List_of_theaters_in_Chicago
This is a list of notable theatre companies, performance venues, and rental performance spaces in the Chicago area.
Resident companies and venues
- About Face
- Accidental Shakespeare
- Aguijón Theater
- American Blues Theater
- Annoyance Theatre
- Baliwick Theatre Company
- Black Ensemble Theater Company
- Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company
- Center on Halsted
- Chicago Dramatists
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Chopin Theatre
- Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest)
- Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre)
- Court Theatre
- Factory Theater
- First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook)
- Goodman Theatre
- iO Theater
- Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles)
- Lifeline Theatre
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire)
- MCA Stage
- Merle Reskin Theatre (DePaul) (formerly Blackstone Theater)
- Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) (Evanston)
- Neo-Futurists
- Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park)
- Oracle Theatre Company
- Opera in Focus (Rolling Meadows)
- Organic Theater Company
- Paramount Theatre (Aurora)
- The Playground
- Porchlight Music Theatre
- A Red Orchid Theatre
- Red Tape Theatre
- Red Theater Chicago
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
- The Second City
- Shattered Globe Theatre Company
- Silk Road Rising
- Steep Theatre Company
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Strawdog Theatre Company
- Theatre-Hikes
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
- TimeLine Theatre Company
- Trap Door Theatre
- Victory Gardens Theater
Itinerant companies
- Babes With Blades
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Collaboraction
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation
- Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co
- The House Theatre of Chicago
- LiveWire Chicago Theatre
- Off-Off Campus (UChicago)
- Red Theater Chicago
- Theater Oobleck (formerly Streetlight Theater)
- TUTA Theatre
Touring and rental venues
- Apollo Theater Chicago
- Arie Crown Theatre
- Auditorium Theatre
- Briar Street Theater
- Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place)
- Cadillac Palace Theatre
- Chicago Theatre
- CIBC Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre)
- Congress Theater
- Greenhouse Theater Center
- Harris Theater (Chicago)
- James M. Nederlander Theatre (formerly Oriental Theatre)
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Rosemont Theater
Inactive, historic companies and venues
Companies
- American Theater Company[1]
- Body Politic Theater[2]
- BoHo Theatre
- 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
- 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
- "Famous Door closing after venerable run". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06.