Past Productions
How CFT Stole Christmas!
This December 9th, join us for a one-night-only benefit performance of our brand-new and original radio play: How CFT Stole Christmas! A tasty, nostalgic satire, this short series of vignettes brings the plots of some of our favorite Holiday films to life… in less than five minutes each! This rapid-fire rundown of the most quotable [...]
Big Love by Charles L. Mee
CFT closed its 2010-2011 season with Big Love by Charles Mee. It was performed at the Royal George Theatre, Gallery Space, 1641 North Halsted in Chicago and will open in May 2011. Big Love is an adaptation of the early Greek play The Danaids by Aeschylus, which focuses on 50 Greek brides who are contracted [...]
Proof by David Auburn
Proof previewed on October 13-14, 2010 and ran through November 14, 2010 at the Royal George Theatre, Gallery Space, 1641 North Halsted in Chicago. CFT opened its 2010-2011 season with David Auburn’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama Proof. Ranked as the most produced play of the past decade, CFT offers Chicago audiences [...]
J.B. by Archibald MacLeish
CFT closed its 2009-2010 season with Archibald MacLeish’s rarely staged verse play, J.B., that previewed March 11, 2010 and ran through April 18, 2010 at Oracle Theatre in Chicago. As darkness descends upon the circus world, two spirited vendors reenact the story of Job. In this play-within-a-play, a wealthy banker goes from prosperity to hopelessness [...]
12 Hungry Men by Jakub Haczkiewicz
CFT’s original production of 12 Hungry Men previewed on April 30, 2009 and ran through May 24, 2009 at Gorilla Tango Theatre on 1919 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. In its third production, 12 Hungry Men, Chicago Fusion Theatre devised an improvised play conceived by Associate Artistic Director Jakub Haczkiewicz. With more cutthroat competition than [...]
bobrauschenbergamerica
bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles L. Mee previewed on September 5, 2008 at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, and ran through September 28, 2008. CFT’s second production was a fitting tribute to the profoundly influential visual artist Robert “Bob” Rauschenberg, who passed away in May 2008. Written by Charles Mee, the production is presented [...]
Hugging the Shoulder by Jerrod Bogard
Hugging the Shoulder previewed on October 2-3, 2007 at Dream Theatre (formerly Meztli Galeria), 556 West 18th Street, Chicago, and ran through October 17, 2007. Chicago audiences were treated to the Midwest premiere of Hugging the Shoulder, which premiered as part of the 10th annual New York International Fringe Festival. Hugging the Shoulder is the [...]