we are striving to list every single theatre company in the history of Chicago.

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The active or defunct status of a company reflects their existence as a producing organization. 

active companies

defunct companies
Company Name
2nd Act Players
16th Street Theatre
20% Theatre Chicago
A-Squared Theatre
About Face Theatre
The Actors Gymnasium
Adapt Theatre Productions
Adventure Stage Chicago (Vittum Theatre)
The Agency Theater Collective
Aguijon Theater
​Akvavit Theatre Co
​American Blues Theatre
The Arc Theatre
Artemisia, a Chicago Theatre
The Artistic Home
AstonRep Theatre Co.
Babes with Blades Theatre Co.
Barrel of Monkeys
Beverly Theatre Guild
Big Noise
Black Button Eyes Productions
Black Ensemble Theatre
Blair Thomas & Co. Puppet Theater
Blank Theatre Company
The Blind Owl
BoHo Theatre Co.
The Bridge
Broken Nose Theater
Brown Paper Box Co.
Bruised Orange Theatre Co.
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
Chicago Fringe Festival 
Chicago Kids Company
Chicago Opera Theatre
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Theater Works
Chicago Theatre Workshop
Chimera Ensemble 
Citadel Theatre Co.
City Lit
Collaboraction
ColorBox Theater Co.
The Comrades
Congo Square Theatre
Continuum Theatre
Cor Theatre
Corn Productions
Court Theatre
Circle Theatre
The Cuckoo's Theatre Project
Curious Theatre Branch
Dear Stone Theater Co.
Definition Theatre Co.
The Drama Group
Drury Lane
Eclectic Theatre Co.
Eclipse Theater Co.
Emerald City Theatre
Facility Theatre
The Factory Theatre
Filament Theatre
First Floor Theater
First Folio Theater
Fleetwood-Jourdain
Forks and Hope
The Foundlings
Free Street Theater
Fremont Street Theater
Fury Theatre
FWD Theatre Project
Genesis Theatrical Productions
Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble
The Gift Theatre
Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co.
The Goodman Theater
Greenhouse Theater
Griffin Theatre
Halcyon Theatre
Haven Theatre
Hell in a Handbag
Her Story Theater
Hobo Junction
The House Theater of Chicago
The Hypocrites 
Idle Muse
Imagination Theater
The Inconvenience
Interrobang Theatre Project
Irish Theatre of Chicago  (Seanchai)
Jackalope Theatre
Kokandy Productions
Lifeline Theatre
Li'l Buds Theatre Co.
The Living Canvas
Lookingglass Theatre Co.
Lyric Opera
Marriot Theatre
The Mammals
Mercy Street Theater Co.
Mercury Theatre Chicago
Midsommer Flight
MPAACT Theatre
Muse of Fire
Music Theater Works
The Neighborhood
The Neo-Futurists
New American Folk Theatre
The New Colony
New Millennium Theatre Co.
NightBlue Theater
Northlight Theatre
No Stakes Theatre Project
Nothing Without a Company
Oak Park Festival Theater
Oil Lamp Theater
Organic Theatre Co.
Other Theatre  (The Other Theatre Co.)
Otherworld Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Piccolo Theatre
Piven Theatre Workshop
The Plagiarists
Polarity Ensemble Theater
Porchlight Music Theatre
​Pride Films and Plays
Promethean Theatre Ensemble
Prop Thtr
Provision Theater
Pulse Theatre Chicago
Pursuit Chicago
Rasaka Theatre Co.
Raven Theatre
Random Acts
(Re)Discover Theatre
A Red Orchid Theatre
Red Tape Theatre
Red Theatre Chicago
Redtwist Theatre
Refuge Theatre Project
Remy Bumppo Theatre Co.
The Revival
Rivendell Theatre
Rising Stars Theatre Co.
Route 66 Theatre Co.
The Ruckus
Saint Sebastian Players
Saltbox Theatre Collective
The Second City
Shattered Globe Theatre
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Shaw Chicago
The Side Project
Sideshow Theater
Silk Road Rising
Something Marvelous
Spartan Theatre Co.
Stage Left Theatre
Steep Theatre
Steppenwolf Theater Co.
The Second City
Starkid
Strangeloop Theatre
Strawdog Theater
Striding Lion
Teatro Vista
Tellin' Tales Theatre
Theater on the Lake
Theater Oobleck
Theater Unspeakable
Theatre Above the Law
Theatre Hikes
Theatre Y
Theatre Wit
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
TimeLine Theatre Co.
