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News & press releases

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot Awards $6.5M in DCASE Grants to Chicago Nonprofit Arts Organizations
​- Chicago.gov

What Locals Love About Chicago
- Redfin

NEA Announces Second Round of Grants for Fiscal Year 2021
- Arts.gov

City of Chicago Awards $2 Million in CityArts Program Grants to Local Arts Organizations
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Chicago Youth Shakespeare Presents KING LEAR*

​YAS! Fest 2019
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

2019 Rising Star Honor Roll
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Othello at Raven Theatre*

​Parker Advances to Shakespeare Slam Finals
- Parker News | Francis W. Parker, Chicago

CYS Tempest Comes to Joffrey Tower*

Fifth Star Honors 2017 Rising Star Honor Roll
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

A Case for Youth Theater
- The Arts Club of Chicago

350 High School Students Unite in Battle of the Bard Shakespeare Slam
- BroadwayWorld.com

Among the most energizing and exciting events
- City Desk 400 (By Rebecca Fall)

Battle of the Bard
-  ABC 7 Eyewitness News

Battle of the Bard: Shakespeare, slam-style
-  Chicago Tribune/Oak Leaves/Oak Park News

Teenagers, Shakespeare, Community, and the Power of Narrative
-  City Desk 400 (By Tim Duggan)

Constable: Frailty, thy name isn't these young Muslim women
​- The Daily Herald

Shakespeare 400 arts festival
- Chris Jones Chicago Tribune

Shakespeare 400 Chicago Line-up
- PR Newswire

CYS presents Comedy of Errors*​

For Young Chicago Professionals
- The Chicago Community Trust

​CYS Receives YLF Grant from The Chicago Community Trust*

*CYS press release
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CYS Newsletters

2022
Macbeth is part of the 10th annual Chicago Theatre Week!
Our live performances are BACK!
TICKETS to Macbeth at The Edge Off-Broadway!

2021
See the CYS Ensemble at work!
​Meet the Ensemble
What's New for CYS this Fall?
BIG August NEWSletter
#CTW21: CYS at Chicago Theatre Week!
FINALLY. the wait is OVER

2020
What's the New News?
August Newsletter: Time to get inspired!
Summer Opportunities for Teachers and Students!
Announcing: (Short) Summer Shakes!
Our Watch Party is LIVE: Celebrate the Bard's Birthday with CYS!
We ❤️ Sir Patrick Stewart! #OurDailyBard
#OurDailyBard
Connect. Create. Celebrate.

​2019
End the Year with LEAR: A benefit, a staged reading, a one-night-only event!
Fall Classes, Auditions, & Events!
​CYS at YAS! FEST
Summer Newsletter
An Exciting Summer of Shakespeare
Enter our 2nd annual  Bard Birthday Contest
Othello Heads to WRITERS THEATRE!
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2018
​A Place to Call Home
​Holiday Newsletter
Fall Events and News!
Sneak Peak: Uneasy Lies the Head
Bard Birthday Contest
Celebrating 5 Years!
O Brave New Year  

2017
BIG Summer Newsletter
CYS  Events
Saturday Shakes
Bard Birthday Blowout!

2016
#400 Reasons to Celebrate
CYS Turns 3!
CYS Presents: The Comedy of Errors

2015
Spring Newsletter
Battle of the Bard

2014
Fall Newsletter
​Upcoming: Battle of the Bard!