fThis 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
About Face Aguijón Theater American Blues Theater Annoyance Theatre Black Ensemble Theater Company Center on Halsted Chicago Dramatists Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chopin Theatre Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest) City Lit Theater Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre) Court Theatre Factory Theater First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) Goodman Theatre iO Theater Irish Theatre of Chicago (formerly Seanachaí Theatre Company)Kenneth Jones, "Seanachai Becomes Irish Theatre of Chicago; Season Revealed," Playbill, August 12, 2014, https://playbill.com/article/seanachai-becomes-irish-theatre-of-chicago-season-revealed-com-328049. 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) Opera in Focus (Rolling Meadows) Paramount Theatre (Aurora) The Playground Porchlight Music Theatre Raven Theater 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 Free Street Theater Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co 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) Bughouse Theater 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 Theater Wit
Community Theatres
Big Noise Theatre Brightside Theatre Elgin Theatre Company H.O.T.T. Productions Music on Stage St. James Theatre Theatre of Western Springs Up and Coming Theatre Company Wheaton Drama
Inactive, historic companies and venues Companies Accidental Shakespeare American Theater Company Body Politic Theater Bailiwick Repertory Theatre BoHo Theatre Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company Caffeine Theatre Chicago Center for the Performing ArtsTheatrical days appear numbered for Chicago Center for Performing Arts Compass Players Defiant Theatre Ethiopian Art Theatre Famous Door Theatre First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) Goat Island Happy Happy Good Show The Hypocrites Illinois Theatre Center Improv Institute Infamous Commonwealth Theatre Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company New Age Vaudeville New Variety Oracle Theatre Company Organic Theater Company Playwrights Theatre Club Pyewacket Theatre Company The House Theatre of Chicago The Practical Theatre Company Remains Theatre Redmoon Theater Wayward Productions (formerly Chicago Fusion Theatre) Windy City Performs
Venues Academy of Music Drury Lane Theatres Garrick Theater Happy Medium Theatre Iroquois Theatre Theatre Building Chicago (Purchased by Stage 773) Uptown Theatre
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