Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, Creative Producer Rick Boynton, and a stellar line-up special guests celebrated our namesake’s 456th birthday with a 30‑minute tribute to the Bard. If you weren't able to catch it live, watch on demand here:
Your critical support is what allows us to continue to be of service to our community—something we are finding dramatic new ways to do now, when there is so much need. With a gift of any size to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, you play an invaluable role in bringing Chicago together through the arts.
Barbara Gaines,
Artistic Director
Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair
Rick Boynton,
Creative Producer
Larry Yando
Over 30 shows, including The Tempest, King Lear, and Emma
Queens of SIX
From The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare to Broadway
John Tufts
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Nell Gwynn, and author of Fat Rascals: Dining at Shakespeare’s Table
Q Brothers Collective
Hip hop sensations GQ, JQ, Jackson Doran & Postell Pringle
E. Faye Butler
Award-winning Chicago vocalist seen in The Taming of the Shrew & Seussical
Peter Sagal
Host, NPR’s Wait Wait...
Don’t Tell Me!
Harry Hadden-Paton
& Rebecca Night
Bertie and Elizabeth from The King’s Speech
Heidi Kettenring
The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The School for Lies
Rick Bayless
Chef, Frontera Restaurants