Theater

The festival's three productions—The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet—run in rotation through Aug. 2.

It’s the end of an era for Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Theatre Arts, which housed a bodiless Aphrodite head on top of their building for more than two decades.

"Order in the Court" kicks off the season in September, with a suite of short plays about power and justice set in a historic courtroom.

The 2025 Illinois Shakespeare Festival marks a first-ever production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" and two directorial debuts by Central Illinois natives Kim McKean and Vanessa Stalling.

Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center will soon be the official home of an interactive art piece that celebrates indigenous culture and communities.

Founders of Nomad Theatre Company preview an upcoming event happening this weekend featuring AI-generated performance prompts.

The Twin City theater company committed to works by, for and about diverse audiences includes its second production of India Nicole Burton's work and a workshop production of Gaby Labotka's Rare Wolves, directed by the playwright.

Three of Bloomington-Normal's theatre companies have announced their seasons of plays and musicals. Here's a rundown.

It is the first season for artistic director Robert Quinlan, whose history with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival began in 2013.

Ntozake Shange's landmark choreopoem will be performed live by ISU students on Feb. 24. It's the final installment of a month-long Black History Month series at the Normal Theater.