About Us
Actors, Musicians, Songwriters, Playwrights, Devisers,
but most of all Storytellers
Instrumental Theatre Company creates live theatre showcasing the multiple talents of actor-musicians, writers, and storytellers. Our work fuses theater and music in an inseparable manner that challenges the conventions and traditions of musical theatre, drama, and concerts.
As a new Chicago based theatre company, we aim to inspire audiences to be kinder and more generous, provide an empathetic space that builds community, and a home for multi-hyphenate artists to express themselves and share their talents with our audiences.
Our Story
Instrumental Theatre Company was founded by Artistic Director Skylar Grieco and kicked off with the Mixtape New Play Fesival Vol. 1. in March 2025. This event featured three short original plays with music and original songs performed by the cast in an intimate reading at Uncommon Ground.
Following this sold out reading event, we set our sights on our first fully staged production, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. This site specific play with music was performed for a fully sold out three week run in September 2025 at Berger Park in Edgewater. The adaptation featured original music devised by the cast and was performed both outside against the backdrop of Lake Michigan and inside the historic Berger Park North Mansion. The production received positive reviews and kick-started an enthusiasm for a new approach to merging music and theatre in the Chicago area.
In an effort to grow our reach to more artists, we then produced Bit Bop Bang: A 48 Hour Musical Theatre Event in January 2026. This event brought together 42 artists across 6 teams and challenged them to write, rehearse, and perform a new 15 minute musical in just 48 hours. These six exceptional pieces were presented in one evening at Bramble Arts Loft in Andersonville.
Are you an artist looking to get involved with our company?
Email info@instrumentaltheatre.org to be added to our "artist" list and stay up to date with new opportunities as they develop via email and social media.
