31-May-15 – The Chicago mob killed President Kennedy and an investigative reporter-turned-playwright says he has proof. A “theatrical investigation” into the Kennedy assassination will be conducted five times a week at River North’s Museum of Broadcast Communications, starting in August.

Assassination Theater explores “Chicago’s role in the crime of the century,” the November 22, 1963, shooting of John F. Kennedy. Many have doubted the one known gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired the fatal shot.

Hillel Levin is an investigative reporter, former editor of Chicago magazine, and author who has written extensively about organized crime. In 2007, he wrote a story about the Chicago mob for Playboy. After the story was published, he heard from a retired FBI agent who inspired Levin to look into the long-rumored mob connection to the Kennedy assassination.

Levin says his research is based on secrets revealed by the agent and others. He says he can name the shooters and show their motivation, and he says the gunman who fired the fatal shot is still alive.

“For me, the assassination was a kind of theater,” says Levin (right), “staged to put the blame on only one actor in what was, in fact, a much larger production.”

During its regular run, performances will be every night, Wednesday through Sunday, with two performances on Saturday and Sunday. Chicago theater veteran Kevin Fox will direct the production. The cast has not yet been announced.

• What: Assassination Theater: Chicago’s role in the Crime of the Century
• Wait, what? A theatrical investigation of the Kennedy assassination
• When: August 11 – November 7
• Where: Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 North State Street Map
• Tickets: Previews $25. Regular run $49. Students/seniors $39.
• Website: assassinationtheater.com