Chicago Shakespeare Theater

(see schedule o)chicago Shakespeare Theater's year-round season features as many as twenty productions and 650 performances, including plays, musicals, world premieres, multigenerational and community programming, and presentations from around the globe. Chicago Shakespeare's artistic program ranges from visceral interpretations of Shakespeare to modern plays and musicals, new work and unique site-specific, immersive theatrical events. Each season, the Theater collaborates with renowned international artists and companies; develops innovative new work; and partners with Chicago's schools, neighborhoods, and more than 600 community organizations across the city serving 225,000 audience members annually, with one in four under the age of eighteen. The company spearheaded Shakespeare 400 Chicago, celebrating Shakespeare's legacy in a citywide, yearlong international arts and culture festival, which engaged 1.1 million people. The Theater's nationally acclaimed arts-in-literacy programs support the work of english and drama teachers, and bring Shakespeare to life on stage for tens of thousands of their students each school year. Over the summer, the company tours a professional production of Shakespeare's work, free for all, to neighborhood parks across the city. In 2017 the Theater unveiled the yard at Chicago shakespeare-with its innovative design that has changed the shape of Theater architecture. Together with the jentes family courtyard Theater and the thoma Theater upstairs, the yard positions Chicago Shakespeare as the city's most versatile performing arts center. The Theater is committed to making its facility and performances accessible to all patrons, including those who are blind or have low vision, those who are deaf or have hearing loss, and those with mobility disabilities. Chicago Shakespeare offers american sign language duo-interpretation, open captioning, audio description, touch tours, and large-print and braille programs.