Chicago
Theatre Homepage Listserv
Connect with the Chicago Theatre community via e-mail! A
great way to compare notes with peers, need a prop? share resources,
ask questions, and get in depth information about the Chicago Theatre
scene.
Whether you need a lawyer or a collaborator, there are many organizations
in the Chicago area that can help:
Note: A special note of thanks to Suellen Burns who was generous
enough to share this information with us.
Arts Administrative Training
and Support
Arts Bridge
Offers administrative residency, information resources, administrative
support services, and ongoing, comprehensive management consulting and
training for small and emerging nonprofit arts organizations. Contact:
Suellen Burns, Executive Director
Phone: (773) 907-2183
E mail: ArtsBridge@aol.com
Cultural Facilities Fund
CFF, a project of the Nonprofit Facilities Fund, provides nonprofit
managers with the information they need to make the best facilities
decisions for their organizations. It accomplishes this objective with
a variety of services, including referrals, publications, intensive
training workshops and individual consultation.
Phone: (312) 431-8350
Support Center of Chicago
Offers workshops, consultation, meeting facilitation and on-site training
designed to help nonprofits best utilize their resources. Phone: (312)
606-1530
Professional Service Organizations
Art and Business Council
of Chicago
Promotes understanding, partnership and voluntarism between business
and the arts through a variety of programs, workshops and forums. Its
core program, Business Volunteers for the Arts, recruits and
trains business volunteers to consult pro bono with nonprofit arts organizations
in such areas as strategic planning, marketing, public relations and
financial management.
Community Media Workshop
Provides the necessary link between the news media and community and
civic groups that are making our city a better place to live. CMW does
this by presenting professional media relations training sessions,
consulting with nonprofits about how to use the media, and publishing
a comprehensive media directory. Phone: (312) 344-6400
CPAs For the Public Interest
Offers free financial management assistance to not-for-profits
with 501(c)(3) status. Services include short term accounting assistance,
board placements, workshops and publications on nonprofit accounting
issues.
Phone: (312) 993-9954
Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Pioneered the use of retired corporate executives and professional as
volunteer consultants to the nonprofit community. ESC's volunteer consultants
offer their skills, business acumen, management and leadership expertise
to help solve client problems.
Phone: (312) 580-1840
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Provides free legal assistance and educational programming for artists
and art organizations that can not afford counsel for their arts-related
legal problems.
Phone: (312) 944-2787
League of Chicago Theatres
The League has been instrumental in advancing the economic and cultural
life of the Chicago area by assisting its member theatres to produce
and market theatre of the highest quality. LCT promotes the advancement
of the theatre industry in Chicago by through its Cooperative Advertising,
Hot Tix, Theatre Week Chicago, Non-traditional Auditions for Actors
of Color, the Disabled and Seniors, and Informational Services programs.
Phone: (312) 977-1730
The Saints
Need some ushers? The Saints are Chicago's Volunteers for the Performing
Arts!
Women's Theatre Alliance (W.T.A)
The Women's Theatre Alliance is an organization of actors, directors,
designers and other theatre artists. W.T.A.'s goals are to improve the
status of women and provide more leadership opportunities in the Chicago
theatre community through networking, workshops, showcases and other
programs. Contact them at wtachicago@aol.com
City and State Agencies
Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs
Illinois Arts Council
Other Service Organizations
Chicago Access Corporation
Chicago Access Network Television(CAN TV) consists of five local, noncommercial
access cable channels. CAN TV enables Chicago residents and nonprofit
organizations to reach 330,000 cable households through the use of accessible,
affordable television services. Phone: (312) 738-1400
Chicagoland Advocates For Signed Theatre
Works with theatre professionals in the continuing educational process
of providing interpreted performances of their work. CAST has developed
formal materials and checklists that are used by its members to
monitor this progress and standardize communication. CAST works with
large and small organizations to make their artistic product accessible
to the community at a price they can afford.
Phone: voice -- (312) 346-5588; TTY -- (312) 346-5589
Information Technology Resource Center
Provides low cost services to nonprofits in all areas of computer literacy,
training, purcase decisions, and daily use.
Chicago Theater Companies on the Web
Here's your chance to visit the city's theatre companies that are online.
Drop by their web sites and see what they're up to.
College and University Programs
We've compiled a list of Chicago area and regional schools for your
reference.
ArtsNet Management
resource
Top
