The Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) is an annual grant opportunity open to new, emerging, and mid-career individual artists and not-for-profit arts organizations with annual operating budgets up to $150,000. Applicants can request a maximum of $1,000 for projects that address specific professional and artistic development needs. Applications are due on January 30, 2012, by 5 p.m. It is strongly encouraged that all applicants attend one of the following application workshops:
Dec. 10: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Nightingale Theater
Dec. 15: 6–8 p.m. ThreeWalls
Jan. 4: 5:30–7:30 p.m. Hyde Park Art Center
Jan. 10: 5–7 p.m. Links Hall
Jan. 19: 4–6 p.m. Chicago Cultural Center
More information.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Arts and Education Exchange Summit
Need help expanding your arts education programming? Introducing a new event to connect you with Chicago's educators...The Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, in partnership with the Department of Culture and Special Events, Arts Alliance Illinois, Ingenuity Incorporated, and Chicago Public Schools Office of Arts Education invite you to participate as a vendor in the first annual Arts & Education Exchange Summit!
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Chicago Cultural Center from 10am-2pm!
The Arts & Education Exchange Summit is a unique opportunity for arts and cultural organizations that offer educational programming to share their services with Chicago's educators. Modeled after Chicago's longest running arts resource fair Spotlight on Chicago, the Summit is an expo-style event where organizations are given a booth to present information about their arts residencies, field trip opportunities, and professional development programs to local teachers, principals, and educational coordinators.
The Arts & Education Exchange Summit is not a booking conference, but rather an information resource expo and a great opportunity to increase visibility, develop contacts, and network with peer organizations. In addition to the expo portion of the event, the Summit also offers professional development workshops that are crafted to give educators the tools they need to effectively partner with you in bringing arts education to every child in Chicago.
To participate, click here to complete the online application by December 19, 2011.
For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.explorechicagotourism.com/cotc/aee/.
Multicultural Social Hour Kick Off
The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway Avenue
Monday, December 19, 6-8pm
RSVP to jmcclendon@steppenwolf.org
Brought to you by Steppenwolf’s 2012 Multicultural Fellows, the Multicultural Social Hour is networking group of young professionals who are dedicated to promoting diversity within the professional world of theatre.
All are welcome! So bring your friends.
* $1 OFF ALL DRINKS *
The group will meet at least 3 times between December and April to casually discuss topics of diversity and how we can effect change within the theatre world. The season will then end with a panel discussion in May where we review what we have learned and pose questions to influential theatre professionals.
Topics and Locations will change with each event.
Monday, December 19, 6-8pm
RSVP to jmcclendon@steppenwolf.org
Brought to you by Steppenwolf’s 2012 Multicultural Fellows, the Multicultural Social Hour is networking group of young professionals who are dedicated to promoting diversity within the professional world of theatre.
All are welcome! So bring your friends.
* $1 OFF ALL DRINKS *
The group will meet at least 3 times between December and April to casually discuss topics of diversity and how we can effect change within the theatre world. The season will then end with a panel discussion in May where we review what we have learned and pose questions to influential theatre professionals.
Topics and Locations will change with each event.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Industry Ticket Offers
Jennifer Holliday - Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, is offering 2 for 1 tickets to spend the holidays with Broadway’s original “Dreamgirl” in a one-night-only performance Wednesday, December 7th at 7:30 p.m. Use code “FFHOLLIDAY” to receive 2-for-1 tickets at http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/.
A Bright New Boise - LiveWire Chicago Theatre at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln is offering $15 industry tickets to their seven remaining performances. Tickets can be reserved by calling 773-404-7336, or visiting the box office, and mention this offer. Visit http://www.livewirechicago.com/boise for more information.
How CFT Stole Christmas - Chicago Fusion Theatre at The Silver Room, 1442 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, 60622, is offering $5 industry tickets to their one night only performance and benefit on December 9. Doors open at 8pm and show starts at 9pm. There will also be a silent auction, DJs and dancing, and cookies and spiked drinks. Use discount code LEAGUE at the door to get a discount. First 50 people will receive a $10 gift card to Native Foods Cafe. For more information visit http://www.chicagofusiontheatre.org/.
The Jackie Wilson Story - Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark St., is collecting toys for the Chicago Toys for Tots program, and offering half-price tickets ($27.50) to any Wednesday or Thursday performance if you bring in a toy to donate. Call the box office at 773-769-4451 for reservations and remember that to receive the discount you must bring in a toy when you pick up your tickets.
A Bright New Boise - LiveWire Chicago Theatre at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln is offering $15 industry tickets to their seven remaining performances. Tickets can be reserved by calling 773-404-7336, or visiting the box office, and mention this offer. Visit http://www.livewirechicago.com/boise for more information.
How CFT Stole Christmas - Chicago Fusion Theatre at The Silver Room, 1442 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, 60622, is offering $5 industry tickets to their one night only performance and benefit on December 9. Doors open at 8pm and show starts at 9pm. There will also be a silent auction, DJs and dancing, and cookies and spiked drinks. Use discount code LEAGUE at the door to get a discount. First 50 people will receive a $10 gift card to Native Foods Cafe. For more information visit http://www.chicagofusiontheatre.org/.
The Jackie Wilson Story - Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark St., is collecting toys for the Chicago Toys for Tots program, and offering half-price tickets ($27.50) to any Wednesday or Thursday performance if you bring in a toy to donate. Call the box office at 773-769-4451 for reservations and remember that to receive the discount you must bring in a toy when you pick up your tickets.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
We Will Miss Her
I will miss Maggie Daley. I never knew her personally but her stamp was everywhere in this City. She truly understood the importance of beauty in our lives. I remember when I first moved to Chicago – it was the holidays and I commented to someone on how it seemed like everything that wasn’t in motion had a light on it. Maggie’s work I was told. Along with the flowers that are everywhere in the summer and Gallery 37 and After School Matters and all kinds of other projects.
