News

Welcome to the newsroom. Please find the latest press mentions and releases below regarding all the exciting happenings at Adventure Stage Chicago!

PRESS MENTIONS:

April 2013 - Tom Arvetis interviewed about Augusta and Noble in Chicago Parent

March 2013 - Playwright Carlos Murillo interviewed about Augusta and Noble by Time Out Chicago Kids

November 2012 - Chicago Sun-Times article about Six Stories Tall

September 2012 - ASC wins Award of Excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences from the Illinois Theatre Association

March 2012 - Chicago Parent article on Adventure Stage Chicago's The Giver

February 2012 - Time Out Chicago Kids feature on Adventure Stage Chicago

December 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago has gotten a $120,000 Continuing Innovation Stage II grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - WBEZ 91.5 Onstage/Backstage Blog

November 2011 - Walk Two Moons featured in Chicago Sun-Times

November 2011 - Walk Two Moons is a Critic's Pick in Time Out Chicago

May 2011 - WBEZ article on 500 Clown Trapped

April 2011 - Time Out Chicago Article on 500 Clown Trapped

March 2011 - Sun-Times Article on Sinbad: The Untold Tale

November 2010 - Adventure Stage Chicago featured in American Theatre Magazine

November 2010 - Chicago Jewish News article on And A Child Shall Lead

February 2010 - Holiday Drama Kids featured on ABC 7

November 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times Feature on Gossamer

April 2009 - Katrina on ABC 7 News

March 2009 - Katrina featured in Chicago Tribune

November 2008 - Feature on Holes in Chicago Sun-Times

October 2008 - Time Out Chicago interview with Louis Sachar

October 2008 - Holes mention in Chicago Tribune

Sept/Oct 2008 - The Dramatist magazine article Beyond Child's Play

April 2008 - The Blue House in Chicago Sun-Times

April 2008 - American Theatre Magazine article highlighting The Blue House

January 2008 - Education.com article Why Children's Theater Matters

February 2006 - I Dream In Blues in Time Out Chicago

Press releases:

February 13, 2013 - World premiere of Augusta and Noble by Carlos Murillo

September 25, 2012 - Adventure Stage Chicago Receives Illinois Theatre Association’s 2012 Award of Excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences

September 20, 2012 - Midwest premiere of Six Stories Tall: a play about mermaids, monsters and spray paint!

March 28, 2012 - Adventure Stage Chicago announces 2012-2013 season

February 1, 2012 - Adventure Stage Chicago presents stage adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver

December 20, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago Receives $120,000 Continuing Innovation Stage II Grant From The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

September 15, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents World Premiere Stage Adaptation Of Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons

September 8, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago Unveils Neighborhood Perspectives, A Community-Based Theatrical Event Devised with and for Northwestern University Settlement House Neighbors

May 2, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents Literary Adaptations of Two Newbery Medal Winners for 2011-2012 Season

March 29, 2011 - 500 Clown Collaborates with Adventure Stage Chicago for the World Premiere of 500 Clown Trapped

March 16, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago Hosts Annual Fundraiser, Spring Fling An Arabian Extravaganza

Feb. 14, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago First Illinois Organization to Receive National EmcArts Grant

Feb. 4, 2011 - Adventure Stage Chicago presents World Premiere of Charles Way's Sinbad: The Untold Tale

January 25, 2011 - First Look at Stage Adaptation of Walk Two Moons

September 16, 2010 - Adventure Stage Chicago presents Holocaust drama And A Child Shall Lead

May 18, 2010 - Adventure Stage Chicago Announces 2010-2011 Season

March 4, 2010 - Adventure Stage Chicago Announces the Formation of New Artistic Ensemble

February 2, 2010 - Adventure Stage Chicago presents The Ghosts of Treasure Island

September 16, 2009 - Adventure Stage Chicago and Victory Gardens Theater Present Holiday Drama Kids, A Creative Workshop Series for Children

September 1, 2009 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents the Chicago Premiere staging of Newbery Medal Winner Lois Lowry's Fantasy Novel Gossamer

May 15, 2009 - Adventure Stage Chicago Announces 2009-2010 Season: Literature Comes to Life!

February 24, 2009 - Adventure Stage Chicago's Producing Artistic Director Tom Arvetis Recipient of 2009 TYA/USA Ann Shaw Fellowship

February 9, 2009 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents World Premiere of Jason Tremblay's Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back

September 5, 2008 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents Stage Adaptation of Louis Sachar's Acclaimed Children's Novel Holes

February 11, 2008 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents the World Premiere of Jose Cruz Gonzalez's The Blue House, Co-commissioned with the Chicago Children's Humanities Festival

11 de Febrero, 2008 - Aventuras de Escenario Chicago Presenta la Primicia Mundial La Casa Azul de José Cruz González, en Colaboracio con El Festival Niños Humanitarios de Chicago

December 19, 2007 - Adventure Stage Chicago Presents Gayle Cornelison's Stage Version of Theodore Taylor's Award-Winning Novel The Cay

November 8, 2007 - Adventure Stage Chicago at Vittum Theater to Present New Work at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' New Visions/New Voices 2008 Biennial Festival

August 20, 2007 - Chicago's Vittum Theater Officially Changes Name to Adventure Stage Chicago and Announces 2007-2008 Season

July 25, 2007 - Vittum Theater Selected as Chicago Site for the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis' Neighborhood Bridges Project

July 20, 2007 - Vittum Theater receives American Alliance for Theatre in Education Award for Outstanding New Children's Theatre Company