{"id":343158,"date":"2025-12-14T04:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/performance-programs-for-theater-music-dance-and-opera-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T04:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:13:36","slug":"performance-programs-for-theater-music-dance-and-opera-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343158","title":{"rendered":"Performance Programs for Theater, Music, Dance, and Opera in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>CHM research center associate Annika Kohrt writes about theater, music, opera, and dance performance programs available to visitors in the Chicago History Museum\u2019s Abakanowicz Research Center.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Theater in the fledgling town of Chicago began in the 1830s at the Sauganash Tavern. This is represented in the Chicago History Museum\u2019s oldest exhibition: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/exhibition\/dioramas\/\">Dioramas<\/a>. What many don\u2019t know is that you can also view and (gently) handle primary materials from Chicago\u2019s long theater history.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755-768x543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755-1280x905.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i000755.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><br \/><em>Illustration of the Sauganash Hotel in <\/em>History of Chicago <em>by Alfred Theodore Andreas, 1884\u201386. F38B .A5 OVERSIZE, v.1, p. 474. CHM, ICHi-000755<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/visit-us\/research-center\/\">Abakanowicz Research Center<\/a> (ARC), which is accessible for free upon registration at the Ticket Desk, you can view the ledgers from the Tavern\u2019s operation. <a href=\"https:\/\/chhiso.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/public\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:241987\/ada?qu=sauganash&amp;rw=12&amp;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A241987~ILS~16&amp;isd=true&amp;h=8\">Original letters describing the tavern<\/a> are also available for viewing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i034981_Iroquois-Theatre-program-1903-768x1040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i034981_Iroquois-Theatre-program-1903-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i034981_Iroquois-Theatre-program-1903-300x406.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i034981_Iroquois-Theatre-program-1903-1024x1386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/i034981_Iroquois-Theatre-program-1903.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\"\/><br \/><em>A singed program for the Iroquois Theatre advertising <\/em>Mr. Blue Beard<em>, Chicago, December 1903. CHM, ICHi-034981<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re in the ARC, you\u2019ll want to check out our newly expanded collection of performance programs. We have programs from the last performance at the Iroquois Theatre, more than 600 programs from Ravinia Festival events (starting as early as 1905), and programs from as recent as last month. Our oldest program is from North\u2019s National Theatre in 1857, where ticket prices range from 25 cents to $6 for a private box:<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-768x1370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-768x1370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-1280x2284.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-300x535.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-1024x1827.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-861x1536.jpg 861w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-1148x2048.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-1920x3426.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oldest-program-scaled.jpg 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\"\/><br \/>North\u2019s National Theatre playbill for <\/em>Romeo and Juliet <em>and <\/em>Wife for a Day<em>, 1857. <a href=\"https:\/\/chhiso.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/public\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:74648\/one\">Theater Programs collection<\/a>, PN2277 .C42 OVERSIZE. Photograph by CHM staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since the late 19th century, Chicago has been a player on the national stage. Theaters hosted dance, music, opera, and vaudeville among the Shakespeare plays, and they produced a range of beautiful, funny, and strange programs to promote them.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sonsofun-768x1198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sonsofun-768x1198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sonsofun-300x468.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sonsofun.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\"\/><br \/>Program for <\/em>Sons o\u2019 Fun <em>at the Civic Opera House, including graphics of human heads on squirrels, date unknown. Theater Programs collection, PN2277 .C42 OVERSIZE. Photograph by CHM staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-768x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-768x818.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-1280x1363.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-300x319.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-1024x1090.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-1442x1536.jpg 1442w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-1923x2048.jpg 1923w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asilaydying-1920x2045.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><br \/>Dream Theater program for <\/em>As I Lay Dying<em>, date unknown. Theater Programs collection, PN2277 .C42 OVERSIZE. Photograph by CHM staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Much like our <a href=\"https:\/\/chhiso.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/public\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:217509\/one\">collection of menus<\/a>, this collection showcases the evolution and innovation of printers in Chicago: some bills are silk, some leather, and many in unexpected formats and sizes\u2014and not only can you look at them, but you can also page through them in the ARC. Artists, novelists, and graphic designers consult this beautiful collection for inspiration. You might use this collection to imagine yourself going out in the Loop in the 1880s, and you\u2019ll certainly have to giggle at some of the products hawked in these pages.<\/p>\n<p>If your interest in Chicago theater history is awakened by this physical history, librarians in the ARC can also help direct you to collections from around the city to answer your questions and delight your mind: for example, the University of Chicago has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uchicago.edu\/e\/scrc\/findingaids\/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.CHICAGODRAMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Drama Performances Index<\/a>, a record of almost every theatrical performance in Chicago theaters from 1839 to 1955.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-768x344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-1280x573.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-1536x688.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-2048x917.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/asbestos-1920x860.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><br \/>Theatrical Stage Hardware advertisement, including asbestos curtains, from the program for <\/em>The Strollers Revel <em>at the Studebaker Theatre, May 7, 1915. Theater Programs collection, PN2277 .C42 OVERSIZE. Photograph by CHM staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-768x1260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-768x1260.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-1280x2100.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-300x492.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-1024x1680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-936x1536.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-1248x2048.jpg 1248w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-1920x3150.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fireextinguisher-scaled.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\"\/><br \/>Hand fire extinguisher advertisement from <\/em>Rose Eytinge in Felicia <em>at the Standard Theatre, date unknown. Theater Programs collection, PN2277 .C42 OVERSIZE. Photograph by CHM staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Genealogists also search through these for treasures: you might find your great-aunt in a high school production cast list, and the advertisements inside would tell you about her whole neighborhood!<\/p>\n<p>How have Second City programs changed since the 1960s? What operas did the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagohistory.org\/chicagos-miniature-puppet-opera\/\">Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera Theatre<\/a> perform? Who performed at the Pekin Theatre, the first Black-owned musical theatre in the United States, in 1908? You\u2019ll have to visit the ARC to find out!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<h3>Books on Chicago Theater History<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHM research center associate Annika Kohrt writes about theater, music, opera, and dance performance programs available to visitors in the Chicago History Museum\u2019s Abakanowicz Research Center. Theater in the fledgling town of Chicago began in the 1830s at the Sauganash Tavern. This is represented in the Chicago History Museum\u2019s oldest exhibition: the Dioramas. 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