Court Theatre

CTL-PL-0107 · Place

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-01579 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0107. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Hyde Park; University of Chicago

The record

• City: Chicago

Relationships

• Chicago — located in
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Sources

• https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/resources/court-theatre (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

The University of Chicago's Chicago Studies page (tier 3, university publication) states The Court Theatre was 'founded in 1955 as an amateur outdoor theatre,' later built Abelson Auditorium, incorporated as a nonprofit, and in 2013 established the Center for Classic Theatre to examine 'what it means to be a theater at a large research institution.' Court's own official site (fetched in full) bills it 'Classic Plays In Chicago' and lists Court among a collective of University of Chicago institutions. Address 5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 is given by the Illinois Office of Tourism's Enjoy Illinois listing (also fetched in full 2026-10-17). Establishes existence, theatre type, 1955 founding, University of Chicago residence, Hyde Park/Ellis Avenue Chicago location. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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