Chicago Children's Theatre
Abaigeal O'Donnell currently serves as the Education and Curriculum Manager and Teaching Artist at Northlight Theatre since January 2022. In addition, Abaigeal O'Donnell has worked as a Teaching Artist at multiple organizations including Writers Theatre, Chicago Children's Theatre, DePaul University, Beverly Arts Center, Pegasus Theatre Chicago, and Mudlark Theater since 2022, and at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre since June 2021. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Summer Coordinator and Summer Coordinator at Theatre Aspen in 2022 and 2020, respectively. Abaigeal O'Donnell holds a Master of Arts in Applied Theatre from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, completed in 2021, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from DePaul University, earned in 2017.
Chicago Children's Theatre
Chicago Children’s Theatre has evolved as both a professional and personal response to the lack of a Chicago company dedicated exclusively to providing high-quality, professional year-round children’s programming. Since its founding, Chicago Children’s Theatre has rigorously pursued its mission to enrich our communities through diverse, educational, and significant theatrical programming that engages and inspires the child in all of us. After the success of its launch production of A Year With Frog and Toad in January 2006 at Goodman Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre continues to provide Chicago children and families with the highest level professional theatre programming. There has been tremendous critical and popular support of Chicago Children’s Theatre and its audience continues to grow. In just over six years since the theatre’s inception in 2005, more than 180,000 youth and families have attended its productions.