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Dear LOCT Members, I am writing to you with some exciting news for the future of Hot Tix. Please read this email in its entirety. Since starting at the League, it has been a pleasure getting to deep dive into all our programs and speak to the membership about their needs. The Hot Tix program was created to introduce patrons to all our member theatres at rates that are affordable, and for a long time, affordability meant half-price tickets. Hot Tix has grown over the years, giving back 99% of its revenue …

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See Flyer Season of Concern welcomes ideas for events that are conceived, organized and managed by our Friends and Supporters. Do you have a great idea for an event that would benefit Season of Concern? LET’S TALK! Send your ideas to: Managing Director Michael Ryczek Michael@SeasonofConcern.org or call 312-332-0518 Founded in 1987, Season of Concern Chicago is dedicated to providing financial assistance to Chicagoland theater practitioners, both Equity and Non-Equity, impacted by illness, injury or circumstance that prevents them from working. We provide short-term emergency financial assistance to theater practitioners through our …

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Radial Gradient at Shattered Globe Theatre  Runs Jan 27 – Mar 11, 2023 Three women enter a research study hoping to create positive change after a hate crime takes place at a liberal university in America. Post-show event on Sunday, March 5. This performance features a short spoken word and dance performance by Global Girls following our 3:00pm matinee performance. https://chicagoplays.com/event/radial-gradient/ Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Mercury Theater Runs Jan 27 – Mar 26, 2023 Turn back the clock to 1956 for an intimate cabaret performance with the greatest …

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Making theatre repertoire decisions is complex, high-risk, and difficult work. These decisions set the trajectory for all that follows, and the process of making them deserves far more attention. After decades of audience erosion, the future of theatre clearly depends on more people choosing to attend. But that will require far more than continuing to invest in improving marketing and fundraising functions. It will require holistic new strategies to produce work compelling enough to artists and audiences to overcome the significant underlying social, cultural, and economic changes that have driven the erosion. …

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Check out these events and shows happening at member theatres around the city for Black History Month this February 2023! Goodman Theatre Presents: the ripple, the wave that carried me home, a Co-Production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A family responds to injustice and a daughter reckons with her political inheritance in this new play by “a poet, a playwright to pay attention to”. Runs Jan 13 – Feb 12, 2023. https://chicagoplays.com/event/the-ripple-the-wave-that-carried-me-home/ Redtwist Theatre Presents: The Great Khan, a revolutionary, multicultural play about the effects of systemic racism on two Black American teens. The …

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Check out these events and shows happening at member theatres around the city for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023! Auditorium Theatre Auditorium Theatre is presenting Step Afrika! on January 14. This production highlights the preservation of history through exceptional dance, as well as continuing and growing traditions through art. Learn more at https://auditoriumtheatre.org/events-details/step-afrika/. Fleetwoood Jourdain The Music Institute of Chicago and the Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre will present a free musical celebration of Dr. MLK, Jr., on Sun., Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave. Learn more …

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 Member Resources Bring back working committees through the League where members can get more involved and help the League push forward Bring back the PAV Fund or provide resources for similar services  Resources for best practices in providing Internships and Apprenticeships  Collective insurance and healthcare for small theatre companies so that everyone can pay less  Can we leverage bargaining power to receive better rates for insurance?  Connecting with TAP – Theatre Advocacy Project  Coalitions of theatres by size or neighborhood for more collaboration Covid standards and masking recommendations by theatre size  Affinity …

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