The hit musical heads this side of the pond for its North America debut, giving Chicago theatregoers the first chance to discover the story of The Kinks - sprinkled with a little Olivier-winning musical stardust of course! Written by Joe Penhall with music and lyrics provided by the Kinks' Ray Davies, Sunny Afternoon was a hit in London in 2014, where the production scooped up four 2015 Oliver Awards, including Best New Musical.

After critical success on Broadway, Jocelyn Bioh's Jaja's African Hair Braiding comes to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Whitney White! Ghanaian-American writer and actor Bioh previously penned the emotional comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, which won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. Whitney White is an award-winning director, musician, and actor and is the recipient of an Obie Award and a Lilly Award.

This season, don't miss the Bard's wondrous supernatural rom-com as the magic comes to you in this local production. A delightful and dizzying tale that still enraptures audiences after 400 years, prepare to enter a realm where a tiff between fairy royalty gets very, very out of hand, affecting supernatural folk and mortals alike!

Olivier-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti's wonderful musing on male friendship, Hymn, makes its Chicago debut! Hymn explores the fraternal bonds between two black men in their middle age, charting the nuanced familial relationships they each hold. Premiering at London's Almeida Theatre and originally set in the UK capital, Chakrabarti has specially created a fresh adaptation tailored for CST, re-setting the play in Chicago with the city's vibrant cultural backdrop.

CST's well versed artistic director Edward Hall stages his epic production of Shakespeare's famous finale to The Henriad, Henry V. With a distinguished resume, having previously directed Shakespeare in New York, London's West End and on tours around the world, Hall brings an expertise in bringing Shakespeare's famous stories to modern audiences.

The United Kingdom's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company begin a new association with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre by bringing William Shakespeare's classic, lesser known play, Pericles, to the stage! Fresh from a string performances in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon, RSC's artistic director Tamara Harvey's brand new production will be the 100th international production at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.