About Playground 2025

The Playground Festival is a  celebration of the artistry of Theatre For Young Audiences. One cast of five full-grown Ecelcti-Kids will perform three brand-new shows aimed at audiences from 2nd-5th grade (but fun for kids of ALL ages) written around the idea of Kindness and Friendship!!
This year's plays are:


Is It Because He's a Dragon?
by Allison Ristaino

My Tree
By Samara SIskind

Callie
By Jennifer Ramsey
based on the book "Callie" by Dean W. Scott

 

 

Eclectic Full Contact

OUR MISSION

To build a diverse community of artists and audience through projects wide-ranging in scope, subject, and style. ​
To educate and entertain our audience by allowing you access to "the man behind the curtain”.
​To provide, through live performances, special events, and online content, the type of entertainment that engages you, affects you viscerally, and tells the stories you care about.

EFCT is...Unique
EFCT Is...Irreverent
EFCT Is Theatre

"ECLECTIC CONTINUALLY PROVES TO BE ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT STOREFRONT COMPANIES"--CHICAGO THEATRE REVIEW