Theatre for kids near Chicago, IL

Lookingglass Theatre Company Education Programs offers education programs for young artists and professional educators. The Young Ensemble is described as “Chicago’s most curious teens coming together to play, rehearse, and perform.” The summer camp...

Middle School Programs at The Chicago Academy for the Arts offers weekend art classes, seasonal workshops, camps, and summer intensives in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. Middle school students can take part in activities such as producing...

Creativity Camp includes activities such as painting, drawing, sculpting, sewing, interactive magic tricks, puppet shows, plays, short videos, ceramics, stop motion, audio storytelling, natural dye, digital photography, and puppet making. Mixed...

Griffin MSI Camps include single- and multi-day Museum camps where participants learn about different STEM-related topics and careers through hands-on experiences and Museum exhibits. Campers discover winter around the world, craft mini-machines,...

iO Theater Teen & Youth Improv Classes are part of the iO Theater’s world-renowned training program for long form improv. The program is connected to the theater’s signature style of long form improvisation called The Harold and its year-long improv...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Education Programs include daytime matinee performances, after-school programs like Chicago Shakespeare SLAM, and professional development opportunities for teachers such as the year-long Bard Core intensive for Chicago...

Child's Play Touring Theatre Educational Programs offers writing workshops for students in school, after school programs, and summer camps for children and teens. The program also runs workshops and residencies, as well as professional development...

Summer Job Training for Youth is connected with the Black Ensemble Theater and its educational and community-focused work in theater arts. The program is part of a broader environment that includes theater, film, technology, and other performing...

Acting Studio Chicago Kids & Teens Acting Classes are part of the Kids and Teen Acting Classes offered at Acting Studio Chicago. The program includes Kids/Teen On Camera Acting, Kids / Teen Acting Specialty Classes, and Summer Camps and Intensives....

Skyline Children's Theater gives children a musical theatre experience that includes rehearsals, auditions, theater games, and a final performance. Participants learn a dance routine, learn a song from the seasonal title, read lines for various...

Dovetail Studios Children’s & Youth Dance Programs offers classes in ballet, hip-hop, musical theatre, contemporary, and jazz, along with Itty Bitty, pre musical theater, and pre ballet classes. The program also includes Hip Hop classes, a musical...

Visceral Dance Chicago Youth Program offers dance and performing arts classes for every dancer. The program takes place in a premier dance facility that includes six large studio spaces and a convertible performance theater. All studios are equipped...

The Community Dance Program offers classes in Jazz Dance, Musical Theater Dance, Hip Hop, Teen/Adult Ballet II, Basic Ballet, Pre-Ballet, Ballet I, and Pre-Dance. It also includes short summer offerings such as Ballet Stars: A Ballet Workshop, All...

Refugee Education & Adventure Challenge (REACH) Programs offers a wide range of activities such as hiking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, paddle boarding, surfing, and whitewater rafting. Participants may also take part in archery, horseback riding,...

Lifeline Theatre Summer Drama Camps centers on drama camps themed “Adventures Across Time: A Theatrical Quest through the Ages,” where campers explore their imaginations, embody characters, act out stories, and invent magical characters. Campers...

GUS Dance Camps offers Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Musical Theater, and Tap, along with Musical Theater Intensive, Tap Intensive, and Hip Hop Intensive options. Each camp week includes a camp performance, with a new combo taught each day....

Filament Camps offers activities such as creating new plays for young people, exploring new styles of theatre, and crafting immersive performances for family and friends. Campers take part in acting, improv, writing, singing, using puppets, playing...

Porchlight Summer Camp offers theatre-focused summer camp sessions where campers take part in acting, dancing, and singing through programs such as Mini Musicals, Broadway Basics, Intermediate Ensemble, Porchlight Youth Presents Willy Wonka Jr., and...

Education & Engagement Programming for Youth includes after-school programs, hands-on theatre workshops, and immersive summer programs. The program also offers Second Saturdays at the Goodman, which are family-focused intergenerational workshops...

FAME Center offers art, music, theater, technology, and classic camp activities, along with group classes and early childhood programming. The program provides private lessons for a wide variety of instruments and arts experiences, including options...