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Press Contact: Aileen McGroddy

Marketing and Events Manager

Phone: 773.529.2690 x824

Email: AMcGroddy@EmeraldCityTheatre.com

Emerald City Theatre Birthday Parties

Celebrate Your Special Day with Play

Emerald City Theatre is proud to offer two unique options for an imaginative and fun birthday

party. Theatre School Birthday Parties feature a theatre workshop where kids get to create and

star in their own show. The Birthday at the Show package makes your group’s trip to the Apollo

Theater to see a professional production extra special.

Theatre School Birthday Parties feature Emerald City’s professional teaching artists who lead

party guests through creating characters, singing, dancing, building fantastical stories, and

making crafts. . At the end of the party, guests get to put on a mini-performance for their grown-

ups.

Themes for ages 3.5-5

Fancy Nancy, The Lion King, Princess and Knight Boot Camp, Pirates and Mermaids,

Superheroes, and rotating seasonal themes

Themes for ages 6-13

Alice in Wonderland, Dance Dance!, Rock Band Jam, Saturday Morning Live, Willy

Wonka, Wizard of Oz, and rotating seasonal themes

Parties take place at Stage 773 (1225 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, 60657), Theatre Wit (1229 W.

Belmont Ave, Chicago, 60657), or for an extra fee, at an off-site location of your choosing.

Parties start at $525 and can be booked for up to 35 guests. Book Theatre School Birthday

Parties online at http://www.emeraldcitytheatre.com/school_birthdays.php or call 773-529-2690

x20.

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The Birthday Party at the Show package is perfect for an extra special trip to see a professional

Emerald City show at the Apollo Theater. In addition to great seats together at a discounted rate

as low as $12 per ticket, the package includes:

Birthday sign in the lobby

Crown for the birthday child

Birthday card signed by the cast

Gift certificate good for one item of choice from the Emerald City Theatre Shoppe

Special announcement from the stage.

Birthday Party at the Show packages are $50, with the purchase of group tickets(15+people).The

package is also available for $75 with regular ticket purchase. Birthday groups can reserve their

tickets online at http://www.emeraldcitytheatre.com/shows_groups.php#birthdays or by calling

773-529-2690 x10.

With these two wonderful birthday options, Emerald City Theatre hopes to give a child a birthday

they will never forget.

About Emerald City Theatre School

Named the “Best Theatre Camp for Kids” by Chicago Magazine, The Emerald City Theatre

School provides children with world-class training that focuses on important life skills to creatively

face the world. The Theatre School offers diverse programming for ages 3.5 to 13. Classes are

offered in Fall and Spring and Birthday Parties are available all year round. Summer Camp (on

sale January 3, 2013) occurs June through August every summer. Emerald City also creates

unique After School programs, In-School Residencies, and Teacher Professional Development for

schools in the Chicagoland area. School partners include: Alcott Elementary, Nettelhorst

Elementary School, Lycee Francais Chicago and many more.

About Emerald City Theatre

Founded in 1996, Emerald City Theatre creates theatre experiences that inspire early learners

through play. Emerald City is one of Chicago's most attended non-profit theatres, with an annual

programing reach of 80,000.

Through a rigorous collaboration between innovating artists and leading educators, Emerald City

develops new work for young audiences, with over 29 world premieres; produces professional

productions at the Apollo Theater in Lincoln Park, The Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place,

and regional tour venues; and provides acclaimed educational programming throughout

Chicago through Emerald City Theatre School. Emerald City will be opening The Little Theatre,

the nation’s first facility dedicated to theatre for the very young (ages 0-4), in April 2013.

Emerald City’s lead funders include the McArthur Fund for the Arts and Culture, the National

Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, The Land of Nod, KPMG, Beerman Pritikin Mirabelli

Swerdlove, and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

For more information, visit EmeraldCityTheatre.com

2936 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago 60657 | P 773.529.2690 | F 773.529.2693

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