OTHER CHICAGO
Aguijon Theater
Company
2707 N. Laramie Avenue
(773) 637-5899, email:
info@aguijontheater.org
Founded in 1990, Aguijon Theater Company is dedicated to producing
Spanish-language and bilingual works.
Apollo Theater
Chicago
2540 N Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 -
773-935-6100
email: info@apollochicago.com
The Apollo Theater is located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park
neighborhood, just a few miles north of the Magnificent Mile. It is a lush
venue with a prestigious reputation in Chicago’s theatre community. Its
repertoire includes a fresh blend of comedies, musicals, and special
events. The theater has 440 plush seats configured in only 12 rows,
allowing for intimacy and accessibility. The venue also lends itself to
presentations, from lectures to major performances. Its large high-ceiling
lobby is suitable for receptions. Special features: On-site audio, risers,
convenient to public transportation, parking lot, lighting equipment.
Appetite Theatre
900 W. Ainsle #H , Chicago, IL 60640
773.275.1931, email:
info@appetitetheatre.com
Appetite Theatre will present contemporary plays that stimulate the
palates of theatergoers in an environment fueled by passion for the arts.
Arie Crown Theatre
Located in
McCormick Place 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Bailiwick Repertory Theater
1229 W Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL 60657
773.883.1090, email:
bailiwickr@aol.com
Dedicated to work by new writers and directors,
with special programs featuring deaf and gay and lesbian artists.
Beverly Art
Center
2407 W. 111th Street Chicago, IL. 60655
773-445-3838, email:
mike@beverlyartcenter.org
Multi-venued Art Center. 400 seat state of the art theatre. School of the
arts.
Beverly Theatre Guild
312-409-2705
The choice for quality theater
entertainment on Chicago's Southwest side!
BTG will be opening their 40th anniversary season at the new Beverly Art
Center, 2400 W. 111th St. Chicago, IL. Call for any Questions!
The Black
Ensemble Theater
4520 N. Beacon
Chicago, IL 60640
773-769-4451, email:
blackensemble@aol.com
Jackie Taylor -Executive Director
The mission of the Black Ensemble Theater is to produce entertaining,
educational and enlightening African American theater of excellence that
reaches an interracial audience.
Breadline Theatre
Group
773-327-6096
Since its 1993 founding by a group of Illinois State students in downstate
Bloomington-Normal, Breadline Theatre Group has been a theatre company
devoted exclusively to exploding traditional notions of theatre and
exploring new theatrical viewpoints through the nurturing of young theatre
artists. Performances at Breadline Center for the Performing Arts.
Cerqua Rivera Dance
Theatre
2449 S. California Chicago, IL
773-507-3415, email:
CRDToffice@comcast.net
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) is a company that has redefined the
concept of a “performance ensemble.” By uniquely fusing contemporary
dance, live music, and visual art together onstage, CRDT performances
truly satisfy the senses. Each concert focuses on a new segment of society
and a new era, reaching out to ethnically diverse audiences and
communities, and expressing stories that span the diversity of American
society. Cerqua Rivera is also dedicated to its outreach program through
in-school presentations and the Cerqua Rivera Youth Ensemble, a group of
local underserved high school students who train, rehearse, and perform
with CRDT.
Chemically Imbalanced
Comedy
Cornservatory Theater 4210 N Lincoln Chicago
773-865-7731,
cicomedy@hotmail.com
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy showcasing the best and brightest comedy in
Chicago. Improv, Sketch, and Stand Up Comedy from all around the city come
to perform in our Comedy Showcases. Shows are located at The Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln in Chicago Tickets are $7 Fri 11pm and Sat 10pm call
773-865-7731 for reservations.
Chicago Center for
the Peforming Arts
777 N Green St
312-733-6000, email:
boxoffice@theatelrand.com
The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts resides in a four-building
complex that was initially built in 1906 and served as a factory until
Montgomery & Ward began using it as a catalog fulfillment center and
warehouse. Transformed in the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts in
the late 90’s, the facility raised its opening night curtain in December
of 2000.
