Mission: Your World On Stage

Since its founding in 1974, Victory Gardens has produced more world premieres and Chicago premieres, worked with more living playwrights, and exported more new plays for production elsewhere than any other theater in the region.

Our Mission

Victory Gardens nurtures and produces relevant, new theater work that reflects the diverse stories of our world and contributes to the vitality of the American Theater. Our work inspires dialogue towards meaningful civic change and creates an inclusive theater experience that belongs to everyone.

Our Vision

To be the leader in bringing stories to the stage that help ignite social change for a better world.

Our Values

Integrity, Diversity, Innovation, and Excellence.

Our Core Strategies

-New work commissioning and development,
-Education initiatives and community engagement
-The Access Project, serving patrons and artists with disabilities

Victory Gardens Theater is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1975, and donations are tax-deductible.