into real adventures when tackled by three inexperienced men and their fear of not knowing what they are doing. The journey that the elder brother needs to make in order to leave home, and the fear of saying goodbye to the ones we love, will be the starting point of our story. Los Regalos / The Gifts will be performed at The Dance Center at Columbia College.

Padre y sus dos hijos hombres viven en una casa. Las labores mĂĄs cotidianas se vuelven verdaderas aventuras cuando preparar el desayuno, comprar ropa nueva o hacer las tareas son afrontadas por un papĂĄ sin experiencia. Cuando hermano mayor debe realizar un largo viaje, tanto padre como hermano menor deberĂĄn aprender a comunicarse a pesar de no tener una relaciĂłn muy cercana. Los Regalos / The Gifts se presentarĂĄ en The Dance Center de Columbia College.

🎟 https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/576/performances

June 3, 6, & 7th we've got Beau and Aero, an acrobatic, slapstick, latex-heavy comedy featuring two incompetent aviators...
05/26/2026

June 3, 6, & 7th we've got Beau and Aero, an acrobatic, slapstick, latex-heavy comedy featuring two incompetent aviators on their quest for flight. It’s like Charlie Chaplin meets Amelia Earhardt. Whether or not these bumbling aeronauts Beau & Aero will make your spirits soar.

Tickets: https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/579/performances

05/26/2026

Join us for Made in Chicago! Physical Theatre Festival presents two local artists or companies up to 40 minutes each to showcase new work developed from pieces previously presented at Scratch Night.

This year's lineup:
MATADORA (W.I.P) is a devised choreographic work by INSÉKTA that begins with the question: what does rage look like in the body? The work traces the emergence and mutation of suppressed Latiné rage — a force of dignity, agency, and self-possession.
WHAT’S THE NEW F-WORD YOU CREATED?
Let’s just say: LegLand’s The New F-Word is a show about fog. The New F-Word is a fusion of comedic discomfort & exaggerated theatrical moodiness to ask our audience “What’s really so cool about sitting in a smokey room anyway?”

Performances of MATADORA (W.I.P) + The New F Word will be at Theater Wit June 2!

Philadelphia Fringe Festival Audience Choice Award Winner & Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 Fringe Theatre Award Winner "...
05/26/2026

Philadelphia Fringe Festival Audience Choice Award Winner & Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 Fringe Theatre Award Winner "I Think It Could Work" comes to Theater Wit with the Physical Theatre Festival June 3, 5, & 7th!

From the mischievous minds of Full Out Formula comes their seminal creation, “I Think It Could Work” - a daring and playful leap into the unexpected. With bright colors, dazzling acrobatics, and unflinching trust, this Chicago-based contemporary circus collective invites you into a speculative world where your choices decide their destiny. It’s circus like you’ve never seen before—live, improvised, and unforgettable.

Tickets here: https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/592/performances

The Opening Physical Theatre Festival show is one week from today, June 1! Curated and Presented by Scott Ray Merchant w...
05/25/2026

The Opening Physical Theatre Festival show is one week from today, June 1!

Curated and Presented by Scott Ray Merchant with Various Chicago Artists, Scratch Night highlights original, contemporary, visual and physical theatre works in progress by different Chicago artists to give them the opportunity to perform a 10 minute work in progress in front of an audience to help with its development.

Your opportunity to see the freshest of fresh new work is June 1! Tickets here: https://theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/580/performances

Physical Theater Festival Chicago returns June 1 at Theater Wit (and elsewhere Chicagoland) with a vibrant lineup of awa...
05/23/2026

Physical Theater Festival Chicago returns June 1 at Theater Wit (and elsewhere Chicagoland) with a vibrant lineup of award-winning shows from Argentina/France, Peru, S. Korea and the United States—bringing artists from around the world to audiences right here in Chicago.

Starts June 1!

Full show passes, individual tickets, and workshops are all here: https://www.physicalfestival.com/calendar

05/19/2026

“Eelpout! is such a delightfully wacky story” says Mara Tapp and honestly, we take that compliment with so much pride! 🐟

EELPOUT! is a hilarious, surreal world premiere by Paul W. Kruse, directed by Jeremy Ohringer, and it’s unlike anything else on stage this spring.

Running April 17 – May 30 at Theater Wit.

📸 by Michael Brosilow

🎟️🔗: https://www.theaterwit.org/tickets/productions/562/performances

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