McAninch Arts Center
The McAninch Arts Center houses three theaters:
The 793-seat Mainstage, where no seat is more than 16 rows, or 75 feet, from the stage
Theatre 2, a 195-seat hall featuring a "soft thrust" stage
Studio Theatre, a versatile, black-box performance space.
Adjacent to the Mainstage lobby is the Gahlberg Gallery, a space for visual art exhibition.
The 793-seat Mainstage, where no seat is more than 16 rows, or 75 feet, from the stage
Theatre 2, a 195-seat hall featuring a "soft thrust" stage
Studio Theatre, a versatile, black-box performance space.
Adjacent to the Mainstage lobby is the Gahlberg Gallery, a space for visual art exhibition.
Mercury Theater
The Mercury houses a 315-seat theater (with about 60 in the balcony) that combines contemporary elegance with a classical flavor, including continental seating (no center aisle) and restored seats from a 1930s vaudeville house.
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
In the Bantu language, "muntu" means "the essence of humanity." It’s what the Company seeks to express in their work and to touch in their audiences. Through its performances, Muntu strives to create an atmosphere of communal participation, encouraging and inspiring audiences and participants to join in the celebration.
Museum Of Contemporary Art (Theatre)
The Museum of Contemporary Art houses one of the world's most impressive collections of modern art and is located in Downtown Chicago. The building is an awesome tribute to creativity and design.
Music Box Theatre
For the last two decades, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films. It currently has the largest theater space operated full time in the city. The Music Box Theatre is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation. SMBC, through its Music Box Films division, also distributes foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States..
National Pastime Theater
Founded in 1994, this theater company has produced some venturesome productions in a space that was a speakeasy with secret entrances. The lobby is decorated with colorful neon signs, a legacy of the sign store that used to be there.
New Millennium Theatre Company
This Chicago theatre is a non-profit company, that produce a varied season which focuses on new or non-traditional approaches to theatre. They create quality entertainment that attracts new audiences, including those who have been reluctant to attend traditional theatre offerings. By appealing to this neglected demographic, New Millennium builds and fosters an educational, social, and artistic environment.
Next Theatre Company
Next Theatre Company produces socially provocative, artistically adventurous work. Their vision is to become a national destination for audiences and artists who share our vision that Theatre can promote awareness and provoke change with more power than any other medium of expression.
Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie (NSCPAS), brings the spirit of New York's Lincoln Center and Washington's Kennedy Center to Chicago's bustling North Shore. The NSCPAS is also home to three distinct Resident Companies:
Centre East, Northlight Theatre, and Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Centre East, Northlight Theatre, and Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Paramount Theatre
This historic theatre, originally owned by Paramount Pictures, continues to present theatre, musicals, comedy, dance and family programming. Loving restored to it's original state, the Paramount evokes the great days of American theatre.
Piccolo Theatre
This theater presents classical and contemporary comedies as well as original comedic and dramatic works from international sources. On the Piccolo stage you can experience the masters of theater such as Moliere, Goldoni, Dario Fo, Victor Haim and Tom Stoppard and you can see the collaborative creativity of Piccolo ensemble bringing world issues to our intimate setting.
Piper's Alley
This complex houses Second City Theatre, Tony 'n Tina's Wedding, Black Orchid Supper Club, and a Sony Multiplex as well as numerous restaurants and coffee shops.
Porchlight Theatre
This is one of Chicago’s music theatre leaders; producing award-winning interpretations of classic musicals and cutting-edge new works on intimate stages. The company has staged 36 shows including four world premieres, among them, The Teapot Scandals, its first work developed through Off the Porch, Porchlight’s new works program, as well as seven Chicago premieres
Profiles Theatre
This is a not-for-profit professional theatre company and has been producing plays in Chicago for over 20 years. Founded in 1988 by five Eastern Illinois University alumni, the company was originally called Profiles Performance Ensemble. Profiles produces World, US and Midwest Premieres by promising new playwrights, as well as established writers whose work has been seen across the country and around the world.
Provision Theater Company
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.
Rialto Square Theatre
Located in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois. It was a movie theater at one time, but it now houses mainly plays and stand up comedy as well as some concerts for musical artists. It is one of the Top 10 theatres in the country.
It is considered one of "150 great places in Illinois" by the American Institute of Architects. Inside Rialto Square Theatre, which opened in 1926 and underwent a restoration in the 1980s, shining scagliola columns rise into a celestial dome full of intricate sculptures. A Duchess chandelier dominates the rotunda. Cream-colored marble walls line the lobby and cherubim flutter into the auditorium.
It is considered one of "150 great places in Illinois" by the American Institute of Architects. Inside Rialto Square Theatre, which opened in 1926 and underwent a restoration in the 1980s, shining scagliola columns rise into a celestial dome full of intricate sculptures. A Duchess chandelier dominates the rotunda. Cream-colored marble walls line the lobby and cherubim flutter into the auditorium.
Shaw Chicago
Shaw Chicago presents the works of George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries in a concert reading format. It also offers customized programs for teachers including study guides, performances and workshops presented by actors.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The stage at the Steppenwolf Theater has literally been the doorway to film stardom for such actors as Joan Allen, John Malkovich, Lauri Metcalf and Gary Sinise. They've helped to make Steppenwolf Theater a name synonymous with theatrical success.
Storefront Theater
The Storefront Theater is the only venue in the city that bridges that gap by providing theater companies with the opportunity to showcase their work in a supportive, state-of the-art 99 seat environment.
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