Black History Month Events 2024

Greenhouse Theater Center Tad in 5th City, January 19 – March 3 https://chicagoplays.com/event/tad-in-5th-city/ After the assassination of Dr. King on April 4, 1968, violence erupted on Chicago’s west side, consuming a 28-block stretch of West Madison Street. This traumatic moment changed the landscape of the city and an entire generation.  Chicago Symphony Orchestra Christian McBride’s The Movement Revisited, February 2 https://cso.org/performances/23-24/scp-jazz/christian-mcbride/ Eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist, bandleader and host of NPR’s “Jazz Night in America,” Christian McBride brings his monumental musical tribute inspired by the words of Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Martin Luther …

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LOCT: 45th Anniversary Programming

Community Empowerment Series & Artistic Directors of Chicago Gathering

Date: Monday, September 16
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Facets Multimedia (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)
This segment of our CES is designed to gather Artistic Directors from across Chicago to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced within their immediate communities. This segment will also include an opportunity to network amongst Artistic Directors.

Latine Heritage Month Panel

Date: Thursday, September 19
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm 
Location: Port of Entry (3547 W. Monroe)
In honor of Latine Heritage Month, The League of Chicago Theatres is convening a panel of Chicago Latine theatre artists to highlight their current work and ongoing initiatives. This panel will be moderated by Tony Bondoc, Director of Programming and will feature the following panelists:
Cruz Cadel-Gonzalez – Managing Director
Teatro Vista Productions
Xavier Custodio – Founder
Visión Latino Theatre Company
More panelists TBA   

League of Chicago Theatres 45th Anniversary Gala

Date: Tuesday, October 8
Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm 
Location: Zhou B Art Center (1029 W 35th St.)
The League of Chicago Theatres is excited to host its annual gala in celebration of it’s 45th anniversary.  Join us as we present our Lifetime Achievement and Artist Excellence Awards, as well as the 2024 Broadway In Chicago: Emerging Theatre and Backstage Champion Awards.

Community Empowerment Series: 2025 Advocacy Planning

Date: November 20, 2024 
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: DePaul University
This segment of our CES is designed to gather our members to discuss the short and long term goals of their organizations and the Chicago Theatre Community. This discussion will be followed by an in depth review of the 2024 Annual Membership Survey results and an opportunity to contribute to the League’s advocacy plan for 2025.

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Now Accepting Applications for August Wilson Youth Intensive

The August Wilson New Voices Competition (AWNV) is a city-wide competition open to all Chicago high school students in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, August Wilson. To participate, students engage in three rounds of competition by either performing a 2-3 minute monologue or creating a visual design presentation from one of the ten plays in August Wilson’s Century Cycle. The top two students from the Chicago Regional Finals receive a cash prize and are granted the opportunity to compete at the AWNV National competition with students from across the …

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Theater Season Theatre Toolkit

The League of Chicago Theatres, Choose Chicago, and DCASE are proud to announce a new marketing campaign this fall declaring fall “Theater Season” in Chicago. Just like there is is Football Season, Holiday Season, Spooky Season, and SummertimeCHI, this year we are claiming fall as THE season to see great shows. The campaign leans into the idea that theatre is all around us and even the most ordinary of things can become dramatic. Below you’ll find all the resources to get involved with the campaign and promote your fall shows! Background  Find …

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Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award

We are excited to announce the return of the Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award. This award was created in 2007 to encourage, support, and promote young theatres in Chicago that have demonstrated great ability, promise, artistic excellence, and fiscal responsibility in business practices. The League of Chicago Theatres is now accepting applications for the 2023 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theater Award. The recipient of the award will receive $5000. A nominating committee comprised of Chicago theatre professionals will review the applications and select the finalists. The eventual honoree will be selected …

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Pride Month 2023

Pivot Arts During Pride Month, Pivot Arts will be presenting The Memory Place, a unique multi-arts experience amplifying untold stories and hidden histories. As part of the performance, trans and non-binary writer and director, Lucky Stiff, performs their original work, and choreographer/dancer, Davon Suttles, presents a work about LGBTQ+ relations with religious organizations told through tap dance, gospel music, and mixed media. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit https://pivotarts.org/. The performance runs Thursdays thru Sundays June 1-11 only https://chicagoplays.com/event/the-memory-place/ PrideArts PrideArts will be hosting 2 events for this year’s Pride …

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Juneteenth 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Date: Thursday, June 29 at 7pm  Chicago drag artist Bambi Banks-Couleé hosts a theatre based drag show! Get ready to goop, gag, wig and be shook as hilarity ensues and legs are split. https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets–events/lookout/summer-22/jush-hour/ Court Theatre Soulful and stirring, this one-of-a-kind theatrical event breathes new life into the Oedipus myth with a score of powerful gospel music. A bold collaboration from an extraordinary team led by Mark J.P. Hood and Charles Newell, The Gospel at Colonus builds upon the strengths and experiences of its artists to bring this redemptive …

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