Forest Theatre Company
Forest Theatre Company (FTC) was founded in Forest Park, Illinois by graduates and faculty of the University of Illinois, Chicago School of Theatre and Music in the spring of 2021. In that inaugural year, our free production of Shakespeare's great comedy “As You Like It” was performed outdoors at the Roos Pavilion with a multi-racial, cross-gender cast to an audience of over a thousand people.
In August of 2022, we presented an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline centered around the character of Innogen; our performances, at The Grove at Altenheim, again served over a thousand people.
Forest Theatre Company is dedicated to language-centered, meta-theatrical, multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural performances that invigorate the classical canon and create new classics for the 21st century. We are also dedicated to bringing theatre arts to the community of Forest Park through readings, educational programs and partnerships and productions of local scripts.