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THEATRE
From children to adults, there are many opportunities to watch and participate in theatre in Evanston. To learn more about upcoming opportunities, please call the City of Evanston Cultural Arts Division at 847.448.8260.
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre is a municipally-supported theatre program. FJT features productions highlighting the Black experience.
The Evanston Children’s Theatre program serves as a training ground for
Evanston youth. Senior adults age 55+ also are cast in some shows. All performances are held at the Levy Center, 300 Dodge Avenue.
The photo at left shows the cast from Twinderella.
The Spring 2010 show is Looking Glass Land.
Performance are on Friday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, March 20 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m.
This delightful romp through Alice's looking glass land retains all of the familiar characters then introduces dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, a peanut salesman, detectives, a Miss America pageant, star-struck tourists, plastic light saber wielding knights and much more.
The Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street, is home to the renowned Piven Theatre Workshop. Piven Theatre has provided classes from beginning children (4th grade and higher) to professional adults for over 30 years. Many famous actors have been through the Piven program, including the entire Cusak family. For more information on workshops please call 847.866.6597.
Along with providing acting workshops, the Piven Theatre puts on many performances each year at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. For more information about upcoming performances visit or call the box office at 847.866.8049. There are also performances and classes at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center by Next Theatre, Art Encounter, The Actors Gymnasium, and Light Opera Works. For more information, please call the Noyes Cultural Arts Center at 847.448.9260.
The City of Evanston is also home to numerous student productions thanks to Northwestern University. Northwestern’s critically acclaimed theatre program provides performing arts opportunities every week. The Northwestern program produces more than eight main stage shows a year, along with countless student productions.
The school also puts on a Summer Theatre Festival. One of Northwestern’s most famous productions is called the Dolphin Show, which is the nation’s largest student-produced musical. Famous alumni of the show include David Schwimmer, Ann Margret, Tony Randall and Warren Beatty.
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