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