- 500 Clown
Action-based clown theater performing physical works using explosives, blood, and danger.
www.500clown.com
- About Face Theatre (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Theater/About_Face_Theatre
- American Girl Place
Offers boutiques of dolls, furniture, toys, and accessories, as well as matching apparel for girls. Also features a cafe and a historical revue based on the American Girls series.
www.americangirlplace.com/agp_chi_splash.php
- American Theater Company
Ensemble of artists committed to producing new and classic works that have contemporary relevance and engage the imagination of the audience.
www.atcweb.org
- Apollo Theater Chicago
Repertoire includes a fresh blend of comedies, musicals, and special events.
www.apollochicago.com
- Argos Agency, The
Satirical theater company.
www.argosagency.com
- Babes With Blades
Theater production company with themes of women wielding weapons.
www.babeswithblades.org
- Bailiwick Repertory Theater
Dedicated to work by new writers and directors, with special programs featuring deaf and gay and lesbian artists.
www.bailiwick.org
- Bare Essentials Improvised Theatre Company
Produces improvised one-act plays.
www.fuzzyco.com/bare
- Bearded Lamb
Improv theatre group.
www.beardedlamb.com
- Beverly Theatre Guild
Performing a variety of plays and musicals.
www.beverlytheatreguild.org
- Blue Man Group@
Learn about Blue Man Group (BMG), the creative organization of three mute artists who perform with blue-painted faces and black clothing. Sites include background information, music albums, audience reviews, audio/video clips, online bookings, and tour details of the trio, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton whose performances and themes have greatly influenced modern theater arts.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Professional_Companies/Blue_Man_Group
- Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Community of people whose interest is to create their own artistic environment, follow a personal moral code, and flourish in all things above and beyond convention with literary and artistic originality; art for art's sake.
www.stagetwotheatre.com
- Broadway In Chicago
Subscription series featuring touring shows.
www.broadwayinchicago.com
- Chicago Dramatists
Devoting all of its resources and programming to its singular mission of developing new plays and nurturing playwrights.
www.chicagodramatists.org
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Located on Navy Pier. Presents work by some of the most distinguished American and international playwrights and directors, in addition to its acclaimed productions of William Shakespeare's canon.
www.chicagoshakes.com
- Chicago Sun-Times: Theater
News, columns, and reviews for Chicago theater.
www.suntimes.com/index/theater.html
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
Chicago-based touring performance theatre arts educators, promoting literacy and dedicated to performing plays written from the stories and poetry of children.
www.cptt.org
- City Lit Theater
Theater company devoted to the adaptation of literature to the stage.
www.citylit.org
- Classics on Stage!
Scripts and plays based on the classics of world and American literature.
www.classicsonstage.com
- Collaboraction
Season and other information.
www.collaboraction.org
- Congo Square Theatre
Dedicated to producing definitive and transformative theatre spawned from the African Diaspora, as well as from other world cultures.
www.congosquaretheatre.org
- Court Theatre
Performing imaginative revivals of the classics in repertory.
www.courttheatre.org
- Defiant Theatre
Striving to subvert the social, moral, and aesthetic expectations of mainstream artistic expression.
www.defianttheatre.org
- Docklight Theatre Company
Provides new work for new audiences.
www.docklight.org
- Dolphinback Theatre Company
Ensemble that looks to the myths of our collective past for the threads that will bear the weight of the future.
www.jeffgoode.com/theatres/th_dolphinback.htm
- Eclipse Theatre Company
Ensemble company focusing on the works of one playwright for an entire season.
www.eclipsetheatre.com
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation
Chicago-based African American performing and visual arts institution for adults and children. Also offers events, day camps, and professional classes.
www.etacreativearts.org
- Famous Door Theatre
Ensemble of actors, directors, and designers producing premiere and seldom-produced plays in an intimate environment.
www.famousdoortheatre.org
- Goodman Theatre
Committed to presenting the classics with freshness and new vision, and to premiering new plays with dedication and respect for the playwright's art.
www.goodman-theatre.org
- Griffin Theater
Bringing its audiences and the community affordable and imaginative live theater which reflects the contemporary American experience.
www.griffintheatre.com
- GTC Dramatic Dialogues
Interactive theatrical programs for college campuses on the issues of diversity, sexual assault, and substance abuse. Touring campuses across the country.
www.gtcdrama.com
- HealthWorks Theatre
Professional touring group presenting plays about HIV/AIDS prevention and youth violence prevention.
healthworkstheatre.com
- Hypocrites Theater Company
Making theater to gain a better understanding of human existence.
