The Actors Gymnasium

Education: The Actors Gymnasium offers a range of classes for students from 2 to 72 years old. More than 1,800 students deepen their circus and performing arts through more than 150 classes and 5 camps and intensives. Special needs students are also reached, including high-spectrum autistic students. Workshops cover a range of skills including,society of american fight directors certification workshops in stage combat and summer circus intensive.

Productions: using physical theatre as a means to tell narrative stories, nine new productions are developed each year. The winter circus is The narrative-driven, main stage production that anchors our performance season. Each fall and spring, The Actors Gymnasium presents a showcase of new work, circus in progress: an evening of daring new york, that highlights chicago area, circus performers. The youth circus ensemble presents fall and spring productions. We also produce two polished, original, and story-driven student camp shows in The summer, as well as showcases of short new pieces created by summer intensive workshop's advanced students.

Events: gig bookings for special events provide professional opportunities for performers and instructors. The organization also offers circus arts workshops in conjunction with chicago area collegiate theatre and general programs.