List of theaters in Chicago
This is a list of notable theatre companies, performance venues, and rental performance spaces in the Chicago area.
Chicago area theatre venues and organizations
Resident companies and venues
- About Face
- Aguijón Theater
- American Blues Theater
- Annoyance Theatre
- Black Ensemble Theater Company
- Center on Halsted
- Chicago Dramatists
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Chopin Theatre
- Citadel Theatre
- City Lit Theater
- Copernicus Center
- Court Theatre
- Factory Theater
- First Folio Theatre
- Goodman Theatre
- iO Theater
- Irish Theatre of Chicago
- Kane Repertory Theatre
- Lifeline Theatre
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Marriott Theatre
- MCA Stage
- Merle Reskin Theatre
- Music Theater Works
- Neo-Futurists
- Oak Park Festival Theatre
- Opera in Focus
- Paramount Theatre
- The Playground
- Porchlight Music Theatre
- Raven Theater
- A Red Orchid Theatre
- Red Tape Theatre
- Red Theater Chicago
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
- The Second City
- Shattered Globe Theatre Company
- Silk Road Rising
- Steep Theatre Company
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Strawdog Theatre Company
- Theatre-Hikes
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
- TimeLine Theatre Company
- Trap Door Theatre
- Victory Gardens Theater
Itinerant companies
- Babes With Blades
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Collaboraction
- ETA Creative [Arts Foundation]
- Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co
- LiveWire [Chicago Theatre]
- Off-Off Campus
- Red Theater Chicago
- Theater Oobleck
- TUTA Theatre
Touring and rental venues
- Apollo Theater Chicago
- Arie Crown Theatre
- Auditorium Theatre
- Briar Street Theater
- Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
- Bughouse Theater
- Cadillac Palace Theatre
- Chicago Theatre
- CIBC Theatre
- Congress Theater
- Greenhouse Theater Center
- Harris Theater (Chicago)
- James M. Nederlander Theatre
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Rosemont Theater
- Theater Wit
Inactive, historic companies and venues
Companies- Accidental Shakespeare
- American Theater Company
- Body Politic Theater
- Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
- BoHo Theatre
- Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company
- Caffeine Theatre
- Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
- Compass Players
- Defiant Theatre
- The Ethiopian Art Theatre/Players
- Famous Door Theatre
- First Folio Theatre
- Goat Island
- Happy Happy Good Show
- The Hypocrites
- Illinois Theatre Center
- Improv Institute
- Infamous Commonwealth Theatre
- Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
- New Age Vaudeville
- New Variety
- Oracle Theatre Company
- Organic Theater Company
- Playwrights Theatre Club
- Pyewacket Theatre Company
- The House Theatre of Chicago
- The Practical Theatre Company
- Remains Theatre
- Redmoon Theater
- Wayward Productions
- Windy City Performs