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By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare<\/p><\/div>\n

Chicago<\/strong>\u2014The announced development of the innovative performance venue The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare<\/a> gathered together Chicago Shakespeare Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, Executive Director Criss Henderson, Board Chair Sheli Rosenberg, Navy Pier Inc. CEO Marilynn Gardner, Board Chair William Brodsky and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring and the first production is expected to be staged in the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating this state-of-the-art performance venue is another step in the redevelopment of Navy Pier to ensure that it remains one of Chicago\u2019s premier centers for commerce, but also for culture, and I want to thank Chicago Shakespeare for their tremendous contribution to that effort,\u201d said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. \u201cThere is no better time to announce this new performance space than in the year when we will bring local and international artists together for Shakespeare 400 Chicago, which will keep the spirit of Shakespeare alive in our schools and on our stages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new project will cost $35 million and will repurpose components of the venue formerly known as Skyline Stage, situated adjacent to Chicago Shakespeare<\/a>. The existing facility, which currently houses two theaters, will be connected to the Yard through expanded lobbies. The year-round, flexible venue can be configured in various shapes and sizes with audience capacities ranging from 150 to 850. The audience members will be seated on one of nine towers\u2014each roughly the size of a city bus. Each tower will seat about 50 patrons, and come with its own heating and cooling equipment, as well as lighting positions and other technical capabilities designed for maximum creative adaptability.<\/p>\n

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare is part of Navy Pier\u2019s Centennial Vision\u2014celebrating its 100th<\/span> anniversary this year. Building on the Theater\u2019s 16-year partnership in residence on Navy Pier, The Yard will be developed through a $15 million investment by Navy Pier Inc. and $20 million in capital funding raised through Chicago Shakespeare\u2019s Our City, Our Shakespeare Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Award-winning, U.K.-based theater and acoustics consultancy firm Charcoalblue<\/a> and Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture<\/a> are also involved in the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve long needed a third theater, but we knew that a fixed theatrical space would not serve next-generation theater makers or the artistic ambition of our company\u201d said Gaines. \u201cThe Yard will offer a new kind of venue, one that allows us the freedom to reconfigure and recalibrate a playing space each time we approach it.”<\/p>\n

Chicago Shakespeare’s Board Chair Sheli Rosenberg said that, in total, the Theater has secured $40.4 million of the $55 million initiative that will provide: $20 million for the construction of The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare; $15 million for theatrical equipment, including The Yard’s “towers”;and $20 million for artistic and endowment funds\u2014supporting Chicago Shakespeare’s artistic, educational and international programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater will take over the footprint of the existing Skyline Stage, keeping the white canopy to enclose a year-round, indoor reconfigurable theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004138839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,21782,21825,21783,13,21752,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004138834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-development","category-finance","category-investment","category-midwest","category-mixed-use","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTransformation Announced for Navy Pier through New Chicago Shakespeare Stage - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/transformation-announced-for-navy-pier-through-new-chicago-shakespeare-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transformation Announced for Navy Pier through New Chicago Shakespeare Stage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater will take over the footprint of the existing Skyline Stage, keeping the white canopy to enclose a year-round, indoor reconfigurable theater.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/transformation-announced-for-navy-pier-through-new-chicago-shakespeare-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-08T18:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-18T12:22:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/The-Yard-at-Chicago-Shakespeare-e1457460022857.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anca Gagiuc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/transformation-announced-for-navy-pier-through-new-chicago-shakespeare-stage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/transformation-announced-for-navy-pier-through-new-chicago-shakespeare-stage\/\",\"name\":\"Transformation Announced for Navy Pier through New Chicago Shakespeare Stage - 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