Transcendent Ensemble
Trap Door Theatre
TUTA
Two Pence Theatre Co.
Under the Gun
Underscore Theatre Co.
Urban Theatre Co.
Victory Gardens Theater
Vision Latino Theatre Company
Vitalist Theater Chicago
Walkabout Theatre
Waltzing Mechanics
Wayward Productions
Wildclaw Theatre
Williams Street Rep
Windy City Playhouse
Wishbone Theater Collective
Writers Theater
Founded
2013
2007
2002 
2006
1995
1995
2011
2013
2011
1989
2010
1985
2010
unknown
2000
2012
1997
1997
1929
unknown
2014
1983
2002
2017
2016
2003
2014
2012
2010
2006
unknown
2010
1992 
1974
1986 
2015
2016
2016
2002 
1980
1997
2013
2015
1999
unknown
2012
1992
1955 
1985 ​
2014
1988
2014
2012 
1931
1984
2012 
2003
unknown
2016 
1991
2014
2012
1996 
1979
2013
unknown
1968 
2012
unknown
2014
2011
2016
1997
1960
1925 
2016
1988 
2006 
2013 
2002
2013
2008
2001 
1996
2006
1967
2011
2009 
1994 
2008
2010 
1983 
unknown
2001
1988 
1954
1975
1999
2013
unknown
2012
1990
2009
1981
2017
1988
2011
2008
1998
2007
1974
2014
2005
1975 
2012
1969 
2014
2012 
2011
1978 
2001
1977
2007
2005
1994 
2010
2006
1981
2003 
2014 
2012
2003 
1983
2015 
2012
1993 
​2003 
2013 
1994
2015
1996 
2015
1994
1979
1998
2009
1982
2015
1959
1991
1995
1994
2006 
2008 
2002 
2013
2012 
1982
2000
​1974 
1959 
2009
2008
1988 
2001
1995
1994
1996
1988
2010
unknown
2001
2006
2014
1997
1997
unkown
1990
1995
unknown
2014
2014
2005 
1974 
2015
1997
unknown
2010
2012
2008
2011
2015
2011
1991
​ Company Name
4 Days Late Productions
XIII Pocket
500 Clown Productions
906 Theatre Company
Aardvark Theater
Abraham Werewolf
Acid Reflux Comedy
The American Demigods
American Theater Co. 
​Appetite Theatre Co
Apple Tree Theatre
Area IV Theatre
The Attic Playhouse
Awkward Pause Theatre
Backstage Theatre Company
Bailiwick Chicago
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre
Bard and Fool Theatre Group
Blue Goose Theatre Ensemble
Bowen Park Theatre Co.
Boxer Rebellion Ensemble
Brigada Theater
Brikenbrak Theatre
Brown Couch Theatre
The Building Stage
Buzz22 Chicago
Cactus Theatre 
Caffeine Theater
Cave Painting Theater
Chase Park Theater
Chicago Commercial Collective
Chicago Dramatists
Chicago Dramaworks
Chicago Fusion Theater
Chicago Little Theater
Clockwise Theatre
The Compass Players
Chicago Fusion Theater
Cock and Bull Theatre
Cold Basement Dramatics
Cole Theatre
Cowardly Scarecrow Theater Co. 
Dead Writers Theatre Collective
Defiant Theater
The Den Theater
Dog and Pony
Dream Theatre
Duplicity Ensemble
Edge Productions
Effective Theatre
Emergent Theatre
EP Theater
Ethiopian Art Theatre (Chicago Folk Theatre)
European Repertory Co.
Excalibur Productions
Excaliber Shakespeare Co. of Chicago
Ex-Pats Theatre Co.
Fairlane Theatre Co.
Famous Door Theater
The Fine Print Theater
Forget Me Not Theatre Co.
Fox Valley Rep (Noble Fool)
​Glitterati Productions
Goat Island
Goat Song Theatre
The GoForth
Greenetree Productions
Hubris Productions
Hull House
Inconceivable Theatre
​Infamous Commonwealth Theatre
InFusion Theatre Co.
Inn Town Theater Company
The Journeymen
Ka-Tet Theatre Co.
Leftend Productions
Linchpin Theatre
Lincoln Square Theater
Live Bait Theatre
LiveWire Chicago Theatre
Ludicrous Theatre Chicago
Mary-Arrchie Theatre
The Mill Theater
Mortar Theatre Co.