CCPA’s 350-seat Main Stage is a modern, yet luxuriously warm venue with
the intimacy of three quarter round stadium-style seating enveloping a
permanent thrust stage. The Main Stage plays host to original productions,
classic plays and musicals. The new 145-seat Studio Theatre opened in
October 2005 and offers absolute state-of-the-art artistic and technical
finishes in an extremely intimate three quarter thrust environment. CCPA
has two more 150-seat cabaret style performance spaces under construction,
which are expected to open in late 2006. The CCPA also has banquet
facilities, rehearsal space and production offices. Since its inception,
CCPA has played host to dozens of television and motion picture
productions. The Chicago Center School of Music offers a full range of
musical training (early child-development, instrumental, voice and
recording) for children and adults.
The
Chicago Comedy Association
The Chicago Comedy Association has launched their website at
www.chicagocomedyassociation.com . Formed under the umbrella of The
League of Chicago Theatres, the Chicago Comedy Association is an
organization of many of Chicago's best known comedy theater companies
(including ComedySportz, The Free Associates, Hell In A Handbag
Productions, The Second City, Barrel of Monkeys and GayCo Productions).
CCA leverages their collective strength through efforts of networking,
marketing, public relations, and advocacy to increase comedy theaters'
market value, create widespread validation of comedy theater as an art
form and to brand Chicago as the Comedy Capital of the World.
Chicago Dramatists Theatre
1105 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Chicago
Theare Company-Youth Theatre Division
500 East 67th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
773 493 0901, email:
knholt@sbcglobal.net
The Chicago Theatre Company (CTC) Youth Theatre Division presents MAKEDA,
QUEEN OF SHEBA originally presented at Chicago’s renowned New Regal
Theater in 1992, a powerhouse of a musical, filled with soulful singing
and wonderful dancing, traces the life of one of history’s most beautiful
and intriguing women.
Chopin Theatre in
Chicago
1543 W. Division 60622
773.278.1500
ComedySportz Chicago --
3220 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60657
(at Fizz Bar & Grill)
(773) 549 - 8080, ext. 2, email:
matt@comedysportzchicago.com
Now embarking on its 19th season, The ComedySportz Theatre continues to be
wowing Chicago audiences with its signature show, ComedySportz, “The
Interactive Improv Experience.” ComedySportz is an all-ages appropriate,
audience-interactive comedy competition between two teams of professional
comedians, who perform a series of scenes and songs, all based on
suggestions from the audience.
The Cenacle Theatre Company
Information provided by
Centerstage Chicago
Chicago Shakespeare
Theatre
800 E.
Grand Ave. at Navy Pier and the lakefront.
312-642-2273
The Edge Comedy
Club
The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
777 N Green St
312-733-6000, email:
daveodd@theedgecomedyclub.com
The Edge Comedy Club is Chicago's newest venue to see all the best Chicago
stand-up comedy has to offer and see some of the hottest, hippest,
funniest up and coming comics in the country. 312-733-6000 for the box
office or
www.theaterland.com to buy tickets online.
Emerald City
Theatre
2936 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
773-529-2690, email:
oz@emeraldcitytheatre.com
Chicago has seen many great writers, but few have challenged our
imagination and delighted our spirit more than L. Frank Baum - the creator
of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Drawn to Chicago by the great world's fair,
he settled down and soon found a publisher for his odd whimsical tale, the
first of the many OZ stories. Historians have pointed to the symbolism in
the work - did he intend for the Emerald City to resemble Chicago? Maybe.
(Many Chicagoans like to think so...) All we really know is his work
captures the imaginations of children and parents alike. It is a modern
fairy tale that everyone in the family can enjoy. And we created Emerald
City Theatre to continue this type of family enjoyment. Our mission is to
create innovative theater experiences that bring families closer together
and inspire children everywhere. Won't you join us?
EP Theater
1820 South Halsted, Chicago, 60608
312-850-4299, email:
info@eptheater.com
EP Theater is a 50 seat house featuring experimental and dramatic new
work. You will have a good time.
The Factory
Theater
3504 N. Elston Ave. Chicago 60608
312-409-3247, email:
chas@thefactorytheater.com
Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1992, Factory Theater is a theater
organization dedicated to the writing, directing, performance and
production of original works written by ensemble members that are
accessible to inexperienced as well as seasoned theatergoers. Since 1992
we have produced 60 productions that have been enjoyed by both critics and
audience members.
