The Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave. (map) 773.935.6875
A unique performance complex, the Athenaeum Theatre opened in 1911 as part of the campus of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Conceived as a “neighborhood playhouse,” by the original German-American parish, the Athenaeum Theatre is a historic building and the oldest continuously operating off-Loop theater in Chicago.
The Athenaeum Theatre shares its heritage by using its various spaces for the arts, educational, and social service communities. The building houses five performance spaces and offices and rehearsal halls for performing arts groups as well as a gymnasium and a food pantry. The theatre serves as a cultural resource and a forum for arts groups and audiences both in the neighborhood and the greater Chicago area.
The Athenaeum Theatre has a main stage theatre which seats 984 people and three studio theatres seating 67, 81 and 89 people. The Curtain Call Club serves as a reception room for 55 people for cabaret, comedy improv, lectures and other intimate events. All public spaces are available for rent.
For more information on our history, check out our YouTube video.
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Schubas & Lincoln Hall Present: Laura Marling
Thu. 05/23 | 7:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Lincoln Hall & Schubas Present: Rob Delaney - SOLD OUT
Fri. 11/30 | 10:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Jam and 93XRT welcomes Ben Gibbard, Advance Base
Fri. 11/02 | 7:30PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Lincoln Hall & Schubas present a 93XRT show: Laura Marling
Tue. 06/19 | 8:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
June 08, 2012Though she’s just 22, Laura Marling’s done some pretty notable stuff in the British folk scene, including releasing two excellent solo records—2008’s Alas I Cannot Swim and 2010’s I Speak Because I Can—winning Best Female Solo Artist at the 2011 more at avclub.com
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SOLD OUT! Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) Andrew Rieger, Laura Carter & Scott Spi...
Tue. 02/07 | 7:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
February 02, 2012Like the Velvet Underground before them, defunct Georgia indie-rock band Neutral Milk Hotel released a handful of albums that had a very small, localized impact upon their initial release but which have since gone on to provide a stylistic and vaguely philosophical blueprint for an untold number of groups around the world. more at chicagoreader.com
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
January 23, 2012“Jeff Mangum” doesn’t exist. People think he exists. But people also think Big Foot exists. And Santa Claus. And Thomas Pynchon. more at ohmyrockness.com
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SOLD OUT! Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) Andrew Rieger, Laura Carter & Scott Sp...
Mon. 02/06 | 7:30PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Featured Review from flavorpill
February 01, 2012After a decade-long sojourn from regular performance, Jeff Mangum, the former frontman of Neutral Milk Hotel, and one of indie rock’s most influential musicians, is finally returning to stages. more at flavorpill.com
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Strange Bedfellows Theatre presents FIRE ISLAND
Every Sunday 2:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Strange Bedfellows Theatre presents FIRE ISLAND
Every Thursday 8:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Strange Bedfellows Theatre presents FIRE ISLAND
Every Saturday 8:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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Strange Bedfellows Theatre presents FIRE ISLAND
Every Friday 8:00PM @ The Athenaeum Theatre (map)
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