Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois, USACompletion
1999Architect
VOA Associates
Located at Navy Pier on Lake Michigan, this new theatre for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater Company contains a courtyard theatre with a 350-seat thrust stage backed up by a stage house and staging areas. Features include a fully-trapped stage and a stage entrance located in the rear of the auditorium. Proclaimed by Sir Peter Hall, founder of England's Royal Shakespeare Company, to be one of the best Elizabethan-style theatres in the world
Services
Programming, concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification
Owner
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Company
Users
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Company
Acoustician
Talaske
Theatre type(s)
Courtyard theatre, Drama theatre, Flexible theatre
Seat count(s)
350 / 150
Construction type
New construction