Skip to main content
Hang Time

Hang Time

October 17-18, 2025

Friday, 10/17 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10/18 at 2 p.m.

Wirtz Theater (Room 203)
Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts, Chicago Campus
Abbott Hall
710 N. Lake Shore Drive

Enjoy Dinner and a Show

Enjoy dinner at the nearby River North Bistro (660 N. State St.) before evening performances with our prix fixe dinner package.

With just one click, you'll have tickets and a dinner reservation for two hours before the show!

Ticket Pricing

General Public $15
Full-Time Students $12
Full-Time NU Students $8 in advance, $12 at the door

A per ticket service charge will be added to all online ($3 per ticket) and phone ($2 per ticket) purchases.

>> Purchase Tickets

FLEXPASS

Buy your FLEXPASS for six admissions now! Learn more.

The Wirtz Center Chicago presents The Flea Theater production of HANG TIME 

Written and Directed by Zora Howard

Three men chew the fat under an old, wide tree. In Hang Time, we peek into the interiority – the great loves and bitter blues – of Black men in America. Setting the romantic and the macabre in sharp relief, the work invites the viewer to envisage the living Black body triumphant over the legacy of violence that it holds. Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Zora Howard in her directorial debut, Hang Time is a deeply moving and subversive work not to be missed.

Approximate run time: 60 minutes
Suggested ages: Intended for Mature Audiences

A note on Sensitive Content (formerly called “Audience Advisories”) is available for this production.

At The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Centers, we recognize that sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have questions about the content, age-appropriateness, or stage effects of a show, e-mail our box office at wirtz@northwestern.edu or call 847-491-7282.