Opening Night: On the Past, Present, and Futures of Chicago Theatre

Join us to celebrate the opening of Act Well Your Part and the return of theatre to Hull-House. Explore the new exhibition in the Residents’ Dining Hall and hear from leading voices within the Chicago theatre scene, who will reflect upon the legacies of Hull-House’s mission-driven, civically engaged work for the present and future of Chicago theatre.

Act Well Your Part is an exhibition and festival hosted at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum celebrating the legacies of Hull-House Theatre and building a future of civically engaged theatre in Chicago. A theatrical hub for the city of Chicago for over a century, Hull-House played a pivotal role in the development of community theatre, the Little Theatre movement, Improv, and Chicago’s iconic non-profit theatre scene. Taking its name from the epigraph emblazoned above the original Hull-House stage, Act Well Your Part, There All the Honor Lies reframes contemporary Chicago theatre as an essential part of the city’s civic fabric.

Act Well Your Part is supported by the Discovery Partners Institute.

Host or Publisher Jane Addams Hull-House Museum