- 500 Clown
 - Action-based clown theatre performing physical works using explosives, blood, and danger. - About Face Theatre (1)
- American Girl Place
- Offers boutiques of dolls, furniture, toys, and accessories, as well as matching apparel for girls. Also features a cafe and a historical revue based on the American Girls series.
- American Theater Company
- Ensemble of artists committed to producing new and classic works that have contemporary relevance and engage the imagination of the audience.
- Apollo Theater Chicago
- Repertoire includes a fresh blend of comedies, musicals, and special events.
- Argos Agency, The
- Satirical theatre company.
- Atticus Finch
- Chicago-based long form improv team.
- Babes With Blades
- An evening of women weilding weapons.
- Bailiwick Repertory Theater
- Dedicated to work by new writers and directors, with special programmes featuring deaf and gay and lesbian artists.
- Bare Essentials Improvised Theatre Company
- Produces improvised one-act plays.
- Bearded Lamb
- Improv theatre group.
- Beverly Theatre Guild
- Performing a variety of plays and musicals.
- Blue Man Group@
- Learn about Blue Man Group (BMG), the creative organisation of three mute artists who perform with blue-painted faces and black clothing. Sites include background information, music albums, audience reviews, audio/video clips, online bookings, and tour details of the trio, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton whose performances and themes have greatly influenced modern theatre arts.
- Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
- Community of people whose interest is to create their own artistic environment, follow a personal moral code, and flourish in all things above and beyond convention with literary and artistic originality; art for art's sake.
- Broadway In Chicago
- Subscription series featuring touring shows.
- Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company
- Nonprofit progressive women's ensemble theatre performing classic and original works from women writers.
- Chicago Dramatists
- Devoting all of its resources and programming to its singular mission of developing new plays and nurturing playwrights.
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Located on Navy Pier. Presents work by some of the most distinguished American and international playwrights and directors, in addition to its acclaimed productions of William Shakespeare's canon.
- Chicago Sun-Times: Theater
- News, columns, and reviews for Chicago theatre.
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Chicago-based touring performance theatre arts educators, promoting literacy and dedicated to performing plays written from the stories and poetry of children.
- City Lit Theater
- Theatre company devoted to the adaptation of literature to the stage.
- Classics on Stage!
- Scripts and plays based on the classics of world and American literature.
- Collaboraction
- Season and other information.
- Congo Square Theatre
- Dedicated to producing definitive and transformative theatre spawned from the African Diaspora, as well as from other world cultures.
- Court Theatre
- Performing imaginative revivals of the classics in repertory.
- Defiant Theatre
- Striving to subvert the social, moral, and aesthetic expectations of mainstream artistic expression.
- Docklight Theatre Company
- Provides new work for new audiences.
- Dolphinback Theatre Company
- Ensemble that looks to the myths of our collective past for the threads that will bear the weight of the future.
- Eclipse Theatre Company
- Ensemble company focusing on the works of one playwright for an entire season.
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation
- Chicago-based African American performing and visual arts institution for adults and children. Also offers events, day camps, and professional classes.
- Famous Door Theatre
- Ensemble of actors, directors, and designers producing premiere and seldom-produced plays in an intimate environment.
- Goodman Theatre
- Committed to presenting the classics with freshness and new vision, and to premiering new plays with dedication and respect for the playwright's art.
- Griffin Theater
- Bringing its audiences and the community affordable and imaginative live theatre which reflects the contemporary American experience.
- GTC Dramatic Dialogues
- Interactive theatrical programmes for college campuses on the issues of diversity, sexual assault, and substance abuse. Touring campuses across the country.
- HealthWorks Theatre
- Professional touring group presenting plays about HIV/AIDS prevention and youth violence prevention.
- Hypocrites Theater Company
- Making theatre to gain a better understanding of human existence.
- I-80 Drama Company
- Group of actors, directors, designers, and administrators collectively exploring the American landscape through theatre.
- Illinois Theatre Association
- Advocating the art of theatre in Illinois.
