Chicago Theatre Week 2025

Chicago (January 23, 2025)– The League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with Choose Chicago, announces the Chicago Theatre Week Kick-off on Monday, February 3, 2025, at Black Ensemble Theater, 4450 N. Clark St. in Chicago. The event will preview Chicago Theatre Week 2025 (#CTW25), which is February 6-16, 2025.

The Chicago Theatre Week Kick-off is free and open to all with advance registration at: https://leagueofchicagotheatres.org/event/2025-chicago-theatre-week-kick-off-party/

The Chicago Theatre Week Kick-off begins at 5:30pm (doors open at 5:00pm) with an hour-long program to include an announcement of Chicago Theatre Week events, performances by Young Peoples Theatre (Bob Marley’s Three Little Bird), The Revival (Chicago Style) and one more to be announced. A reception will follow the performances.

Tickets Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW25), all priced at $15, $30, or less, are now sale at ChicagoTheatreWeek.com. Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW25), February 6-16, 2025, is an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets. For the third consecutive year, HotTix.org will host Chicago Theatre Week Continued from February 17-23, 2025, which will extend Theatre Week discounts to participating productions for an additional week.

Last year’s Chicago Theatre Week saw massive ticket sales with more than 18,000 tickets sold to 81 participating productions for more than 446 performances. 64 theaters participated in CTW 2024, with 29 neighborhoods and suburbs represented. The program continues to bring in new audiences to area theatres with approximately 58% of patrons visiting their chosen theatre for the first time. Chicago Theatre Week also raises the visibility of the theater industry, as evidenced by the 144,689 unique visitors to ChicagoTheatreWeek.com from the ticket onsale through the end of Theatre Week.

Chicago Theatre Week is presented by the League of Chicago Theatres in partnership with Choose Chicago. Subscribe to the Theatre Week email newsletter for updates and announcements.

The official hashtag for Chicago Theatre Week 2025 is #CTW25.

Chicago theatre is the leader in the U.S. with more than 250 theatres throughout Chicagoland, comprising a rich and varied community ranging from storefront, non-union theatres to the most renowned resident theatres in the country, including 7 which have been honored with Regional Tony Awards, and the largest touring Broadway organization in the nation. Chicago’s theatres serve 5 million audience members annually and have a combined budget of more than $250 million. Chicago produces and/or presents more world premieres annually than any other city in the nation. Each year Chicago theatres send new work to resident theatres across the country, to Broadway, and around the world. For more information, visit www.chicagoplays.com. #ChiTheatre

Theatre is essential to the life of a great city and to its citizens. The League of Chicago Theatres is an alliance of theatres, which leverages its collective strength to support, promote and advocate for Chicago’s theatre industry. Through our work, we ensure that theatre continues to thrive in our city.

Choose Chicago is the official sales and marketing organization responsible for promoting Chicago as a global visitor and meetings destination, leveraging the city’s unmatched assets to ensure the economic vitality of the city and its member business community.

Follow @choosechicago on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and tag #ChicaGOandKNOW. For more information, visit choosechicago.com.

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Cathy Taylor