Lookingglass Theatre Company
Scott Silberstein is the Owner, Co-founder, and Executive Producer of HMS Media, Inc., a media production company recognized with 25 Emmy Awards for creating broadcast, online, and mobile content focused on the performing arts and social issues. Since December 2006, Scott also serves as an Artistic Associate at Lookingglass Theatre Company, which is known for its innovative theatrical works and educational programs that engage and empower the community. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, earned in May 1986.
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Founded in 1988 by graduates of Northwestern University, Lookingglass Theatre Company is a nationwide leader in the creation and presentation of new, cutting-edge theatrical works and in sharing its ensemble-based theatrical techniques with Chicago-area students and teachers through Education and Community Programs. Guided by an artistic vision centered on the core values of collaboration, transformation, and invention, Lookingglass seeks to capture audiences’ imaginations leaving them changed, charged and empowered. In 2003, Lookingglass Theatre opened in Chicago’s landmark Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue. In 2011, Lookingglass received the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In 2016, Lookingglass received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions and in 2017, was the recipient of the League of Chicago Theatres’ Artistic Achievement Award.