- Imagination Theater
- Educational theatre company that performs for groups of children, adults, seniors, and persons with disabilities.
- ImprovChicago.com
- Dedicated to the art of improv theatre in the Chicago area. Includes listings of groups, theatres, schools, and more.
- ImprovOlympic Theater
- Comedy training centre and performance venue.
- Inequity Theatrical Collaboration
- Focusing on brave and often new material.
- Irish Repertory of Chicago
- Professional company dedicated to the Irish and Irish-American playwright.
- Lifeline Theatre
- Ensemble of writers, directors, actors, and designers dedicated to using theatre to educate, entertain, and empower the community.
- Live Bait Theater
- Dedicated to new works by Chicago-area playwrights and solo performers.
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Not-for-profit theatre company founded in 1989 by David Schwimmer and seven other Northwestern University graduates.
- Michael Butler Presents
- Moebius Theatre
- Science fiction oriented theatre company known for comedy and other styles.
- Neo-Futurists
- Ensemble dedicated to social, political, and personal enlightenment in the form of audience-interactive conceptual theatre.
- New Millennium Theatre Company
- Mission is to promote and encourage new theatrical entertainment.
- Odyssey Express Touring Theatre Company
- Dedicated to the arts and education, with shows based on world myths and issues. Study guide and lesson plans available.
- Open Eye Productions
- Ensemble of actors, directors, writers, and designers dedicated to the exploration of characters being defined by their flaws.
- Organic Theater Company
- Seeks to produce lasting new work and exuberant classics that examine the heart of humanity through performance, outreach, and education.
- Pegasus Players
- Dedicated to producing quality shows and enrichment to those with little access to the arts.
- Plasticene
- Performing original physical theatre through experimentation with contact improvisation and object encounters to develop non-text-based action and situation.
- Porchlight Music Theatre
- Uniting the arts of music, drama, dance, and design to transform stories into thrilling, passionate, and relevant events, which affect the lives of artists and audiences alike.
- Real Read, A
- Afrian American lesbigaytrans performance ensemble addressing issues of people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company, A
- Dedicated to producing new works by area playwrights and other underproduced plays of social relevance that will spark thought and discussion.
- Redmoon Theater
- Producing theatre spectacles that incorporate puppetry, mask, live music, and other dynamic elements.
- Roadworks Productions (1)
- Sandbox Theatre Project
- Seeks to create a new kind of theatre for a new generation of theatregoers.
- Seanachai Theatre Company
- Professional nonprofit theatre dedicated to the power of a good story.
- Season of Concern
- Chicagoland theatre community's fundraising effort in the fight against AIDS.
- Shakespeare Project of Chicago
- Professional theatre company dedicated to exploring the works of William Shakespeare and other great dramatists.
- Sideway Theater Company
- Family of artists and community supporters and home to the sideway method.
- Sprung
- Information on performances, workshops, and activities of the international movement theatre company.
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Advancing the vitality and diversity of American theatre by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships, and contributing new works to the national canon.
- Stockyards Theatre Project
- Dedicated to promoting women artists and the femaleist viewpoint.
- Strawdog Theatre Company
- Ensemble of theatre artists existing to engage, inspire, and provoke audiences through ensemble-driven works.
- Studio Z
- Develops new works, dedicated to promoting new levels of cultural exchange and bringing theatre into the 21st century through the use of communications technology.
- The Utopian Theatre Asylum (TUTA)
- Presenting atypical scripts, reenvigorating the theatre going experience.
- Theatre Building Chicago
- Maintains a commitment to the performing arts community in Chicago by promoting, developing, and strengthening both emerging and established artists and organisations.
- TimeLine Theatre Company
- Artistic team that produces provocative theatre which illuminates the impact of history in society.
- Victory Gardens Theater (3)
- White Horse Theatre Company
- Seeks to re-imagine the art of musical theatre through an innovative and diverse perspective.
- WNEP Theater
- Nonprofit theatre company producing original works and providing educational outreach to the community.
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