CommunityREACH is Music Theater Works’ innovative approach to community engagement. The program builds purposeful, ongoing collaborations with local nonprofits, business, and educational institutions to engage new audiences, help build connections, and expand theater participation beyond ticket sales.
TicketREACH includes long standing programs ensuring free and deeply discounted tickets for young people, schools, youth groups, and social service agencies; group sales promotions targeting community groups and seniors; accommodations for disabled patrons and elderly.
2026 Current and Upcoming CommunityREACH and TicketREACH partners
Art Makers Outpost
C.A.R.E. Skokie
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
Chicago Public Lby Rogers Park Branch
Columbia College Chicago
Deerfield Public Library
Evanston Public Library
Evanston Library Robert Crown Branch
Glencoe Public Library
Glenview Public Library
HBCU Chicago Alumni Choir
Highland Park Public Library
Highwood Library & Community Center
Hive Center for the Book Arts
Illinois Holocaust Museum
Indivisible Evanston
Keshet
Keshet
Lake Bluff Public Library
Lake Forest Library
Latinos Pogresando
Lincolnwood Public Library District
Morton Grove Public Library
Na Kupuna Ukulele Club
Niles- Maine District Library
North Suburban YMCA
Northbrook Public Library
Sanctuary Niles Township
Save The Manatee
Seasons of Concern
Senn High School Theater Program
SHALVA
Shore Community Services
Singing For Change
Skokie Public Library
Thresholds
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center
VetTix
Village of Skokie
Wilmette Public Library
Winnetka Public Library
Wintrust Financial
Wyndemere Seniors
Youth Services Glenview /Northbrook
Would you like to suggest a local nonprofit, community, or social service agency to participate?
To learn more about these programs, please contact Alexandra Nelson, anelson@musictheaterworks.org
YouthREACH is Music Theater Works’ program for children and teens, including performance programs, internships, and educational programs. Through YouthREACH, Music Theater Works aims to transform young people’s lives through musical theater.
YouthREACH:Talent—Music Theater Works’ performance-based youth programs
• The Youth Company - for 13 to 18-year-olds
• Kids Company - for 8 to 13-year-olds
YouthREACH:Tech—paid high school internships in theater tech and production, supported by a grant from Illinois Arts Council Summer Youth Employment in the Arts. Do you have a student age 14 to 18 who’d like to work hands on in our summer productions? Please send an email to CChase@musictheaterworks.org.
YouthREACH:Teach—our innovative public dramaturgy program
YouthREACH:Tickets—half price and group ticket subsidies, social media options, plus other benefits.
These generous funders support our YouthREACH, CommunityREACH, and ArtistREACH programs.
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Christ Church Winnetka
The City of Evanston Youth and Family Programs
North Shore Center Foundation Rice Young People's Programming Endowment Fund
The Rice Foundation
The Ted Fund
The Victor Herbert Foundation
Whirled Peas Foundation
Wintrust Financial
Wyndemere Seniors
Supported in part by the Impact & Exploration Fund, a program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre, with funding from the Capdevilla Gillespie Foundation - www.namt.org
If you'd like to learn more about how you can support these programs, please contact anelson@musictheaterworks.org