Current & Upcoming Shows


Announcing our 2010-2011 Season!

and a child shall lead by michael slade
Thirty miles outside Prague lies the city of Terezin, a Nazi-described “Jewish ghetto” and makeshift way station for millions of people awaiting transfer to death camps. Against all odds, a group of courageous children create stories, music, poetry, drawings, plays, puppets, and even an underground newspaper.
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sinbad: the untold tale by charles way

Ittifaq, the pampered daughter of famed sailor Sinbad of the Seven Seas, bristles under her father’s overprotective care and longs for an adventure of her own. Young Sinbad, an orphaned porter, lives on the streets and relies on his clever wit to survive. The two meet by chance just before a bitter sorceress casts a poison cloud over the city of Baghdad. Read More



500 clown Trapped
a co-production between asc and 500 clown

Experience 500 Clown's signature mix of high physicality, raw emotion, and powerful storytelling with content accessible to an all-ages audience. In 500 CLOWN TRAPPED, three clowns stumble into a quagmire and soon find themselves jailed in a barren landscape. Read More


 

Welcome to Adventure Stage Chicago!

Formerly known as Vittum Theater, Adventure Stage Chicago is Chicago's premier source for children's theatre specifically designed for kids aged 9 to 14 and their families. We aim to provide a safe place where people of all ages can explore life’s complexity together. We hope you will leave our imagined worlds charged with possibilities for the real one. Adventure Stage Chicago is a place where kids and the adults in their lives can come and be inspired to celebrate the community we are building together.