Silk Road Rising
The Silk Road Rising logo. | |
The main entrance to the Historic Chicago Temple Building, and to Silk Road Rising. | |
| Former names | Silk Road Theatre Project |
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| Address | Chicago, Illinois United States |
| Opened | 2002 |
Silk Road Rising is a theatre company located in downtown Chicago dedicated to presenting plays written by individuals of Asian and Middle Eastern descent. Formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project, the name was changed in 2011 in order to better reflect their mission statement which includes online video plays and documentaries, civic engagement projects, and education programming in addition to live theatre.
The professional Equity theatre is located in Pierce Hall in lower level of the Chicago Temple Building at 77 West Washington Street, directly across from the Richard J. Daley Center.
Silk Road Rising is hosted by the First United Methodist Church upstairs; however, they maintain a secular relationship.