Our Roots
The Greenhouse Theater Center is a performance venue, and theatre bookstore. We strive to cultivate a fertile environment for local artists. From individual renters to our bevy of resident companies, we provide a space for them to bring their voices and ideas. Our mission is to grow Chicago theater.
With new ideas always incubating, the Greenhouse Theater is flourishing. Come grow with us!
What's Happening at The Greenhouse Theater?
Bronzeville blues
"A Bronzeville six-flat frames the sometimes melodramatic but compelling story in Tina Fakhrid-Deen’s Dandelions, now in a world premiere at MPAACT under the direction of Lauren Wells-Mann. Opening with a litany of the greats associated with the neighborhood (Sam Cooke, Ida B. Wells), the show soon moves into the lives of everyday people caught up in loss, addiction, and recriminations, all exacerbated by the forces of gentrification.
Over a taut 90 minutes, Fakhrid-Deen unpeels the layers in these characters, making them far more than just representations of anguish and loss. Teamer in particular excels in moving between jocularity and sorrow, a man blown by the wind but hoping to find roots in a home and heart somewhere."
Dory Fantasmagory offers sheer family delight
"Young People’s Theatre of Chicago’s Dory Fantasmagory, adapted by John Glore from the popular kids’ series by Abby Hanlon, is a cunning and delightful hour-long exploration of family dynamics and the power of imagination. It’s also something of a coup for the company.
Glore, whose collaborations with legendary West Coast Latine performance troupe Culture Clash in the 1990s included a memorable reimagining of Aristophanes’s The Birds, had originally developed Dory for South Coast Rep in California, where he’s worked for decades. But when the big regional house decided to pass on it, YPT artistic director Randy White snapped it up for the world premiere, which he also directs."
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2257 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614