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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 Orgs
- chicago.gov/cityarts

​YAS! Fest 2019
- City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE)

2019 Rising Star Honor Roll
- City of Chicago DCASE

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

Fifth Star Honors 2017 Rising Star Honor Roll
- City of Chicago DCASE

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 | 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 | 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

For Young Chicago Professionals
- The Chicago Community Trust

Be Creative: A Campaign for Chicago Arts Education
- PR Newswire

Bringing Back the Bard: Manon Spadaro’s Chicago Youth Shakespeare
- Better Magazine / Make It Better Foundation

newsletters

2022

All's well that ends well: An important announcement from CYS

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

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!

2018

A Place to Call Home 

Holiday Newsletter

Othello at Raven Theatre

Fall Events and News!

Sneak Peak: Uneasy Lies the Head

Bard Birthday Contest

Celebrating 5 Years!

CYS Tempest Comes to Joffrey Tower

O Brave New Year 

2017

BIG Summer Newsletter

CYS Events

Saturday Shakes

Bard Birthday Blowout!

2016

#400 Reasons to Celebrate

CYS Turns 3!

CYS Receives YLF Grant from The Chicago Community Trust

CYS Presents: The Comedy of Errors

2015

Spring Newsletter

Battle of the Bard

2014

Fall Newsletter

Upcoming: Battle of the Bard!

“Be not afraid of greatness”

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