List of theaters in Chicago
This is a list of notable theatre companies, performance venues, and rental performance spaces in the Chicago area.
Chicago area theatre venues and organizations[edit]
Resident companies and venues[edit]
- About Face
- Accidental Shakespeare [1]
- Aguijón Theater [2]
- American Blues Theater [3]
- Annoyance Theatre [4]
- Baliwick Theatre Company
- Black Ensemble Theater Company [5]
- Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company
- Center on Halsted [6]
- Chicago Dramatists [7]
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater [8]
- Chopin Theatre [9]
- Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest) [10]
- Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre) [11]
- Court Theatre [12]
- Factory Theater [13]
- First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) [14]
- Goodman Theatre [15]
- iO Theater [16]
- Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles) [17]
- Lifeline Theatre [18]
- Lookingglass Theatre Company [19]
- Lyric Opera of Chicago [20]
- Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire) [21]
- MCA Stage [22]
- Merle Reskin Theatre (DePaul) (formerly Blackstone Theater) [23]
- Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) (Evanston) [24]
- Neo-Futurists [25]
- Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park) [26]
- Oracle Theatre Company
- Opera in Focus (Rolling Meadows) [27]
- Organic Theater Company [28]
- Paramount Theatre (Aurora) [29]
- The Playground [30]
- Porchlight Music Theatre [31]
- A Red Orchid Theatre [32]
- Red Tape Theatre [33]
- Red Theater Chicago [34]
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Company [35]
- The Second City [36]
- Shattered Globe Theatre Company
- Silk Road Rising [37]
- Steep Theatre Company [38]
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company [39]
- Strawdog Theatre Company [40]
- Theatre-Hikes
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre [41]
- TimeLine Theatre Company [42]
- Trap Door Theatre [43]
- Victory Gardens Theater [44]
Itinerant companies[edit]
- Babes With Blades [45]
- Child's Play Touring Theatre [46]
- Collaboraction [47]
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation [48]
- Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co
- The House Theatre of Chicago [50]
- LiveWire Chicago Theatre [51]
- Off-Off Campus (UChicago) [52]
- Red Theater Chicago [53]
- Theater Oobleck (formerly Streetlight Theater) [54]
- TUTA Theatre [55]
Touring and rental venues[edit]
- Apollo Theater Chicago [56]
- Arie Crown Theatre [57]
- Auditorium Theatre [58]
- Briar Street Theater [59]
- Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place) [60]
- Cadillac Palace Theatre [61]
- Chicago Theatre [62]
- CIBC Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre) [63]
- Congress Theater [64]
- Greenhouse Theater Center [65]
- Harris Theater (Chicago) [66]
- James M. Nederlander Theatre (formerly Oriental Theatre) [67]
- Lyric Opera of Chicago [68]
- Rosemont Theater [69]
Inactive, historic companies and venues[edit]
Companies
- American Theater Company[1]
- Body Politic Theater[2]
- BoHo Theatre [70]
- Caffeine Theatre[3]
- Chicago Center for the Performing Arts[4]
- Compass Players
- Defiant Theatre
- The Ethiopian Art Theatre/Players
- Famous Door Theatre[5]
- Goat Island
- Happy Happy Good Show
- The Hypocrites [71]
- Illinois Theatre Center
- Improv Institute
- Infamous Commonwealth Theatre[6]
- Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
- New Age Vaudeville
- New Variety
- Playwrights Theatre Club
- Pyewacket Theatre Company
- The Practical Theatre Company
- Remains Theatre[7]
- Redmoon Theater
- Wayward Productions (formerly Chicago Fusion Theatre)
- Windy City Performs[8]
Venues
- Drury Lane Theatres
- Garrick Theater
- Iroquois Theatre
- Theatre Building Chicago (Purchased by Stage 773)
- Uptown Theatre
References[edit]
- ^ American Theatre Company is shutting down...
- ^ Body Politic Bows Out/Auditorium Suit Dismissed
- ^ Caffeine Theatre To Close
- ^ Theatrical days appear numbered for Chicago Center for Performing Arts
- ^ "Famous Door closing after venerable run". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06.
- ^ Infamous Commonwealth Theatre closes
- ^ Money Trouble at Wisdom Bridge/What Remains of Remains?/Rotational Success/Hot Mikado
- ^ Windy City Performs, a performing arts school, closes in Jefferson Park