www.the-hypocrites.com
- Illinois Theatre Association
Advocating the art of theatre in Illinois.
www.iltheassoc.org
- Imagination Theater
Educational theater company that performs for groups of children, adults, seniors, and persons with disabilities.
www.imaginationtheater.org
- ImprovChicago.com
Dedicated to the art of improv theater in the Chicago area. Includes listings of groups, theaters, schools, and more.
www.improvchicago.com
- ImprovOlympic Theater
Comedy training center and performance venue.
www.improvolympic.com
- Irish Repertory of Chicago
Professional company dedicated to the Irish and Irish-American playwright.
www.irishrep.com
- Lifeline Theatre
Ensemble of writers, directors, actors, and designers dedicated to using theatre to educate, entertain, and empower the community.
www.lifelinetheatre.com
- Live Bait Theater
Dedicated to new works by Chicago-area playwrights and solo performers.
www.livebaittheater.org
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
Not-for-profit theatre company founded in 1989 by David Schwimmer and seven other Northwestern University graduates.
lookingglasstheatre.org
- Michael Butler Presents
www.orlok.com
- Moebius Theatre
Science fiction oriented theatre company known for comedy and other styles.
www.moebiustheatre.org
- Mom and Dad Productions
Collective of actors, directors, playwrights, and designers whose focus is to allow each member to explore different aspects of their artistic development in a nurturing environment.
www.momanddadproductions.com
- Neo-Futurists
Ensemble dedicated to social, political, and personal enlightenment in the form of audience-interactive conceptual theater.
www.neofuturists.org
- New Millennium Theatre Company
Mission is to promote and encourage new theatrical entertainment.
www.nmtchicago.org
- Open Eye Productions
Ensemble of actors, directors, writers, and designers dedicated to the exploration of characters being defined by their flaws.
www.openeyeproductions.org
- Organic Theater Company
Seeks to produce lasting new work and exuberant classics that examine the heart of humanity through performance, outreach, and education.
www.organictheater.com
- Pegasus Players
Dedicated to producing quality shows and enrichment to those with little access to the arts.
www.pegasusplayers.org
- Plasticene
Performing original physical theater through experimentation with contact improvisation and object encounters to develop non-text-based action and situation.
plasticene.com
- Porchlight Music Theatre
Uniting the arts of music, drama, dance, and design to transform stories into thrilling, passionate, and relevant events, which affect the lives of artists and audiences alike.
www.porchlighttheatre.com
- Real Read, A
Afrian American lesbigaytrans performance ensemble addressing issues of people living with HIV/AIDS.
www.arealread.org
- Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company, A
Dedicated to producing new works by area playwrights and other underproduced plays of social relevance that will spark thought and discussion.
www.arftco.com
- Redmoon Theater
Producing theater spectacles that incorporate puppetry, mask, live music, and other dynamic elements.
www.redmoon.org
- Roadworks Productions (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Theater/Roadworks_Productions
- Sandbox Theatre Project
Seeks to create a new kind of theatre for a new generation of theatregoers.
www.sandboxtheatreproject.com
- Seanachai Theatre Company
Professional nonprofit theatre dedicated to the power of a good story.
www.seanachai.org
- Season of Concern
Chicagoland theater community's fundraising effort in the fight against AIDS.
www.seasonofconcern.org
- Sideway Theater Company
Family of artists and community supporters and home to the sideway method.
www.sidewaytheater.com
- Sprung
Information on performances, workshops, and activities of the international movement theatre company.
www.sprungtheatre.com
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Advancing the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships, and contributing new works to the national canon.
www.steppenwolf.org
- Stockyards Theatre Project
Dedicated to promoting women artists and the femaleist viewpoint.
www.angelfire.com/il2/stockyards
- Strawdog Theatre Company
Ensemble of theatre artists existing to engage, inspire, and provoke audiences through ensemble-driven works.
www.strawdog.org
- The Utopian Theatre Asylum (TUTA)
Presenting atypical scripts, reenvigorating the theatre going experience.
www.tutato.com
- Theatre Building Chicago
Maintains a commitment to the performing arts community in Chicago by promoting, developing, and strengthening both emerging and established artists and organizations.
www.theatrebuildingchicago.org
- TimeLine Theatre Company
Artistic team that produces provocative theatre which illuminates the impact of history in society.
www.timelinetheatre.com/home.htm
- Victory Gardens Theater (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Theater/Victory_Gardens_Theater
- WNEP Theater
Nonprofit theater company producing original works and providing educational outreach to the community.
www.wneptheater.org
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