21-Aug-15 – (Above) Actors make the case that the Kennedy assassination was a Chicago mob hit in Assassination Theater, which opened Tuesday at River North’s Museum of Broadcast Communications.

The play is a two-hour “theatrical investigation” written by Hillel Levin, an investigative reporter, former editor of Chicago magazine, and author who has written extensively about organized crime.

Based on interviews with retired FBI agents, mobsters, and other sources, Levin connects the dots to show how organized crime could have pulled off the “crime of the century.”

According to Levin, the gunman who fired the fatal shot in Dallas on November 22, 1963, is alive today in an Illinois prison.

Through November 7, performances are every night, Wednesday through Sunday, with two performances on Saturday and Sunday. Chicago theater veteran Kevin Fox directs the production.

Left to right: Michael Joseph Mitchell, Ryan Kitley, Mark Ulrich, and Martin Yurek. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

• What: Assassination Theater: Chicago’s role in the Crime of the Century
• When: Through November 7
• Where: Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 North State Street Map
• Tickets: $49. Students/seniors $39.
• Website: assassinationtheater.com
• Previous story: Live theater in River North will show how Chicago mob killed Kenned