She took her job as Chicago’s first lady seriously and left an imprint that will be seen for generations to come. Even throughout her long illness, she never faltered in her dedication to the arts and to the people, especially the children, of Chicago.
We were lucky to have her and I will be forever inspired by her work.
Deb
She took her job as Chicago’s first lady seriously and left an imprint that will be seen for generations to come. Even throughout her long illness, she never faltered in her dedication to the arts and to the people, especially the children, of Chicago.
We were lucky to have her and I will be forever inspired by her work.
Deb
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Industry Ticket Offers
Peer Gynt - Polarity Ensemble Theatre at the DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph in Chicago, is offering $15 industry tickets for Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. or Sunday at 3 p.m. through December 18th. Email TicketOffice@explorechicago.org or call 312-742-TIXS (8497). Visit http://www.dcatheater.org for more information.
Still in Play - Curious Theatre Branch at Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, is offering $15 buy one get one industry tickets December 9 – 11. Use Discount Code CURIOUS online or say it the door to get discount. For tickets and show information visit www.linkshall.org
Still in Play - Curious Theatre Branch at Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, is offering $15 buy one get one industry tickets December 9 – 11. Use Discount Code CURIOUS online or say it the door to get discount. For tickets and show information visit www.linkshall.org
Party 3.0
Victory Gardens, Silk Road Rising and Theatre Communications Group are hosting a public event to celebrate the new anthology of contemporary Asian American drama entitled Version 3.0, edited by Victory Gardens' Artistic Director Chay Yew, and published by TCG Publications. The event will be held Sunday, December 4, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. The evening will include a reception, readings and a discussion with Chay Yew and Luis Alfaro, award-winning playwright, poet and activist (author of Oedipus el Rey, VG's Summer 2012 show) about the anthology and the current state of the art.
Version 3.0 features a foreward by David Henry Hwang (Chinglish, M. Butterfly), and includes work by today's foremost Asian American playwrights including Julia Cho, Diana Son, Chay Yew, Han Ong, Alice Tuan and others.
The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required by contacting Daniel Reinglass, 773.328.2130 or dreinglass@victorygardens.org.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Chicago Dramatists Winter 2012 Classes
This Winter: Become a Playwright
A national leader in playwright training, Chicago Dramatists offers a variety of professional playwriting classes designed for both beginning and experienced playwrights. Classes are focused on building practical skills and stage-worthy scripts, and are conducted in a supportive, positive environment. Most classes include a mixture of lecture, discussion, writing assignments (both in and out of class), reading and critiquing participants’ work. Special opportunities this winter include Screenwriting with Resident Playwright Mary Ruth Clarke (author of “Meet the Parents”) and Story into Song I with Resident Playwright Cheryl Coons (lyricist with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Northlight and The Royal George).
Visit www.chicagodramatists.org/classes for more information and to register for classes today!
A national leader in playwright training, Chicago Dramatists offers a variety of professional playwriting classes designed for both beginning and experienced playwrights. Classes are focused on building practical skills and stage-worthy scripts, and are conducted in a supportive, positive environment. Most classes include a mixture of lecture, discussion, writing assignments (both in and out of class), reading and critiquing participants’ work. Special opportunities this winter include Screenwriting with Resident Playwright Mary Ruth Clarke (author of “Meet the Parents”) and Story into Song I with Resident Playwright Cheryl Coons (lyricist with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Northlight and The Royal George).
Visit www.chicagodramatists.org/classes for more information and to register for classes today!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing everyone a very happy and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. We are immensely thankful to work with and support all of you in this amazing community.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Apply to Perform at the 2012 Chicago Fringe Festival
Applications to perform at the 2012 Chicago Fringe Festival will open for submission on: December 12, 2011, at 10 a.m. Central Time
All instructions, plus more info about performing at the festival, on the website.
First Come, First Serve
25% of our available slots will be awarded first-come, first-serve.
For the 2011 festival, the first-come, first-serve slots sold out in 4 minutes.
All instructions, plus more info about performing at the festival, on the website.
First Come, First Serve
25% of our available slots will be awarded first-come, first-serve.
For the 2011 festival, the first-come, first-serve slots sold out in 4 minutes.
Space Availability at the Greenhouse Theater Center
Greenhouse Theater Center has 2 studio rental openings. A Winter slot from 12/26-02/12 (6 week run) and a Spring slot from 04/02-05/27 (7 week run). Only companies interested in the full performance slots will be considered. Rent includes Box Office & Front of House Services, a small sound & lighting package, dressing room, backstage area. Please contact Jenn Kincaid at jennifer@greenhousetheater.org or 773.404.7336 x200.
Monday, November 21, 2011
2012 - 2013 Saints Grants Program
The Saints would like to announce the opening of their 2012 - 2013 Grants Program. The Saints invite and encourage theatres to apply for this grant assistance to be used for artistic development or production-related purposes. Budget requests up to $5,000 are considered. The grant period is from June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013.
The application can be accessed on the Saints website at http://www.saintschicago.org/.
Applications are due Monday, January 16, 2012.
Applicants will receive a confirmation within five days of application submission. If not received, please contact Pamela Block, Grants Commission Chairperson, at Blockpj@aol.com.
The application can be accessed on the Saints website at http://www.saintschicago.org/.
Applications are due Monday, January 16, 2012.
Applicants will receive a confirmation within five days of application submission. If not received, please contact Pamela Block, Grants Commission Chairperson, at Blockpj@aol.com.
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