Schwimmer has directed over twenty plays, including his adaptations of Studs Terkel’s RACE and Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for Lookingglass, and Laura Eason’s Sex with Strangers for the Second Stage Theatre.

On Thursday, after an existential crisis and a hiatus of close to two years, Chicago’s famous Lookingglass Theatre Company officially returns to public performances in its Michigan Avenue ...

As Lookingglass Theatre returns after an 18-month hiatus with Circus Quixote, Friends star and founding ensemble member David Schwimmer chats with CS about joining the stage troupe's board of ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company is ready to reopen its doors for the first time in nearly two years. A ceremonial ribbon-cutting with Governor JB Pritzker and actor David ...

Jan 27, 2025 · When the COVID-19 pandemic kept people home, afraid or unable to sit close to strangers in a dark theater, the future of Chicago’s storied Lookingglass Theatre Company was uncertain. Curtains closed. Performances paused. Plans …

5 days ago · Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday, Jan. 27 at the Water Tower Water Works, 163 E Pearson St. at Michigan Ave. with Governor JB Pritzker and Lookkingglass leadership including Founding Ensemble Member, Board Member, Actor and Director David Schwimmer.

Jan 28, 2025 · Lookingglass met its 2023-2024 fundraising goal of $2.5 million last March. Then in the fall, it brought in founding ensemble member David Schwimmer and Chicago employment and healthcare attorney James Oh to its board, under chair Richard Chapman. New ensemble members include Atra Asdou, Wendy Mateo, Ericka Ratcliff and Matthew C. Lee.

Jan 28, 2025 · Acrobatics, aerial artistry crown Lookingglass Theatre’s comeback show ‘Circus Quixote’ Lookingglass is going for a showstopper with its first show in 19 months.

Nov 25, 2024 · After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company is welcoming two new Board members as it...

Jan 29, 2025 · David Schwimmer, best known for his role as Ross on Friends, is reaffirming his commitment to Lookingglass Theatre Company, the Chicago-based theater he co-founded in 1988. For Schwimmer, the theater holds a deep personal significance as both an artistic home and a place of creative risk-taking.