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Upcoming Events for Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts produces and administers the performing arts productions of the School of Communication, Department of Theatre, and Department of Performance Studies, and has programmatic responsibility for theatre, music and dance.

Contact:
Wirtz Center
(847) 491-7282
Email | Website

September 2026

Sep

17

2026

Recurring Event

Yamel Cucuy by Glass Half Full Theatre [ Austin, Texas ]

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities

Sep

18

2026

Recurring Event

Yamel Cucuy by Glass Half Full Theatre [ Austin, Texas ]

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities

Sep

19

2026

Recurring Event

Yamel Cucuy by Glass Half Full Theatre [ Austin, Texas ]

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities

Sep

20

2026

Recurring Event

Yamel Cucuy by Glass Half Full Theatre [ Austin, Texas ]

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities

October 2026

Oct

2

2026

Recurring Event

Ellas y Yo: Mexicanas

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities Global/Multicultural

Oct

3

2026

Recurring Event

Ellas y Yo: Mexicanas

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities Global/Multicultural

Oct

4

2026

Recurring Event

Ellas y Yo: Mexicanas

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Wadsworth, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Arts/Humanities Global/Multicultural

Oct

29

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

7:00 PM - 8:15 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Oct

31

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

November 2026

Nov

1

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

6

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

7

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

7

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

8

2026

Recurring Event

IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wirtz Center: Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

13

2026

Recurring Event

She Loves Me

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

14

2026

Recurring Event

She Loves Me

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

15

2026

Recurring Event

She Loves Me

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

19

2026

Recurring Event

She Loves Me

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

20

2026

Recurring Event

MFA COLLABORATION SERIES: FEEDING BEATRICE

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Wirtz Center: Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 1949 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities

Nov

20

2026

Recurring Event

She Loves Me

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities