We Made It In The Edgewater Newsletter!

Edgewater Welcomes Steep Theatre
EDC is pleased to announce that Steep Theatre Company has chosen Edgewater for it's new home. We were pleased to work closely with Steep to find a home in Edgewater and add another amenity to the revitalizing Berwyn business district. In addition, EDC is helping Steep to identify sources of financial assistance to support the costs of building-out the space for their new home on Berwyn.

Peter Moore from Steep Theatre provides the following story about the move:

"After launching our search for a new theater in November 2007, Steep has signed a lease on a storefront space. Our new home is located at 1115 West Berwyn in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Plans are in place to open our 2008-2009 season in our new theater this Fall.

The Edgewater Development Corporation was a huge help in finding us a home in Edgewater. We're looking forward to continuing to work with them as we become part of the neighborhood.

The new site is nearly the twice the size of our current theater and will offer the sort of comfortable and professional performance space that our audience and artists deserve, while not sacrificing the intimacy that has been the trademark of Steep productions for years. We are very excited about this space and the growth we are poised to make in our new theater.

The space was formerly a small grocery store and has been vacant for years. While we have made great strides towards reaching our fundraising goals, there is a lot of work left to be done in order to realize the vision we have for our new theater."

To contribute and be a part of the new Steep Theatre, please click on the donation button to the right or send your donation to Steep Theatre Company, 5343 North Paulina, Chicago, IL 60640. We will also have some great fundraising events in the coming months. We hope you will be able to join us.

In the meantime, work continues at our Sheridan theater. We will conclude our 2007-2008 season and our tenure at 3902 North Sheridan with our production of Greensboro: A Requiem. This docu-drama by Tony Award winning playwright Emily Mann brings light to the events surrounding an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally that left 5 protesters dead in 1979. The show opens Thursday, May 8th and runs through Saturday, June 14th.

Watch what we do next!