How much are tickets at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater?

$20
All tickets are $20 and are only available for purchase to CST for $20 members under age 35. CST for $20 members can buy up to two discounted tickets per show. (if you’re feeling generous, you can even bring someone over 35 as your guest).

Where is the Chicago Shakespeare Theater?

Navy Pier
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

How many people does the Chicago Shakespeare Theater seat?

The Stages The unique architecture of our 500-seat courtyard-style theater was inspired by theaters in early modern England, and evokes the design of Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre.

What is Shakespeare Theater called?

The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre you see today in London is the third Globe. The first opened in 1599 and was built by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the company that William Shakespeare wrote for and part-owned.

How big is the Chicago Theatre?

3,600 seat
The 3,600 seat auditorium is seven stories high, more than one half of a city block wide, and nearly as long. The vertical sign “C-H-I-C-A-G-O,” at nearly six stories high, is one of the few such signs in existence today.

Where is the yard in Chicago?

Architectural design and theatrical function come together in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, an innovative and flexible artistic year-round space, constructed underneath a tent on Navy Pier. Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) opened its first facility on Navy Pier in 1999.

How was Shakespeare’s theatre different from theatre today?

Theaters were open air and used natural light. Without the advanced technology of artificial light, most plays were performed not in the evening, as they are today, but rather in the afternoon or during the daylight. Furthermore, plays during that era used very little scenery and few, if any, props.

What is Shakespeare’s most famous theatre?

The Globe
The Globe, which opened in 1599, became the playhouse where audiences first saw some of Shakespeare’s best-known plays. In 1613, it burned to the ground when the roof caught fire during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. A new, second Globe was quickly built on the same site, opening in 1614.

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