Lookingglass Theatre will pause shows, lay off staff

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Lookingglass Theatre, long in residence at the Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue, said Friday that it planned to reduce its full-time staff from 24 to 10 employees and to pause programming until late spring of 2024.

The Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works in Dec. 2014 on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Adeoye, Kareem Bandealy, Michel Rodriguez Cintra and Molly Hernández in Lookingglass Theatre Company's summer 2022 production of"Lookingglass Alice." In Chicago alone, closed or moribund theaters include Victory Gardens Theater, House Theatre of Chicago, Sideshow Theatre Company, BoHo, Eclipse Theatre Company and Underscore Theatre Company. Other large companies have greatly reduced programming as audiences have not shown up in numbers that once could be expected.

Lookingglass, which recently hosted a fundraiser led by Stephen Colbert, a longtime supporter, plans to use a previously obtained construction grant from the State of Illinois to improve its Michigan Avenue space while its productions are on hold. The current show,is slated to run through July 16. In addition, educational programming, most of which is grant funded, will continue.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

 

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