The Athenaeum Theatre - Chicago

The Athenaeum Theatre promotes the arts, arts education and adds to its century-old heritage by sharing the various public spaces of the historic Athenaeum Theatre building.

We offer performing, rehearsal, reception and office spaces to arts and educational organizations at affordable, below-market rates.

We cultivate relationships with arts organizations and through outreach to the local community of artists and arts administrators to interact, share ideas and offer mutual support.

We serve as a cultural resource and a forum for new and established arts groups and audiences both in the Lakeview neighborhood and the greater Chicago area.

A unique performance complex, the Athenaeum Theatre is located at 2936 North Southport Avenue between Wellington and Oakdale in Chicago in the Lakeview neighborhood north of the Loop. The theatre opened in 1911 as part of the large campus of the St. Alphonsus Parish, and has a continuous history dedicated to serving the arts community. The Athenaeum Theatre has a main stage theatre which seats 984 people and also has three studio theatres seating 67, 81 and 89 people. On the main floor, there is a spacious lobby and a food and drink concession in the Curtain Call Club. The theatre is convenient to public transportation and to the many restaurants, shops and cultural groups in the vibrant Lakeview neighborhood. There are two metered parking lots, one at the corner of Oakdale and Southport and the other on Oakdale just be

Community theater producing art, comedy & dance performances & also offering classes.