Getting in Touch

Administrative Offices:

Idle Muse Theatre Company
c/o Tristan Brandon
2025 W. Chase Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60645

Performance Location

Idle Muse Theater Company's current home for performances is at The Edge Theater in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.

Submissions

PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTION ROLES

Idle Muse Theatre Company accepts unsolicited headshots and resumes for all production roles at the below email address. Due to the volume of submissions, materials received in this manner will not receive a personal response, but will be added to our file, as well as our email distribution lists for tech and casting calls.

UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS & PRODUCTION PROPOSALS

Because of our artistic focus, Idle Muse season planning usually takes place multiple seasons in advance and incorporates a large volume of internally developed projects. As a result, there is not normally an opportunity for the consideration of outside proposals.

Although we have never produced an unsolicited manuscript to date, Idle Muse technically accepts submissions of this kind that fit our mission statement at the below email address.

Materials submitted in this manner should include a playwright's statement explaining how the submitted text connects with this mission, and how it fits with the three core production principles of "Transporting. Timely. True."  Due to the volume of submissions received and the demands of producing our season, Idle Muse cannot guarantee all scripts will be read or commit to a timeframe for response.

Although the core production principle of “Transporting” can be interpreted in many ways, in the context of Idle Muse’s script selections this most often means texts which remove the audience from their time and place through the inclusion of a historical or fantastical setting. Scripts which require significant stretching of that definition to meet this requirement, including those which are otherwise psychologically or conceptually “transporting,” are not a good fit for Idle Muse—particularly those which take place in a contemporary setting.

We do not produce musicals at this time.

Submissions - submissions@idlemuse.org

Harassment Policy

Idle Muse Theatre Company adheres to a strict non-harassment policy. We believe in maintaining a safe place for all of our artists and staff to thrive. For more information on creating a safe and creative environment please visit #NotInOurHouse

Support and Engagement

Idle Muse is always looking for people who share our love of theatre. If you would like to help with crew, stage management, house management, design work, marketing, or similar, please contact Artistic Director Evan Jackson at ejackson@idlemuse.org.

If you would like to support our mission through sponsorship, or donation, (monetary or in-kind), please contact Evan Jackson at ejackson@idlemuse.org or make a direct donation online.

Thank you for your interest in Idle Muse!