Naked Eye Theatre
The National Pastime 
The Neopolitans Theatre Co. 
New Age Vaudeville
New Leaf Theater
New Lincoln Theatre Productions
New Suit Theatre
The New Variety
Next Theatre
Nothing Special
MCL Chicago
nufan ensemble
Onyx Theatre
Oracle Productions
Palladium Productions
Pendulum Theatre Company
Pinebox Theatre
Playwrights Theater Club
Point of Contention Theatre Co.
The Poor Theatre
PowerTap Productions
The Practical Theater Co.
Profiles Theatre
Project 891 Theatre Co.
Prologue Theatre
The Public House Theater
Quest Ensemble
Rare Terra Theatre
Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Co.
Redmoon Theatre
Remains Theatre
Renegade Theater
Revolution Theatre Company
RIFF Collective
Roadworks Productions
Roundhouse Productions
Rum and Coke Collective
Sideway Theatre
Silent Theatre
Signal Ensemble Theatre
Sinnerman Ensemble
Solo Chicago
St. Nicholas Theatre Company
Step Up Productions
Stockyards Theatre Project
Stormfield Theater
The Strange Tree Group
Tantalus Theater Group
Teatro Luna
Terrapin Theatre Company
Theatre Zarko
Velvet Willies
Vintage Theater Company
The Whiskey Rebellion
Wicked Good Productions
White Horse Theatre Company
Will Act For Food
Wisdom Bridge
​ Years Active
2007 - 2015
2007 - 2010
2000 - 2011
2014 - 2015
1995 - 2000 
2009 - 2014
2006 - 2013
2010 - 2015
1985 - 2018
2006 - 2011
1983 - 2009
2009 - 2017
1998 - 2011
2011 - 2014
2000 - 2012
2010 - 2015
1992 - 2009
1990 - 2001
2012 - 2014
2015 - 2018
1987 - 2016
1999 - 2003
2011 - 2016
2010 - 2011
2003 - 2007
2005 - 2013
2010 - 2014
1987 - 1994
2004 - 2012
2012 - 2016
1997 - 2011
2011 - 2014
1978 - 2016
2014 - 2017
2007 - 2012
1912 - 1917
2010 - 2016
1955 - 1958
2007 - 2013
2010 - 2015
2010 - 2015
2014 - 2016
2011 - 2013
2011 - 2017
1991 - 2004
2011 - 2014
2002 - 2014
2003 - 2016
2014 - 2015
unknown
1998 - 1999
2011 - 2014
2004 - 2009
1922 - 1925
1992 - 90's
1987 - 1993
1995 - 2001
2010 - 2015
2012 - 2014
1988 - 2005
2012 - 2016
2012 - 2015
2004 - 2015
2007 - 2015
1987 - 2009
2010 - 2013
2012 - 2013
2006 - 2011
2008 - 2012
1899 - 1989
2009 - 2011
2006 - 2011
2006 - 2015
1990 - 1991
1998 - 2002
2009 - 2013
2013 - 2014
2013 - 2015
2007 - 2012
1988 - 2008
2008 - 2015
2011 - 2014
1989 - 2015
2002 - 2014
2009 - 2013
1998 - 2003
2010 - 2013
2010 - 2011
1986 - 1987
2001 - 2012
2009 - 2013
2010 - 2013
1992 - 1995
1970 - 2014
2012 - 2016
2014 - 2017
2009 - 2010
1996 - 1998
2001 - 2016
1986
1996 - 2002
2008 - 2013
1953 - 1955
2008 - 2014
2013 - 2016
1997 - 2000
1979 - 1988
1988 - 2016
2009 - 2012
2009 - 2016
- 2017
2002 - 2017
1989 - 2012
2000 - 2016
2003 - 2016
1979 - 1995
1991 - 1993
2002 - 2016
2008 - 2013
1992 - 2009
2011 - 2012
2013 - 2014
1991 - 2015
2005 - 2015
2003 - 2016
2007 - 2012
2015 - 2016
1975 - 1976
2012 - 2016
1999 - 2016
1985 - 1987
2004 - 2016
2003 - 2008
2008 - 2015
2001 -2003
2012 - 2013
2004 - 2005
2009 - 2011
2012 - 2013
2005 - 2010
2004 - 2005
2008 - 2010 
1974 - 1994