shows
The 39 Steps
Concluding our main season at Stage 221, we've got Spies! Gags! Hitchcock References!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Green Town Follies
Lola Madison and Thorne have been working together for almost a decade between performing together in shows and now producing together! With a cumulative 30+ years of production and performance experience, Thorne and Lola each bring a unique styling and a network of phenomenal performers across the globe!
Each production features a variety of different artists, with no 2 line ups being the same. Enjoy burlesque, drag, live singing, side show, contortion, fire, pole art, and more!
Tickets are $35 GA and $40 VIP. Only ages 18+ will be admitted
L-Theory Collective presents The Platinum Experience
l-Theory collective dance presents the platinum experience
Experience the thrill and indulge in the world of dance as we sparkle and dazzle with The Platinum Experience! This electrifying show features breathtaking choreography and stunning performances by the dancers of L-Theory Collective Dance. Stay afterwards for an exclusive Q&A session with the talented performers.
Enjoy an unforgettable night taking in the beauty, passion, and excitement of dance!
High Pony Brass
High Pony Brass is a high energy, high camp, and high production cover concert celebrating the music of the Pop & R&B princess herself, Ariana Grande.
Led by Berklee College of Music graduate and Drag Personality Whimsy Stiff-Richards, High Pony Brass takes you on a journey through your favorite high-pony heroine's repertoire with a unique twist; In place of Ari's signature whistle tones are the musing melodies of over 9 different instruments played by Whimsy themself!
What would a concert built for a pop princess be without an ensemble? Enjoy backup dancing and unique interactive opportunities with Whimsy's signature Bunnies! Don't forget our featured fan favorites on Ari's hot tracks like Iggy Azalea and Nathan Sykes! Enjoy guest collaborators playing their own instruments!
Nunsense
A hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Sadly, the rest of the sisterhood died from botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia Child of God. Thus, the remaining nuns – ballet-loving Sister Leo, street-wise Sister Robert Anne, befuddled Sister Mary Amnesia, the Mother Superior Sister Regina, and mistress of the novices Sister Mary Hubert – stage a talent show in order to raise the money to bury their dearly departed.
John McCombs Laughing Passport Comedy Tour
If there is one thing that John McCombs has learned in headlining shows in more than a dozen countries around the world, it’s that laughter is the universal language (unless you’re Austrian). In a world that’s increasingly divided John has learned the best way to bring us all together is to make fun of everyone, one weird fact at a time.
From his personal stories of living in a town whose entire economy was toxic masculinity weird to recognizing he’s in a toxic relationship with the United States, John invites his audience to laugh at him and society as whole. Catch the show one audience member described as “reading an encyclopedia if it was written by that ‘Tiger King’ guy.”
Headliner is John McCombs with Allie Sroka featuring and Mark Bon hosting.
My Best Friend is Black
My best friend is black is a comedy collective that does stand-up, improv, and sketch out of Chicago.
L-Theory Collective Dance presents Fuego: A Virtual Encore
No need for travel this February, when you can enjoy a virtual encore performance of FUEGO by L-Theory Collective Dance. For $25, you'll have access to the streaming performance of Fuego from February 17th to 18th, 2024. This encore will include a L-Theory Collective Dance T-shirt!
The Play that Goes Wrong
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields!
We're kicking 2024 off with a show that will have our easiest tech week yet! Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
Voyager
Voyager is back and touching down in Waukegan at Three Brothers Theatre! Watch the Midwest’s best improvisors and stand-up comedians take the stage together and combine forces with their art forms.
How it works:
6 comics in attendance will be randomly selected for a 5-minute set. Improvisors will take the stage afterward to perform scenes inspired by the stand up comedy.
Karaoke Christmas
This winter, you won't want to miss our new holiday hit! Snowed in at the airport during their holiday travel, a group of frustrated and misplaced travelers find some festive fun when they discover a karaoke machine!
