Company OnStage is seeking directors, actors, and production assistants to support our upcoming summer fundraiser production of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen. Opening in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in [...]
In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel is a war correspondent with the Red Cavalry. Seventy years later, a mysterious Stasi agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. Set in Russia and East Germany [...]
In the kingdom of Middlefield, there is a tradition. On a princess’ sixteenth birthday, she is tied to a rock, kidnapped by a dragon, rescued by a prince, and lives happily ever after. But what happens when the prince is too afraid to fight, the princess wants to do the rescuing herself, and the dragon [...]
Forget everything you know about traditional theater! We have 60 minutes to perform 30 original, short plays. When the audience shouts a number, the clock ticks, and a brand-new story begins. Raw, fast, funny, and deeply honest, no two shows are ever the same. Grab your tickets and help us shape the show! “Allen's tongue-in-cheek [...]
A Taste of the Season is set to be Company OnStage’s most exciting event of the year—an inaugural celebration of theatre, creativity, and culinary artistry bringing together families, local businesses, culinary enthusiasts and theatre lovers to kick off our 2026–2027 Season. At the heart of the event is a baking competition, where local bakers and [...]
