List of theaters in Chicago
This is a list of theaters in the Chicago area.
Chicago area theater venues and organizations
Resident theater companies and venues
- 16th Street Theater [1]
- A Red Orchid Theatre
- Adventure Stage Chicago (formerly Vittum Theater) [2]
- American Blues Theater
- American Theater Company [3]
- Annoyance Theatre
- Apollo Theater Center [4]
- The Artistic Home [5]
- Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
- Barrel of Monkeys Productions
- Black Ensemble Theater Company
- Center on Halsted [6]
- Chemically Imbalanced Comedy [7]
- Chicago Dramatists [8]
- Chicago Fusion Theatre
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Chiesa Nuova
- Chopin Theatre
- Circle Theatre [9]
- City Lit Theater Company [10]
- Corn Productions at the Cornservatory [11]
- Court Theatre
- Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
- Drury Lane Water Tower Place
- DuPage Opera Theatre [1]
- EP Theater [12]
- The Factory Theater Company
- Gateway Theatre
- The Gift Theatre Company [13]
- The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company [14]
- Goodman Theatre
- Gorilla Tango Theatre [15]
- IO Theater
- James Downing Theatre [16]
- Lifeline Theatre
- Light Opera Works (Evanston)
- Lincoln Square Theatre
- Live Bait Theater [17]
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire)
- Mary-Arrchie Theatre [18]
- MCA Stage
- Merle Reskin Theatre (formerly Blackstone Theater)
- Mercury Theater Chicago [19]
- Metropolis Performing Arts Center (Arlington Heights) [20]
- National Pastime Theater [21]
- Neo-Futurists
- The New Colony (Chicago) [22]
- New World Repertory Theater (Downer's Grove) [23]
- Noble Fool Theatricals (St. Charles) [24]
- Northlight Theatre (Skokie) [25]
- Oak Park Festival Theatre
- Opera in Focus
- Oracle Productions
- Organic Theater Company
- Piccolo Theatre [26]
- Pegasus Players [27]
- The Playground
- Prop Thtr [28]
- Raven Theatre [29]
- Redtwist Theatre (Formerly Actor's Workshop Theatre) [30]
- Saint Sebastian Players [31]
- The Savoyaires [32]
- The Second City
- The side project [33]
- Signal Ensemble Theatre [34]
- Silk Road Theatre Project
- Stage 773 [35]
- Stage Left Theatre [36]
- Stage Wright Productions [2]
- Steel Beam Theatre (St. Charles) [37]
- Steep Theatre Company
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Strawdog Theatre Company
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre [38]
- Theatre Building Chicago
- TimeLine Theatre Company [39]
- Trap Door Theatre
- Under the Gun Theater [3] [40]
- Victory Gardens Theater
- Village Theatre Guild (Glen Ellyn) [41]
- Writer's Theatre [42]
- Windy City Playhouse [43]
Itinerant theater companies
- 2nd Story [44]
- 20% Theatre Company Chicago [45]
- 500 Clown [46]
- A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Co. [47]
- A-Squared Theater Workshop [48]
- About Face Theatre [49]
- Appetite Theatre
- Babes With Blades [50]
- Big Noise Theatre Company [51]
- Black Forest Theater [52]
- BoHo Theatre
- Bricklayers Theatre Company [53]
- Buzz22 Chicago [54]
- Chicago Children's Theatre [55]
- Chicago dell'Arte [56]
- Chicago Kids Company [57]
- Chicspeare Production Company [58]
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Collaboraction
- Congo Square Theater Company [59]
- Curious Theater Branch [60]
- Definition Theatre Company [61]
- Democracy Burlesque [62]
- Dog & Pony Theatre Company [63]
- Eclipse Theatre Company [64]
- Echo Theater Company
- Emerald City Theatre Company [65]
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation
- Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble
- Filament Theatre Ensemble [66]
- First Folio Theatre
- Free Street Theater [67]
- GayCo Productions [68]
- Griffin Theatre Co. [69]
- Halcyon Theatre [70]
- Hell in a Handbag Productions [71]
- The House Theatre of Chicago
- The Hypocrites
- Imagination Theater [72]
- InFusion Theatre Company [73]
- Kapoot Clown Theater
- Kidworks Touring Theatre [74]
- LiveWire Chicago Theatre
- The Mammals Theatre Company [75]
- The Moving Dock Theatre Company [76]
- MPAACT (Ma’at Prod Assoc of Afrikan Cntr Th) [77]
- New Leaf Theatre [78]
- New Millennium Theatre Company [79]
- Nothing Special Productions [80]
- Nothing Without a Company [81]
- Off-Off Campus
- Pavement Group [82]
- People's Theatre of Chicago [83]
- Performing Arts Limited [84]
- Pine Box Theatre [85]
- Plus Sized Productions
- Polarity Ensemble Theatre [86]
- Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago [87]
- Premiere Theatre & Performance [88]
- Prologue Theatre Company [89]
- Promethean Theatre Ensemble [90]
- Provision Theater [91]
- Quest Theatre Ensemble [92]
- Rebekah Theatre Project (rtp) [93]
- Red Tape Theatre [94]
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
- The Right Brain Project [95]
- REVOLUTION Theatre Company [96]
- The Ruckus [97]
- Salsation! Theatre Company
- Seanachai Theatre Company [98]
- The Shakespeare Project of Chicago
- Shattered Globe Theatre [99]
- ShawChicago Theater Company [100]
- Sideshow Theatre Company [101]
- Silent Theatre Company [102]
- Sinnerman Ensemble [103]
- Spartan Theatre Company [104]
- StarKid Productions
- Stockyards Theatre Project [105]
- Strange Tree Group [106]
- Strangeloop Theatre [4]
- Striding Lion InterArts Workshop [107]
- Supernatural Chicago [108]
- Teatro Luna [109]
- Teatro Vista [110]
- Theater Oobleck
- Theater Wit [111]
- Theatre Seven [112]
- Theatre-Hikes [113]
- Theo Ubique Theatre Company [114]
- TUTA Theatre
- Tympanic Theatre [115]
- The Unrehearsed Shakespeare Company [116]
- Vitalist Theatre [117]
- Walkabout Theater Company [118]
- Waltzing Mechanics [119]
- Wayward Productions [120]
- Wicked Good Productions
- WildClaw Theatre Company [121]
- Will Act For Food [122]
- DIN at the Den
Touring and rental venues
- Apollo Theater Chicago
- Arie Crown Theatre
- The Athenaeum [123]
- Auditorium Theatre
- Bank of America Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre)
- Briar Street Theater
- Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place)
- Cadillac Palace Theatre
- Chicago Theatre
- Congress Theater
- The Factory Theater
- Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre
- Gateway Theatre
- Greenhouse Theater Center
- Harris and Selwyn Theaters
- Heartland Studio Theater [5]
- MAC (McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage) (Glen Ellyn) [6]
- Mercury Theatre [7]
- New Regal Theater
- No Exit Cafe [124]
- North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie [125]
- Rosemont Theater
- Royal George Theatre [126]
- The Storefront Theatre at Gallery 37 [127]
- CenterStage [128]
Inactive, historic theater companies and venues
Companies
- Backstage Theatre Company [129]
- Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre
- Body Politic Theater[8]
- Caffeine Theatre[9]
- Chicago Center for the Performing Arts [10]
- Compass Players
- Defiant Theatre
- The Ethiopian Art Theatre/Players
- Famous Door Theatre[11]
- Fourth Wall Productions[12]
- Goat Island
- Happy Happy Good Show
- Hubris Productions [130]
- Illinois Theatre Center
- Improv Institute
- Infamous Commonwealth Theatre[13]
- Lakeshore Theater [131]
- New Age Vaudeville
- New Crime Theater
- New Variety
- Next Theatre Company (Evanston) [132]
- Onyx Theater
- Playwrights Theatre Club
- The Practical Theatre Company
- Remains Theatre[14]
- Redmoon Theater
- Roadworks Theatre Company[15]
- Stage of One's Own Theatre Co.
- St. Nicholas Theatre[16]
- The Viaduct [17]
- Wisdom Bridge Theatre
Venues
References
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- ^ http://www.strangelooptheatre.org/Site/Home.html
- ^ http://www.heartlandcafe.com/st_index.htm
- ^ http://www.cod.edu/artscntr/
- ^ http://borealissystems.net/uat/mercury/
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC. "WhosWho Chicago: Body Politic : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois". CenterstageChicago.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Caffeine Theatre To Close
- ^ Theatrical days appear numbered for Chicago Center for Performing Arts
- ^ "PerformInk Online". Performink.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC. "Chicago: Fourth Wall Productions : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois". CenterstageChicago.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Infamous Commonwealth Theatre closes
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC. "WhosWho Chicago: Remains Theatre : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois". CenterstageChicago.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC. "WhosWho Chicago: Roadworks Productions : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois". CenterstageChicago.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "Theater Companies". Encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy