Theater News

Theatre Building Chicago Renamed Stage 773

The previously reported sale of Theatre Building Chicago’s three-theater facility at 1225 W. Belmont Avenue to an LLC was finalized on Friday, May 28, and the venue will be renamed Stage 773.

The TBC has been a place where groups such as the award-winning Porchlight Theatre produce their annual seasons, and other companies have produced on an as-needed basis. Stage 773 is also the new name for Lukaba Productions, which has often used the TBC space, and will now be the venue’s primary tenant.

In a statement, Stage 773’s artistic director Brian Posen, said that “The name Stage 773 better expresses our company’s mission to celebrate the richness, creativity, innovation and spirit of Chicago’s off-loop theatre movement.”