Current & Upcoming Events
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(NTA-Wright College)
Illinois High School Theatrefest, 2025
(University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)
North Park Campus-to-Campus Visits, 2025
(@NTA & @NPU)
Goodman Theatre Shows & Talkbacks
(Goodman Theatre, Downtown)
ESU Shakespeare Monologue Competition
(National Scholarship Competition)
($5 Primetime Tix for Chicago Students)
TBD Opportunities
These are partnerships and opportunities in which NTA Theatre regularly participates, but we are still awaiting new information for the current school year. Click any link below to learn more.
(@ a Chicago University)
Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence
(Playwriting & National Reading Contest)
Spring Break: Teen Theatre Week
(Steppenwolf, The Goodman, & The Understudy)
Historical Opportunities
These are partnerships and opportunities that we hope to restore someday!
Illinois High School Ticket Exchange
(NTA-Originated Peer Patronage Program)
NTA Balcony Bunch
(Family Field Trips & Lunch Discussions--Like a Book Club for Theatregoing)
NTA Children's Show
(NTA Student-Facilitated Field Trip for Middle Schoolers)
NTA Summer Company
(Leadership Retreat: Youth Outreach & Community Service Project)
August Wilson New Voices
(Performance & Design Scholarship Competition)
Opera Guest Speaker & Dress Rehearsal Field Trip
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Steppenwolf Student Matinees
(Steppenwolf Theatre)
Opportunity Dream List
These are opportunities that students have proposed and we hope to pursue some day in the future.
IHSA Competitive Drama
(Performance in the Round & Contest Play)
1-Day/1-Week Show
(A 1-Day or 1-Week Production Project with a Performance for our Community)
BACKstage Exam
(High School Technical Theatre Competency Exam & CTE Credential)