Productions appearing on the Athenaeum stage include (in chronological order by performance date):

JULY 2021

Skyline Studios’ Broadway Summer Camps

Various camps for children ages 3 – 14 years old

July – August

Registration available now

Every child has the chance to shine at Skyline! With highly-trained teaching artists as camp instructors, children ages 5 – 14 will learn to sing, dance, act and perform in High School Musical, Madagascar, Jungle Book and Broadway Highlights showcases. Skyline even offers Broadway Mornings classes for budding Pre-K performers.

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

Mother Goose Lost

All Saturdays from July 10 – 31 at 10 and 11:30 a.m.

Studio Two

$12

Tickets on sale now

Solomon Grundy confines Mother Goose to retire and takes over all the nursery rhymes. Can friends Frank, Mandy and Detective Joe Saturday find her and save the rhymes?

Opera Festival of Chicago

Il Segreto di Susanna

Saturday, July 24 at 7 and 9 p.m.

Main Stage

$15 – $75

Tickets on sale now

The inaugural Opera Festival of Chicago opens with the Chicago premiere of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s whimsical one-act opera of suspicious jealousy, titillating scandal and happy surprises. The production, directed by Ella Marchment, features soprano Kimberly Jones as Susanna and Grammy-nominated baritone Stephen Powell as Count Gil. Emanuele Andrizzi conducts the Opera Festival of Chicago Chamber Ensemble.

Martin Media

Maks & Val: Stripped Down Tour

Thursday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Main Stage

$39 – $69

Tickets on sale now

After the global pandemic forced the cancellation of their highly anticipated “Motion Pictures” Tour, the Chmerkovskiy brothers took time to reflect and rethink how to inspire & entertain in our rapidly-changing world. Enter “Stripped Down”, a unique experience that will bring you closer to the boys than ever before. They have created an intimate evening packed with breathtaking dancing, deeply personal storytelling and world class showmanship true to the Chmerkovskiy name. Maks and Val will have you laughing, crying, then laughing again in an up close and personal show, sharing their most revealing stories like only they can. Genuine and heartwarming, this show promises to take your emotions for a ride, and have you smiling on the drive back. It couldn’t come at a better time, and you won’t want to miss it.

AUGUST 2021

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

All Saturdays from August 7 – 28 at 10 and 11:30 a.m.

Studio Two

$12

Tickets on sale now

Young orphan Artie is taught by Merlin the importance of loyalty, honor and character. Artie becomes king, but there’s danger in the form of Morgan Le Fay and her son Mordred. Hilarious, poignant and featuring thrilling swordplay, it’s fun for kids and adults!

NOTE: Event details may change without notice, please go to AthenaeumTheatre.org for the most up to date listings and information.

ABOUT THE ATHENAEUM THEATRE

For more than 100 years, the Athenaeum Theatre has stood as a cornerstone in the Lakeview neighborhood. Fr. George Thomas, the pastor of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in the early 1900s, envisioned a multi-purpose social and recreation center to serve the many needs of the expanding parish. Thanks in large part to the creative vision of Fr. Thomas, and his collaboration with architect Hermann J. Gaul on this ambitious project, the Athenaeum opened at the corner of Oakdale and Southport Avenues on November 18, 1911, (on the site of the original St. Alphonsus Church). The Athenaeum’s stage has seen almost every form of the arts on its famous stage including comedians, dance companies, politicians, spoken word, theatre companies and others.

Since 2011, Athenaeum Theatre Productions has managed the 66,000-square foot building providing affordable space for the arts, educational and social service communities. The building houses four performance spaces, offices for not for profit performing arts groups, rehearsal rooms, as well as a gymnasium. As Chicago’s longest operating off-Loop theatre, Athenaeum Theatre Productions brings vision, energy and drive to the ideal Lakeview location and has infused the Athenaeum with fresh, new energy and brought a wide and varied lineup of talent to perform on the Main Stage.

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