PlayMakers Laboratory Celebrating the power of children's imaginations since 1997

Events and Announcements

TWO WAYS to Support PlayMakers Lab this Holiday Season!

PML needs your support to sustain our creative writing programs! Here are the two ways your radical kindness can help:

 

1. Make a DONATION Today!

AND/OR

2. Buy Tickets to That’s Weird, Grandma

Donate to our Annual Appeal Campaign to support our annual efforts to fundraise for arts education programming in Chicago.

That’s Weird, Grandma: Holiday Party! Your favorite tradition of celebrating PML students and their stories returns! Buy a ticket to support our annual efforts to fundraise for arts education programming in Chicago.

Shows are:
Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.

Learn more about That’s Weird, Grandma: Holiday Party!

Want to Help? Join our Board of Directors

Interested in supporting one of your favorite Arts Educations Institutions in Chicago?!?

Consider volunteering by joining the Board of Directors! Make an impact as a board member who will serve one of our board committees (Fundraising, Board Development, & Finance), steer the strategic direction of PML, and help bring PlayMakers Lab to the next generation of Chicago youth!

Meet our Current Board of Directors

What is PlayMakers Laboratory?

A PlayMakers Laboratory teacher with child authors in a classroom
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PlayMakers Laboratory teaches creative writing workshops to students aged 7-13 in Chicago Public Schools and in our after-school program at Loyola Park.

PlayMakers Laboratory actors in a public performance
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PlayMakers Laboratory actors and musicians adapt student-written stories into sketches and songs, which are performed for the schools and later for the public.

Smiling kids in the audience at Celebration of Authors
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The students are celebrated and their voices are championed throughout Chicago.

Learn more about PlayMakers Laboratory