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.

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Chicago Children's Theatre

Jacqueline Russell

Nick Chamernik

Sonia Goldberg

Nicole Laurenzi

Nguyen Tran

Lydia Milman Schmidt

Juliet Huneke

Erin Sheets

Emily Daigle

David Seeber

Ashlea Woodley (Wleklinski)

Allison Grischow

Abby Thompson

Abaigeal O'Donnell

Andrew Chien

Ben Kaye

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Teams at Chicago Children's Theatre

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