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history Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is a $22 million live entertainment and arts education facility with an annual budget of over $2.5 million, located in downtown Arlington Heights, Ill. and has quickly become one of Chicagoland’s leading venues for quality programming. The complex is home to a 350 seat theater, ballroom, four classrooms and thirteen music studios. Metropolis offers a diverse array of Chicago’s most talented performers and performance troupes, as well as national acts spanning virtually all performance genres – all under one roof. Launched in May 2000 as a for-profit organization, Metropolis completed its transformation to a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation in April 2002. Through the creation of our development, production and education departments and the establishment of a Board of Directors, Metropolis maintains an exceptional internal structure and nurtures innovative programs for the community to provide a center of cultural enlightenment. In January 2005 – after more than a year of negotiations – the Village of Arlington Heights completed the purchase of the Metropolis theater space, as well as a portion of the lobby, our second floor classrooms and office space. This promising partnership reinforces Performing Arts at Metropolis’ proud leadership role in our community and the community’s great expectations of us, which we will continue to meet and surpass. Currently in our 2009/10 season, we have over 400 performances of more than 50 different productions on our schedule, our School of the Performing Arts serves over 2,500 students, our Stories in Action! Series for kids has given more than 20,000 students an exciting theatre-going experience, and our Outreach programs have reached over 9,000 individuals ranging from students to individuals with special needs to seniors to hospice patients. Last season, we saw over 76,000 patrons come through our doors, who, in turn, spent an additional $1.6 million in the downtown Arlington Heights area. Metropolis continues to foster partnerships with a variety of businesses, schools and organizations, contributing to Arlington Heights and striving to grow as a community organization. |
contactusBox OfficeTues–Sat 10-5 (or until showtime)Sun 1-5 847.577.2121 Education OfficeMon-Fri 10-6Sat 9-3 847.577.5982 x221 Contact Education Group Discounts 847.577.5982 x241 Contact Group Discounts Friends of Metropolis Contact Development 847.577.5982 x242 Contact Development Address 111 W. Campbell St. Arlington Heights, Il 60005 Map to Metropolis |
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