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Our most popular playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions) returns to Chicago with his newest work, Prayer for the French Republic—fresh from its Broadway debut and Tony Award nominee for "Best Play".
A French-Jewish family finds themselves facing questions of history, safety, and home in a gripping epic spanning five generations directed by Wit's artistic director, Jeremy Wechsler. Sign up for our mailing list to be the first to find out about tickets.
A not-to-be-missed co-production with Northlight Theatre.
Theater Wit is partially supported and funded by generous grants from Actors Equity Foundation, Bayless Family Foundation, a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, League Of Chicago Theaters, The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince, Paul M. Angell Foundation, The Morgan-Senior Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and the Saints Volunteers for the Performing Arts.