Past Projects

Hamlet
Our version of Shakespeare's classic. Mostly straightforward with just a tiny twist. At The Building Stage, Fall 2005.

Dustbowl Gothic
A Building Stage original bringing together the tragedy of the dustbowl of the 1930s and Grant Wood's American Gothic painting. At The Building Stage, Spring 2006.

Moby-Dick
Our unique adaptation of the Herman Melville novel which featured a chorus of Ishmaels becoming a chorus of Ahabs. At The Building Stage, Fall 2006

Noir
A visually stunning theatrical construction spliced together from 1940's cinema classics. At The Building Stage, Fall 2007.

We have just added a new gallery of production photos from these projects. View it here.

We believe theater is made not written. And while every project has its own unique process of creation, each is driven by the spirit of investigation: to ask, through action on the stage, how a piece functions, how it is constructed, and what must be done to make it work.

Located in an industrial area of Chicago's West Loop, The Building Stage is a flexible performance space with the intimacy characteristic of storefront theater but also with a vertical dimension that makes it unique among Chicago's off-Loop venues.