It is with very heavy hearts that The 16th Street Theater NFP Board announces that 16th Street Theater* the award-winning, nationally-acclaimed Equity theater you have known, loved, and so generously supported over the years is closing at the end of the year. We have loved being a part of your lives and your community for the past 17 incredible years, andRead more
16th Street Theater Interim Artistic Director 16th Street Theater is pleased to announce that Jean (Adamak) Gottlieb (she, her, they, them) has been appointed Interim Artistic Director, following the resignation of 16th Street founder Ann Filmer. Jean is the former Artistic Director of Footsteps Theatre in Chicago (1991-1999) and New World Repertory Theater in DownersRead more
EDI ACTIONS FOR REHEARSALS AND PRODUCTIONS Creating an open and welcoming creative space Shared narratives as a way to come together as a creative family The best way to understand and appreciate others is to share stories. We learn about each other through the narratives of our lives. We come to understand and appreciate ourRead more
Authors Natalie Y. Moore (The South Side and the upcoming The Billboard) and Karen Zacarías (The Book Club Play, Into the Beautiful North) were both named today as 2021 USA Fellows. They are one of 60 “storytellers, shapemakers, movement builders, and culture bearers practicing today” to receive this incredible national award. From the United StatesRead more
In 2017 16th Street Theater produced Jon Steinhagen’s BLIZZARD ’67 to mark the 50th Anniversary of Chicago’s 1967 blizzard which began on Thursday, January 26, 1967. After the show, we asked audience members to write out their own Blizzard ’67 recollections and post them up in our lobby. They did, and they were a joyRead more
Lisa Langford’s play RASTUS AND HATTIE adapted into an audio play by director Lanise Antoine Shelley will be available to stream for free through the month of January. While you may choose to just listen to the story like a podcast, we believe RASTUS AND HATTIE is best enjoyed with accompanying illustrations created by RoyRead more
16th Street Theater announces our 2021 Season Fourteen with excerpts from each play at our FREE Season Debut Virtual event on Sat Dec 5 at 4:00 PM Central. Text 16TH to 41444 to register or go to this link here We are you asking you to commit to 16th Street Theater so we can commitRead more
Lisa Langford’s Rastus and Hattie, now playing through Oct 24, made NewCity’s Top 5 Stage to see this month of October. This audio play with illustrations has been receiving excellent and thoughtful reviews from WDCB 90.9 FM, Windy City Times, NewCity, Oak Park Wednesday Journal and Picture this Post. Learn more about play, read reviews,Read more
Rastus and Hattie, 16th Street’s current audio play with illustrations running now through October 24, was discussed on WDCB 90.9 FM on Sunday September 27. Reviewers Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, The Dueling Critics, discuss Lisa Langford’s fascinating play. You can listen to the review here on SoundCloud. Review starts in at 26:37. Tickets areRead more