• Body + Blood

    Dan finally finds his calling in life – and it sends all of his loved ones spiraling into a spiritual crisis in this smart, searching, and hilarious new play. The…

  • GOOD FOR OTTO

    Haunted by his own childhood, a psychologist tries to minister to the distressed souls who find their way to the doors of the health center he runs in rural Connecticut.…

  • A Legendary Reception: David Rabe

    Cocktails & Conversation with David Rabe: Tony Award-winning playwright of The Gift Theatre’s hit GOOD FOR OTTO Michael Patrick Thornton: Co-Founding Artistic Director of The Gift and director of GOOD…

  • TEN 2016

    Enjoy world premiere ten minute pieces by The Gift and guests. As members of the National New Play Network, we feel it is our duty to present new works and…

  • RICHARD III

    In collaboration with lead production sponsor The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, The Gift’s RICHARD III re-defines what (dis)ability and Shakespeare’s great villain look like by utilizing both a disabled actor…

  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH

    When an American family is forced off of their land during the Great Depression, they begin an epic journey west to California. Come Closer on Sunday, August 7th for a…

  • A LIFE EXTRA ORDINARY

    Annabel Anderson McCafferty is an expectant mother who vanishes from her small Ohio town on Christmas Eve. Both mystery and memory play, “A Life Extra Ordinary’ untangles and re-assembles the…

  • The Gift Gala 2016

    The Gift Theatre Ensemble will gather with their devoted community of supporters to celebrate The Gift Theatre’s 15th year of telling remarkable stories on stage with honesty and simplicity. The…

  • giftLIT. November 2016

    Curated by ensemble member Maggie Andersen, giftLIT is the literary extension and iteration of The Gift Theatre. The salon will feature celebrated writers from Chicago reading original work based on…

  • TEN 2017

    Enjoy world premiere ten minute pieces by The Gift and guests. This festival allows us to work with many talented artists who help us uphold our mission of telling great…

  • UNSEEN

    Conflict photographer Mia wakes up in the Istanbul apartment of her on-again, off-again girlfriend after being found unconscious at the scene of a massacre she was photographing. Mia can’t even…

  • giftLIT. May 2017

    May 2 Stories by: Jose Blanco and Raul Vasquez Jane Hseu Jasminum McMullen Diana Sykes Live Music by the Winnemac 3! Appetizers and cocktails by your friends at Community Tavern