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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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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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Central Area Plan Survey

The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is currently under-going a two-year planning process to create a 20 year plan that will envision how the city’s central area can better serve Chicago residents, workers, and visitors. The first step in the process is getting as many Chicago voices as possible involved using the Central Area Plan survey as well as engaging community members and local leaders to establish the main goals and objectives for the 20-year plan. Topics like safety, transportation, affordable housing, urban planning, public art, and expanded green space are …

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Updates to Hot Tix Program

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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Ideas for A Season of Concern Event?

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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