Celebrate the opening of Setting the Stage with us and enjoy beverages and snacks, check out the exhibition, and rub shoulders with other Chicagoans who enjoy theatre as much as you do. It should be a rousing good time!

About Setting the Stage

Design in theatre can take many forms, including costumes, lights, sound, props, and sets, among countless other examples. Setting the Stage celebrates the myriad ways design is employed in stage productions.

Using objects on loan from Chicago theatres, this exhibit will emphasize the diversity, depth, and breadth of theatres in the city and explore how words are translated by designers into a production. See the process behind the final products and learn more about how and why design decisions in theatres are made.

Celebrate the Year of Chicago Theatre with us and discover all that the city’s theatre has to offer through the objects which exemplify the soul of each institution.

Event is free and open to the public!

The Design Museum of Chicago is partially supported by grants from Illinois Arts Council Agency, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and Truettner Foundation.

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!