2026-27 Season
Announcing our inaugural season in our new home in Downton Evanston
We can’t wait to introduce you to our new space, designed to give you the best theatre-going experience possible. Our address may be different, but Northlight’s dedication to high-quality artistry is unwavering. We’ll continue to bring you the intensely entertaining, top-caliber productions you know and love. And with an inviting lobby, more comfortable seats, better sightlines, and improved acoustics, the quality of your audience experience will rise to match the work on our stage. Explore our season below, and we’ll see you at the theatre!
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WORLD PREMIERE
September 9 - October 18, 2026
The Front Page
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
from the original by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Directed by BJ Jones
In a 1930s Chicago press room, wisecracking reporters are abuzz with the latest news: ace reporter Hildy Johnson is quitting her job and getting married. Editor Walter Burns has no intention of letting her go– out of the newsroom, or into the arms of another man. When a death row convict manages a daring escape, Walter wrangles Hildy into covering one last irresistible story, a tangle of rival reporters, crooked politicians, and a scoop too big to ignore!
WORLD PREMIERE
November 11 - December 20, 2026
All the World
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Jessica Thebus
Two actors find themselves in an ever-shifting relationship during the most emotionally charged time of the year: the holidays. Set amidst the backstages and quick changes of the world’s most beloved seasonal classics, they try to keep the mess of their private lives offstage, whether they’re falling in love or falling apart. Surprising, heartbreaking, and hopeful, All the World reminds us why—year after year—we keep stepping into the light, telling the story, and leaving it all on the stage.
February 3 - March 14, 2027
The American Five
By Chess Jakobs
Directed By Mikael Burke
“I have a dream…” The words that galvanized a nation weren’t written alone. Through late nights and shared meals, differing approaches but collective dreams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, Stanley Levison, and Clarence B. Jones plan the March on Washington and craft a speech to inspire Americans to act toward their shared vision of equality and justice for all. On their way to shaping a defining moment in the civil rights movement, five individuals became a family. Together, they became history.
April 7 - May 16, 2027
Here There Are Blueberries
By Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Directed by Charles Newell
In 2007, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.
WORLD PREMIERE
June 9 - July 18, 2027
Pearl’s in the house
By Art Manke
Directed by Kenneth L. Roberson
Legendary performer Pearl Bailey navigated the waters of being a Black woman in America the only way she knew how – through her music. On the eve of a scheduled performance in the Reagan White House she agrees to an interview, not expecting the ambitious journalist who calls into question some of her more controversial choices. The personal and political come into sharp conflict as the savvy entertainer reveals her multi-faceted life through flashbacks and some of her most memorable songs. One legend takes on another! In a bravura turn as the unforgettable Pearl Bailey is the incomparable E. Faye Butler.