Overall, Factory Theater has managed to bridge the gap between critical
acclaim and audience accessibility. Most of our shows have received rave
reviews and awards by various publications including The Reader, New City,
the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Weekly, among others.
Filament Theatre
Ensemble
North Lakeside Cultural Center
6219 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, 60660
email: info@filamenttheatre.org
Through adapting, devising, and exploring new and classic stories, with an
integration of theatrical styles, we strive to reach out and connect with
the child in everyone.
The Journeymen
Theater Company
3915 North Janssen Chicago, Illinois 60613
773-857-5395,
info@thejourneymen.org
The Journeymen are dedication to multicultural education through artistic
exchange by promoting acceptance and understanding for all members of
society. In 2000, The Journeymen received a special 20th Anniversary City
Arts Award from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs. Chicago City
Commissioner, Lois Weisberg noted that these awards are given in
“recognition of organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to
artistic excellence.”
Improv Kitchen
3419 N. Clark St. Chicago IL 60657
ph: 773 868 6423, E-mail
Improvkitchen@aol.com
A unique interactive dinner theater in Chicago, Improv Kitchen is the
first interactive restaurant/personal performance space ever created. It
comprises a beautiful upscale dining experience in which improv actors
entertain via large screen TV's at each table.
Live Bait
Theater
3914 N. Clark
773-871-1212
LiveWire Theater
Company
1100 N Dearborn Chicago, IL
773-412-8089, email:
cdennis76@yahoo.com
We are embarking on our third season: Three Sisters, Dr Faustus, and Miss
Julie.
Visit
www.livewirechicago.com for more details and show times.
Lyon & Healy Hall
168 North Ogden Avenue Chicago, IL 60607-1465
Located in a 75-year-old brick building in the new West Loop area of
Chicago, Lyon & Healy Hall celebrated its opening concert with an
Inaugural Concert Gala, April 22, 2005. Check their web site for the
2006-2007 Season of the Lyon & Healy Concert Hall Series.
The
Majestic Midway Theater
5722 W 63rd Street, Chicago's Southwest side
63rd Street at the corner of Massasoit
For ticket info call 773.788.1035
New Leaf Theatre
2045 N. Lincoln Park West, Chicago, IL 60614
773.274.9026
newleaf@newleaftheatre.org
New Leaf Theatre creates intimate, animate theatrical experiences, which
renew both artist and audience.
The Noble Horse
Theatre
1410 North Orleans, Chicago Il 60610
312-266-7878
www.noblehorse1.@hotmail.com
The Noble Horse presents Quadrille. A spectacular dinner performance with
over 30 horses and riders from around the world. Daring Cossack riders,
Arabian horses in lavish costumes and our famous white stallions.
Experience the splendor and excitement of 19th century Vienna and
Napolean's royal court while you dine within the walls of our magnificent
castle. Noble Horse Theatre is in Chicago's Old Town. The historic riding
hall dates back to 1871 and provides an intimate setting for an enchanted
evening.
Organic Theater
Company
1125 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
773-561-5600
Pilsen Theatre
556 West 18th St. Chicago, IL 60302
(312) 491-8484
Profiles Theatre
4147 N. Broadway, Chicago, 60613
773-549-1815, email:
profilesco@aol.com
A not-for-profit, actor-based professional theatre that has established a
reputation for producing some of the darkest and edgiest new works in
Chicago. Profiles Theatre was founded in 1988 and has presented a number
of affecting and long-running hits including, Rebecca Gilman's "The Glory
of Living", as well as premieres of Neil LaBute's "autobahn", Adam Rapp's
"Blackbird", and Ben Elton's "Popcorn", among others.
Provision
Theater Company
1105 W Chicago, Chicago, IL
773-506-4429, email:
info@provisiontheater.org
“Provision Theater Company is devoted to producing works of hope,
reconciliation and redemption; works that challenge us to explore a life
of meaning and purpose”.
Our 2005-2006 season includes “A Christmas Carol”, “The Boys Next Door”,
and “The Spitfire Grill” all playing exclusively at the Theater Building.
