From the Editorial Board: Thanks mostly to Executive Director Criss Henderson, Chicagoans of all stripes have been able to experience visiting artists from Dublin, Moscow, Paris, Johannesburg, and many other cities.
Criss Henderson, the executive director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater ; from left, Barbara Gaines, founder and art director of CST; and Chris Plevin, director of production at CST, tour the new Yard Theatre, the new indoor stage for the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre being constructed in the former Skyline Stage at Navy Pier in 2017.
When Chicago Shakespeare Theater left the Gold Coast for Navy Pier in 1999, many people predicted that its audience would not follow: Too many annoying tourists there, it was said, and too biting a wind during the winter. In fact, the move was a spectacular success, not just for the theater, which now has a $20 million annual budget, but for Navy Pier, which gained both an anchor tenant that was busy when its tourist boats were frozen closed, and a good measure of cultural credibility.Once Chicago Shakespeare was on board, the pier could reasonably assert that it was now far more than sightseeing cruises, carnival rides and fudge.
Executive Director Criss Henderson, the man more responsible than anyone else for that transition, exits Chicago Shakespeare this month. The city owes him a debt of gratitude not just for his work creating spiffy new artistic buildings to elevate Navy Pier and its surroundings, but for his relentless focus over his 33-year tenure on bringing international artistic work to Chicago.
Henderson says he is staying in Chicago and hoping to remain involved in presenting internationally focused cultural events. We hope so. His work on Navy Pier not only introduced this city to scores of influential creative professionals from across the globe, it has ennobled all of us right here in town.
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