Thursday, October 16, 2025

Up Next: Join us for a fall Happy Hour on Oct. 21

We had such a great time with our spring Happy Hour, that we’re doing another round and we’ll hope you’ll join us!

Ghostlight Ensemble presents the second installment of Happy Hour — a staged reading series made up of short plays with one thing in common, they’re all set in bars. The readings will take place, where else but, IN a bar, so join us on Tuesday, October 21, at My Buddy’s to start the Halloween season off fright. 

Happy Hour features a mix of writers from the greater Chicago area, but also submissions from across the Midwest as well as the coasts. 

The seven stories that make up the show include tales of new loves, old loves, grief, joy and Bigfoot. 

See the entire lineup here!

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Tickets are now on sale for Angry Fags


Tickets are on sale for our fall show, Angry Fags by Topher Payne. This all-too-relevant play about what happens when political rhetoric turns violent is a story of frustration and fear that eventually gives way to rage and revenge.

Angry Fags centers on LGBTQ+ issues and gives voice to the rage that people are feeling about what’s happening in the world around us, but it also prompts us to consider what we do with that rage besides letting it turn us into the very thing we are fighting against.

Tickets are available today via the show page. Click here to access it.

Monday, October 13, 2025

Tickets on sale now for Holiday Spirits at the Driehaus Museum

If you missed it last year — or loved it so much you can’t wait to see it again — tickets are now on sale for Holiday Spirits: A collection of Victorian Yuletide Ghost Stories at The Driehaus Museum!

And this time you have two chances to catch this multi-story and multi-storied immersive, site-specific adaptation of classic Victorian ghost stories. Holiday Spirits will take place on Thursday, December 11 and Friday, December 12 at 6 p.m.

Three distinct stories will unfold throughout the museum. Limited seating will be provided but audiences should be prepared to move with the actors as they uncover these otherworldly visitors.

Last year the performance sold out in a matter of days, so get your tickets now before they're all gone!

Tickets are available here.