Chicago Shakespeare Theater serves as the cultural anchor of historic Navy Pier on downtown Chicago’s lakefront. Our annual producing season features as many as 19 plays and 650 performances. CST’s current home contains three dynamic theater spaces that are designed to accommodate a wide variety of staging needs and concepts. Sir Peter Hall, Founder of Great Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company, calls it “one of the best, if not the best, Shakespeare spaces in the world.”
Chicago Shakespeare’s John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Inquiry and Exploration Series encompasses our varied audience enrichment programs, introducing patrons to the rich world of ideas embodied in the productions on our stages. With the participation of scholars, theater artists and the Theater’s professional staff, they provide thoughtful points of entry for engagement by our many audiences. Those who wish to dig deeper will be offered another lens through which to understand these great plays and the breathtaking art-making behind them.
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