Imagination Theater
Dear Event Planner, I wanted to introduce you to Chicago’s award-winning Imagination Theater, now celebrating its 40th consecutive season, in the hopes that you’ll consider inviting us to perform at your upcoming festival. Imagination Theater is a touring social issues company specializing in a unique style of interactive theater technique to address social issues, educate communities, and improve life quality for participants of all ages. With 550 presentations and workshops to 120,000 participants every year, we offer a wide range of programming, including a performance that is a perfect fit for summer festival events (on children’s or family stages). Playin’ Around features two of Imagination Theater’s professional actors and a keyboardist. Using guided improvisation and audience participation, the characters of PJ, Stretch, and Thumbs teach both children and adults the four basic tools of drama: VOICE, MOVEMENT, FEELINGS, and IMAGINATION. The show culminates with an improvisational scene created and performed by the true stars of the show: The Audience! This popular performance has been featured at such venues and events as: Navy Pier’s Skyline Stage, Navy Pier’s Family Pavilion Stage, Chicago Cultural Center, South Shore Cultural Center, Brookfield Zoo, Naper Settlement, Borders Books & Music, Printer’s Row Book Fair, Northcenter’s RIBFEST, SEARS Theatre Fever, Retro on Rosco, and Rock Around the Block, to name a few. Please call or email me if you’d like more information. Thanks for your consideration, Aimee-Lynn Newlan, Executive Director 773-303-0070 www.imaginationtheater.org aimee-lynn@imaginationtheater.org Awards & Recognition Throughout IT’s extensive history, Imagination Theater has been recognized with numerous awards, including: Governor’s Award for the Arts Continental Bank Foundation’s Community Service Award Chicago Department on Aging and Disabilities Critical Difference Award Children’s Theater Association Drama for Human Awareness Award Illinois Theatre Association’s Excellence in Children’s Theatre Award Non Profit Financial Center’s ORBA Award for Excellence in Financial Management Arts & Business Council’s ABBY Award for Excellence in Non Profit Management Recognized by Attorney General Lisa Madigan for “Providing Excellent Services to Victims of Crime.” Imagination Theater also receives constant recognition from the media, including: Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Pioneer Press, Chicago Suburban News, Life Newspapers, Press Publications, Lerner Newspapers, PerformInk, WBEZ, Channel 7 (featured on Chicagoing with host Bill Campbell), and was most recently featured on WGN (Channel 9) by Jane Boal as “Chicago’s Very Own.”

Imagination Theater
4802 N. Broadway, #201-B

Chicago, Illinois, 60640
USA

Contact Information:
Imagination Theater
Executive Director
Artistic
Phone: 773 303-0070
Fax: 773 303-0073