Created to be a theater for people NOT going to the theater, 16th Street was founded in 2007 to serve and give voice to ALL in Berwyn’s community: not just for some in our community, but for all.

Aguijón’s mission is to promote and foster theater which addresses social issues affecting the U.S. Latino community specifically and the general population at large; and to build bridges of communication and understanding among the new Latino generations, instilling in them pride in the richness of their cultural heritage.

LATTE (La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble) is a dynamic theatrical training company that teaches Chicagoland teens exceptional stagecraft & leadership.

UrbanTheater Company is committed to centralizing the power and talents that are innate in every person to tell their communities stories. We serve as a pipeline for a diverse and culturally specific collective of Chicago actors, designers, and producers who embrace the responsibility to create an environment full of honesty, integrity, representation, and acceptance. We create innovative and accessible theater that challenges Eurocentric styles and training.

Porchlight, Chicago’s home for music theatre, illuminates the past, present and future of this American art form through live performance, youth education and outreach programs that positively impact and connect us to the community.

Rough House connects individuals and communities through art that celebrates the weird things that make us unique, and the weirder things that bring us together.

We are a musical theatre company committed to employing and empowering women by expanding their opportunities on and off the stage.

We are a producer of theatre, performance and media that exists to be a haven for the future. We achieve this through championing the next generation of playwrights, directors and actors; by producing and promoting work and artists that are staking their claim as the immediate future of their art forms; and by investing in those at the very beginning of their professional journeys. Through this inspiration, we seek to ignite in each audience member a hope for the future - the future of theatre and performance, the future of each other, the future of our community.

Broken Nose Theatre is a Pay-What-You-Can company that develops and produces new work and seeks to cultivate empathy, spark conversation, and amplify underrepresented voices.

Artemisia produces plays with women characters who have agency, independence and are the focal point of their own stories. Artemisia promotes equality and social justice for women by giving them career-altering opportunities in creative leadership roles. Artemisia inspires audiences to engage directly in our mission through exciting after show discussions and practices its core values of empowerment, inclusion and diversity (ALAANA & LGBTQ+) in all of its work and daily operations.

First floor theater stages stories of individuals facing moments of radical change. By combining visceral acting, immersive design, and collaborative dramaturgy, fft expands these stories to ask urgent social questions.

Mission: The New Colony develops NEW ART and NEW ARTISTS in order to educate and build NEW AUDIENCES.