North Shore Center for the
Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, Illinois
Completed in 1997, The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, was designed by the Cambridge, MA firm, the Gund Partnership. Daily construction administrative duties were performed by Lisec & Biederman, Ltd. The complex consists of a 840 seat proscenium style main theater, a 350 seat thrust stage theater (known as the North Light theater), lobby, administrative offices and full backstage support spaces.
Client: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Team: Gund Partnership, design architect; Lisec & Biederman, Ltd., associate architect
Scope: 840 seat theater, 350 seat theater, lobby, administrative offices and backstage support, 68,000 square feet