It is Christmas Eve and Alex, a young Jewish man, who is waiting to board his flight at Sioux Gateway Airport. meets Brooklynn, a young woman. She starts up a conversation with Alex, telling him anabsurd story about a lady on her last flight, named Karen, who was telling a story about her ex-husband, who left her for the nanny, and then left the nanny for a one-night stand. Alex tells a story about a lady on his last flight, named Karyn, who brought a ukulele on the flight. As they talk, the two ladies, who are the ex-wives, see each other.
An arguing couple, named Nate and Vanessa, enter the gate and bicker at each other. Henry, who has a frozen but defrosting turkey, comes to the gate. Alex’s grandmother, Dot, returns to the gate from the bathroom. They are traveling together to Vermont to visit Burlington’s largest or tallest landmarks.
A gate agent appears and announces a delay of one hour. The passengers pause and freeze as two Narrators set the scene. When they are done, all of the passengers unfreeze and begin to complain to the gate agent. To appease the angry passengers, the gate agent brings out a karaoke machine to help pass the time.
As passengers take turns singing karaoke songs, they start to enjoy themselves and have fun…but will the flight ever take off?
This show carries an R rated for strong language.
Performances
december 1st at 7:30pm
December 2nd at 2pm & 7:30pm
December 8th at 7:30pm
december 9th at 7:30pm
december 15th at 7:30pm
December 16th at 2pm & 7:30pm
L-Theory Collective Dance presents Dark Matter
L-Theory Collective Dance presents
Dark Matter
Three Brothers Theatre
221 North Genesee Street Waukegan Illinois 60085
Friday Nov 17th 7:30 p.m. Saturday Nov 18th 6:00 p.m.
General admission tickets $15
Tickets available at add website for the theater
From Broadway, Jazz and Pop: An Evening of Love Songs with Pascale M. Trouillot
From Broadway, Jazz and Pop: An Evening of Love Songs with Pascale M. Trouillot is an eclectic blend of music ranging from familiar Showtunes, to Jazz and Pop standards, all telling the stories of love. Featuring an acoustic quartet, this show will have you singing along to some of your favorite classics. You don’t want to miss this one-night event!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Join us this fall for this spooky adaptation of the Washington Irving classic! Brought to you by a grant from the Waukegan Arts Council!
In the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow, stories of wonder and strangeness surround the legend of a mighty headless Hessian. When the humble schoolteacher Ichabod Crane vies for the hand of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the townsfolk might protest, but it is ultimately the Horseman who will decide Ichabod's fate.
Waukecon
Wauke-Con 2023! Waukegan’s Annual Comic Book Convention!
In honor of Ray Bradbury, we put together a comic con in his hometown of Waukegan, IL, a place he immortalized in numerous works, including Something Wicked This Way Comes and Dandelion Wine. Whenever he referred to a place called Green Town, IL, he was thinking of Waukegan. A comic book convention is perfect tribute to the life-long fan. He not only attended the very first San Diego Comic Con in 1970 and went to each one following until his death, he also attended the World Science Fiction Convention in 1939, generally considered the first science fiction convention. He was all of 19 and still just dreaming about becoming a great writer, a dream that has come to pass. We hope you can join us for the next Wauke-Con, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Proceeds to benefit Three Bros. Theatre.
Waukegan Comedy Jam
The Waukegan Comedy Jam is a passion project for Kristin Carnes who grew up in the city and graduated from East High School in 1985. She began doing stand-up comedy in Boston a few years ago performing throughout New England. After participating in a number of comedy festivals around the country, she realized this would be a great addition to Downtown Waukegan’s burgeoning arts scene.
After returning to Waukegan for a visit, Kristin connected with Waukegan Main Street, Three Brothers, and the City of Waukegan and thus the Waukegan Comedy Jam was born.
This years jam will be on September 29th and 30th. The 29th will feature headliner Amy Sumpter and includes Kadeem Fuller, Denise Medina, Ryan Webb, and Dr. Jackie Linn.
The 30th will feature headliner Jarrell Scott Barnes with Eric Mitchell, Mike Atcherson, Luise Noe, and Natalie Wickman.
Both nights will be hosted by local legends Mark Bon and Kristin Carnes!