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Chicago Shakespeare Theater Announces 2018-19 Season

The lineup will include the world premiere musical ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks.’

The season will feature adaptions, new plays, and a holiday favorite.

The independent annual theatre event celebrating theatre in Minneapolis and St. Paul has ended due to lack of funding.

Nottage’s ‘Floyd’s,’ a companion piece to ‘Sweat,’ joins Barbara Field’s new take on ‘Frankenstein’ among the offerings.

The season will include two world premieres from Sharyn Rothstein and Kate Hamill.

Jen Silverman’s Jacobean drama centers a season that opens with ‘Vietgone’ and closes with ‘Next to Normal.’

The season will include works by Karen Zacarías, Anna Ziegler, and Reina Hardy.

The season will feature a world premieres by Bruce Norris and Isaac Gomez, and the return of Sam Shepard’s ‘True West.’

The season will feature a world premiere by David Auburn and the final play in August Wilson’s Century Cycle.

Her play ‘Welcome to Matteson!’ will be developed at Chicago’s American Blues Theater.