Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier

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

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