NOVA Center for the Performing Arts

Cabaret Club
2027-01-17 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-12-20 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-11-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-10-18 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-09-20 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-08-16 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-07-19 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-06-21 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) and 2 more dates
A joyful time of song and laughing! Come and join other singers at NOVA! No admission, just an opportunity to raise your voice!

Chicago
2026-06-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-12 19:30 - 21:30
In roaring twenties Chicago, Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap…until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess,” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune, and acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.

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This Murder Was Staged
2026-05-17 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-10 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-08 19:30 - 21:30
It’s opening night of a brand-new mystery play, but just as the killer is about to be revealed, the body of the play’s director falls on stage instead. In that moment, the theater becomes an active crime scene, and everyone from cast to crew to even the audience becomes a suspect. But how is the intrepid detective supposed to find the killer when everyone and their mother (literally) has a motive to want the demanding director gone?

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NOVAture
2026-04-24 18:00 - 21:00
SAVE THE DATE! Join us April 24th at the Northern Hotel for NOVA’s newest fundraiser. Celebrate an evening of the arts with dinner, wine and beer, silent auction items, entertainment and more!

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Imagine a Dragon
2026-04-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-12 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:00
The dragon is back in town! Well… not really. That’s the story a ragtag band of innkeepers makes up, desperate to draw questing heroes to the struggling Dancing Dragon Inn. Soon the inn is full of unexpected guests, from an army of princesses out to prove their bravery, to a group of overwhelmed heroes trying to hold onto their fame. But what happens if they all discover the innkeepers’ dragon story is made up? Could there be more than one way to save the day? An epic folk-rock score brings magic to this funny, heartfelt fantasy musical.

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As You Like It
2026-03-22 14:00 - 16:00
As You Like It, follows Rosalind, who is banished by her uncle, Duke Frederick, and seeks refuge in the Forest of Arden. She disguises herself as Ganymede, a boy, and begins to teach a love-sick Orlando about the nature of love. In the forest, she meets other characters, including Celia, Oliver, and Touchstone, who experience their own romantic entanglements and personal growth. The play explores themes of love, exile, and the relationship between courtly life and the simpler life in the natural world.

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