Hidden behind the neon storefront is a room with a past and a space with a future. It is filled with life, filled with mystery, the perfect space for a theater.
 
Live theater must grab all generations and lead them into an active role in our world.

Chicago is a perfect location for the type of theater that The National Pastime Theater Ensemble creates. We push ourselves and our audience to the limit.We aspire to bring people into the work, not just into the theater: we create terror, awe and strike down apathy. We sell not just tickets, but dreams.

The National Pastime Theater Ensemble is like no other theater company. We are a company with a new reason for theater: changing the jaded viewpoints of generations weaned on passive entertainment forms.

The National Pastime Theater Ensemble has promoted progress by producing dynamic and masterful live theater. We also foster emerging and staple Chicago theater companies. In the future we also intend to inspire our youth with a focused and direct approach we call Elements.

Our Mission
The National Pastime Theater Ensemble strives to fill thousands of empty theater seats with a new generation of theater audience, to stop this audience dead in their comfortable tracks and spur them to take an active role in their neighborhoods, communities and world.