Heartland Studio Theater
7016 N Glenwood
Chicago, IL, USA
60626

The Studio theater came to be as Heartland Cafe gradually acquired the storefront at 7016 N. Glenwood. It was gutted and rehabbed in 1989, with delecate colors, mirrors, meditation loft and dual head showers. It was used as a yoga space, a workout space, rehearsals for musicians and actors, for drum circles, meetings of political, spiritual, community, and festive in nature.

The Rogers Park Community Arts Council rented it for a time as their office space, and a marley dance floor (now gone) was placed on the concrete floor. After the RPCAC moved on, employees at the Heartland took on the space for a play....Mark Routhier converted it to a Black Box Theater. Other theater groups began to get involved. Spot lights were added, risers built, a back stage space shapped, and....

Early on, either rented to different groups competing for space, and nights, or to a theater in residence, e.g. theater du jour with conversations of my mothers in 92, Fred Amzevino's mounting of Spoon River Anthology (with Lucy Hunter Poland, ...

Most recently, acclaimed sketch comedy troup Schedenfreude made the Studio Theater their home for two years. Theater tentants & plays have included: Me & My Monkey, Excalibur, Tin Fish, Piewacet, Merlin, Schadenfreud, Crime on Goat Island, Ernie: The Life and times of Ernie Kovacs, Twelve Angry Men, Spoon River Anthology and many others.

Videos in the Studio! We have a dream and we could use your help. We would like to show documentary, or independent films that bring people together and provide and alternative to mainstream media. The problem is that we don't have the equipment or the expertise, do you? Our vision is that we would host video/film nights at the Beach Stand, at the No Exit Cafe, the Red Line Tap, at the Studio Theater and maybe on the mainstage of the Heartland Cafe.
Email Michael and we'll work out the details.