Rascal Children's
Theater
5123 N. Clark, Chicago, 60640
773-561-5893, email:
RascalTheater@comcast.net
Rascal Children's Theater, the resident theater for kids at Rogue Theater
in Andersonville, produces new works and new adaptations of classics.
Quest Theatre
Ensemble
Klasen Hall
1609 W. Gregory, Chicago 60640
312-458-0895, email:
info@questensemble.org
Quest Theatre Ensemble is dedicated to being the People’s Theatre of
Chicago. Whether in reverent procession down the gothic aisles of a quiet
sanctuary, parading festively through the crowded streets of Chicago, or
creating magical spectacles from behind the footlights on the stage -
Quest creates visual and meaningful productions that "Inform, Delight,
Inspire and Unite".
A Red Orchid Theatre
1531 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60610
312-943-9185,
arot@a-red-orchid.com
A Red Orchid Theatre is an edgy theatre company located in the old town
neighborhood. Notable past productions include Eric LaRue and Bug. Coming
attractions include: The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Gagarin Way, & 4
Murders
Redmoon Theater
1438 W. Kinzie Street
Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: 312-850-8440 x116
Fax: 312-850-4430
Email: information@redmoon.org
Originally founded in 1989 in the Logan Square neighborhood, Redmoon
Theater is unique in a city containing over two hundred theater companies.
Redmoon creates “spectacle” – a highly visual and inventive theater style
that embraces transformation, incorporating pageantry, puppetry,
contraption-type mechanical objects, robust physical movements and
surprising uses of scale and special effects.
Luna Negra Dance
Theater - Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Parkway
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Telephone: 312-337-6882 Fax: 312-337-6883
Chicago’s premier professional dance company devoted to the creation and
presentation of Latino contemporary dance.
Second City Theatre
At 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago.
Call 312-337-MEGA.
Shaw Chicago
Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts
312-587-7390, email:
info@shawchicago.org
Shaw Chicago performs works by George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
Productions run through out the season, as well as Education Outreach
performances are offered for both public and private settings. Come see,
discover, and laugh at the genius of Shaw.
Silk Road Theatre Project
The Historic Chicago Temple Building
77 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602
A downtown based theatre company.
Stockyards Theatre Project
6167 N. Broadway #357, Chicago, 60660 (mailing only)
773-575-5942,
stockyardstheatre@lycos.com
Stockyards Theatre Project is Chicago's premier performing arts company
exclusively devoted to cutting-edge theater by, about and in partnership
with women. Since the first critically-acclaimed show in 1999, Stockyards
has avidly promoted talented women playwrights and directors--currently
comprising less than 20% of mainstream theater arts--and has showcased the
remarkable and richly imaginative visions of contemporary women. A 501(c)3
not-for-profit organization, Stockyards is devoted to advancing women in
the theater arts.
Strawdog Theatre
Company
3829 N. Broadway Ave. 2nd Floor, Chicago 708-528-9696
Founded in 1988, the Strawdog ensemble has consistently produced shows
built on authentic human connections, and our comfortable 70-seat home in
Lakeview is perfect for offering our audience a quintessential Chicago
storefront theatre experience.
The Theatre School,
DePaul University
The Utopian Theatre Asylum
(T.U.T.A.)
3638 N. Pine Grove, Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 296-4887
The Viaduct Theater
3111 N. Western Ave. 773-296-6024 email:
viaduct@mindspring.com
A former Roscoe Village warehouse, The Viaduct Theater has been
transformed into a popular and affordable space for itinerant theater
companies in Chicago. The space also boasts a full-service bar and an
eclectic roster of musical acts, film events and other performances. Its
first inaugural self-production, "Hellhound on My Trail" by Denis Johnson
in 2002 drew rave reviews. The company, helmed by theater owners Whitney
Blakemore and Robert Whitaker, will continue to work with Johnson's plays
through 2003 to produce innovative, groundbreaking theater.
Zanies
Comedy Night Club
Chicago: 1548 N. Wells, 312-337-4027; Mt. Prospect: 22 S. Elmhurst Road,
847-228-6166; St. Charles: Pheasant Run,
630-513-1761; Vernon Hills: 230 Hawthorne Commons, 847-549-6030.
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