Chopin Theatre

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Chopin Theatre

Address	1543 W. Division St Chicago, IL 60642 US
Coordinates	41°54′11″N 87°40′0″W / 41.90306°N 87.66667°W / 41.90306; -87.66667
Owner	Zygmunt Dyrkacz and Lela Headd Dyrkacz
Capacity	226 Main; 175 Studio
Construction
Opened	1918
Reopened	1990
Architect	Worthmann & Steinbach Architects
Website
chopintheatre.com

Chopin Theatre Productions is a 501(c)(3) not for profit art presenter and producer at the historic Chopin Theater building in Chicago. Built in 1918, in what is now Wicker Park, the theater is located across the Polish Triangle.^[1] Chopin Theatre's 500+ annual theater, literary, music, film and social events are often avante garde or international. Its mission is to promote enlightened civic discourse through a diverse range of artistic offerings.

Notable guests[]

• Edward Auer, International Chopin Piano Competition pianist
• Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
• Peter Brötzmann, free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
• Mircea Cărtărescu, poet
• David Cromer, MacArthur Fellows Program/"Genius Grant", director
• John Cusack, actor and film producer
• Chuck D, rapper and author
• Urszula Dudziak, jazz vocalist
• Stuart Dybek, MacArthur Fellows Program/"Genius Grant", author
• Michael Eric Dyson, academic, author and radio host
• Kurt Elling, jazz vocalist
• Kahil El'Zabar, jazz multi-instrumentalist
• , visual artist
• Von Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist
• Nikki Giovanni, award winning poet, "living legend"
• Fareed Haque, fusion guitar virtuoso
• Aleksander Hemon, MacArthur Fellows Program/"Genius Grant", author
• Ryszard Horowitz, photographer
• Steve James, filmmaker, "Hoop Dreams"
• Malalai Joya, activist, writer, former Afghan politician
• Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
• Greg Kot, filmmaker, "Hoop Dreams"
• Krzysztof Krauze, film director, cinematographer
• Li-Young Lee, poet
• Philip Levine, Pulitzer Prize poet
• Haki Madhubuti, author
• Adam Makowicz, pianist and composer
• Rob Mazurek, cornetist and composer
• Aaron McGruder, author, cartoonist, creator The Boondocks
• Dominic Miller, guitarist (with Sting, Phil Collins)
• Sara Paretsky, author
• Ed Paschke, painter
• Jeremy Piven, actor and film producer
• Luis J. Rodriguez, poet
• Art Shay, photographer
• Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
• Marc Smith, founder poetry slam movement
• Zadie Smith, author of one of Time magazine's 100 best novels
• Franciszek Starowieyski, visual artist
• Studs Terkel, Pulitzer Prize winning author
• Ken Vandermark, MacArthur Fellows Program/"Genius Grant", musician and composer
• Paul Wertico, Grammy Award winner, drummer
• Bronisław Wildstein, journalist
• Adam Zagajewski, poet
• Howard Zinn, historian, author and activist
• Henryk Baranowski, Golden Mask award-winning theater and television director and designer

References[]

External links[]

• "Chopin Theatre Home Page".
• "Chopin Theatre". Time Out Chicago. January 29, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
• Phillips, Michael; Chris Jones (December 5, 2013). "Our theater guys theater guide". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
• Worldview with Jerome McDonnell; WBEZ Chicago Public Radio (October 29, 2018). "Chopin Theatre Celebrates 100th Anniversary". Chicago Public Radio. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
• Hauser, Alisa (October 24, 2018). "100 Years in Wicker Park: Chopin Theatre's revival brought elegance". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
• Jones, Chris (October 29, 2018). "Chopin turns 100: Historic theater has ushered in hipsters but kept its Polish roots". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 14, 2020.