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Oak Park Festival Theatre has been entertaining locals and visitors alike with theatrical performances since 1975. The theater troupe's talented actors and crew stage excellent productions every summer in the beautiful Austin Gardens, where you can watch the stars under the stars.
Featuring such illustrious alumni as Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet and beloved actor William H. Macy, Oak Park Festival Theatre is known for its talented performers. You'll love watching them breathe new life into the plays of William Shakespeare, Noel Coward, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, George Bernard Shaw and others.
Oak Park Festival Theatre also offers theater camps for middle and high schoolers, as well as apprenticeships for young adults.
The Oak Park Festival Theatre was started by local resident Marion Karczmar.
Oak Park Festival Theatre stages performances in Austin Gardens at 167 Forest Ave. The gardens are just a half-mile walk from the Harlem/Lake Stop on the CTA Green Line or a half-mile walk from the Oak Park stop on the Union Pacific West Metra train.
