Founded in 1996, Emerald City Theatre is one of Chicago’s most attended non-profit theatres with an annual programing reach of 80,000 children and their grown-ups.

Through a rigorous collaboration between innovating artists and leading educators, Emerald City is a national leader in developing new work for young audiences, having created over 30 world premieres and worked with best-selling children’s authors such as Mo Willems, Jon Scieszka, and Laura Numeroff, as well as Grammy-nominated children’s musician Justin Roberts. The company creates performances for all ages, including babies and toddlers.