Theatre summer camp in Skokie, IL
NOC brings our popular in-school residency program home to Northlight! Campers are introduced to theatre skills in voice and movement through adaptations of familiar stories and devising of new work. NOC ends with an informal presentation of original plays created by campers.
Northlight Theatre is a professional, non-profit theatre company currently located in Skokie, Illinois at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Northlight produces five mainstage productions each year with a spectrum of work ranging from timely world premieres to refreshed classics. It is one of the largest nonprofit theatres in the Chicago area with over 5000 subscribers, serving audiences totaling nearly 50,000 each season.
In addition to the mainstage season, programming includes workshops and readings of new works, audience outreach to Veterans and many other groups, community engagement programs, and a comprehensive arts education program for underserved middle and high school students.
Northlight Theatre will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Evanston venue, featuring remarks from Illinois House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel and other officials ahead of the space's inaugural season.
In celebration of its 58th anniversary awarding recognition for Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards announces its nominations for the 2025 –2026 season, including the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and more.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will welcome veteran Production Stage Manager Laura D.
Northlight Theatre will open its new theater in Evanston with The Front Page, Jeffrey Hatcher’s world premiere adaption of the rapid-fire classic comedy that also inspired the 1940 film His Girl Friday.
