Come Together: The Heartbeat of Community Theatre in Illinois
It's Time to Come Together. Come Together, is the 2026 Community Theatre AACT IL State Competition and its happening Saturday, November 7th at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center!
Come support your fellow performers and enjoy one or all three performances that are competing to move on to the Regional AACT level which will be held at Governors State University in April.
Tickets for the full day are $20 for ITA members and $30 for the general public.
The Three performances you can see, listed in performance order are:
- New York by David Rimmer presented by Playhouse 38
- The Odd Couple (Female Edition) by Neil Simon, Act 2 Scene 2 Olive introduces Florence to the Costazuela Brothers Presented by: North Riverside Players.
- Error 404: Humanity Not Found, by Alka Sharma performed by Mandi Theatre.
The Illinois Theatre Association would like to thank our sponsors for this festival. 
There is something uniquely powerful about community theatre. It’s more than a stage and it’s more than lights and lines. It’s a gathering place. It’s where strangers become castmates, where castmates become friends and friends become family. This year’s theme for Illinois’ bi-annual community theatre festival, Come Together, beautifully captures the essence of what community theatre has always been, and continues to be, across Illinois.
For more information contact communitytheatre@illinoistheatre.org.
The deadline to purchase tickets is November 6, 2026.
