Theatre

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Theater offers downtown audiences the best opportunity to experience Chicago’s innovative off-Loop theater companies. A night at one of DCA Theaters is an entertaining, exciting glimpse into the variety of Chicago’s vibrant theater scene.

Studio Theater
Located just off the Randolph Street lobby, the Studio Theater is an incubator space that gives small theater companies the opportunity to share their work with downtown audiences. The Department of Cultural Affairs provides the space rent-free to encourage the growth of new creative talent.

Claudia Cassidy Theater
Located on the 2nd floor of the Randolph Street entrance, the Claudia Cassidy Theater is a 294-seat venue that provides space for staged readings, improv shows, workshops and panel discussions, and short-run productions.

Storefront Theater
Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph, is dedicated to giving small to mid-sized theater companies the opportunity to perform in a state of the art venue located in the heart of the downtown theater district.

 The Gift Theatre is dedicated to telling great stories on stage with honesty and simplicity. Since its 2002 debut, The Gift has consistently established itself as an actors’ theatre, consistently eschewing directorial cleverness for honest, powerful connections between the actors and the audience.

This is the home of Chicago's hottest Off-Loop theater companies - a diverse mix of nationally acclaimed, award winning ensembles.

Although originally created as an ensemble to perform a specific show, The Neo-Futurists have grown to become one of the most highly regarded experimental theater companies in America.
From humble beginnings as the first late-night theater production in Chicago, we have expanded into a company that mounts full seasons of adventurous, smart, interactive theater while still pursuing the ideas that inspired our creation. Although we pride ourselves on focusing on the future, we will briefly look at the trail we have blazed in the past.

The Center is the only professional Equity Theater in Northwest Indiana. Located just thirty-five minutes from Downtown Chicago, Theatre at The Center has its home at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, Indiana. All of their main-stage productions are fully produced in Munster and feature the work of professional actors, musicians, designers and craftsmen from throughout the Midwest.

This is a Chicago Theater Company dedicated to presenting stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues. TimeLine Theatre brings Chicago theater audiences provocative work that engages, educates, entertains and enlightens

This restored historic venue was once a movie house but now presents live productions by a longtime theater mainstay, Victory Gardens Theater.
Cemented into local history as the site where FBI Agents gunned down notorious bank robber John Dillinger in 1934, the Biograph Theater is now the new home of Chicago's Tony Award-wining Victory Gardens Theatre.

Originally conceived as a magnet for community involvement in the arts, the Vittum Theater was opened in 1998 to aid in community building and to foster the personal growth of members of the Northwestern University Settlement House. Since that time, the theater has developed into a regionally recognized resource for quality arts programming for youth. Its annual Season for Young Audiences currently accommodates 13,000 school age children from over 120 schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Since 1992, Writers’ Theatre has been an vital member of the Chicago Theatre Community.  Having recently celebrated its 15th Anniversary Season, Writers’ Theatre looks forward to continuing its leadership in the community for the next 15 years with great performance's.