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[]
Resident companies and venues[]
- [1]
- American Blues Theater [2]
- Annoyance Theatre [3]
- Black Ensemble Theater Company [4]
- BoHo Theatre [5]
- Center on Halsted [6]
- Chicago Dramatists [7]
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater [8]
- Chopin Theatre [9]
- Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest) [10]
- Copernicus Center (formley Gateway Theatre) [11]
- Court Theatre [12]
- Factory Theater [13]
- First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) [14]
- Goodman Theatre [15]
- iO Theater [16]
- (St. Charles) [17]
- Lifeline Theatre [18]
- Lookingglass Theatre Company [19]
- Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire) [20]
- MCA Stage [21]
- Merle Reskin Theatre (DePaul) (formerly Blackstone Theater) [22]
- Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) (Evanston) [23]
- Neo-Futurists [24]
- Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park) [25]
- Opera in Focus (Rolling Meadows) [26]
- Organic Theater Company [27]
- Paramount Theatre (Aurora) [28]
- The Playground [29]
- A Red Orchid Theatre [30]
- [31]
- [32]
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Company [33]
- The Second City [34]
- Silk Road Rising [35]
- Steep Theatre Company [36]
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company [37]
- Strawdog Theatre Company [38]
- TimeLine Theatre Company [39]
- Trap Door Theatre [40]
- Victory Gardens Theater [41]
Itinerant companies[]
- Babes With Blades [42]
- Child's Play Touring Theatre [43]
- [44]
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation [45]
- The House Theatre of Chicago [46]
- LiveWire Chicago Theatre [47]
- Off-Off Campus (UChicago) [48]
- [49]
- Theater Oobleck (formerly Streetlight Theater) [50]
- TUTA Theatre [51]
Touring and rental venues[]
- Apollo Theater Chicago [52]
- Arie Crown Theatre [53]
- Auditorium Theatre [54]
- Briar Street Theater [55]
- Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place) [56]
- Cadillac Palace Theatre [57]
- Chicago Theatre [58]
- CIBC Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre) [59]
- Congress Theater [60]
- Greenhouse Theater Center [61]
- Harris Theater (Chicago) [62]
- James M. Nederlander Theatre (formerly Oriental Theatre) [63]
- Lyric Opera of Chicago [64]
- Rosemont Theater [65]
Inactive, historic companies and venues[]
Companies
- American Theater Company[1]
- Body Politic Theater[2]
- 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 [66]
- Illinois Theatre Center
- Improv Institute
- Infamous Commonwealth Theatre[6]
- New Age Vaudeville
- New Variety
- Playwrights Theatre Club
- 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[]
- ^ 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 vulnerable run
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Theatres in Chicago
- Lists of theatres in the United States by city
- Chicago-related lists
- Lists of buildings and structures in Illinois