The Chicago Shakespeare Theater's permanent home is located on the shore of what lake?
Lake Michigan
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The company's present artistic director Barbara Gaines founded the theater in 1986, when it began performances on the roof of the Red Lion Pub in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
 In 1999, the company received permission to build its permanent home: a two-venue facility at Navy Pier.
Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a 3300 ft pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan.
 It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area.
 The Navy Pier currently encompasses more than fifty acres of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is the top leisure destination in the Midwest, drawing nearly nine million visitors annually.
 It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwestern United States and is Chicago's number one tourist attraction.
Jonathan Moscone
Jonathan Moscone (born October 5, 1964) is an American theater director, and currently the Chief of Civic Engagement for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.
 Formerly the artistic director of California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes) in Berkeley and Orinda, California for 16 years, Moscone received the inaugural Zelda Fichandler Award, given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for his transformative work in theater in 2009. California Shakespeare Theater
California Shakespeare Theater ("Cal Shakes") is a regional theater located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
 Its performance space, the Lt. G. H. Bruns III Memorial Amphitheater, is located in Orinda, while the administrative offices, rehearsal hall, costume and prop shop are located in Berkeley. Jeff Dumas
Jeff Dumas (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor.
 Most recently, he made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Njegus in "The Merry Widow", directed by Gary Griffin.
 Prior to that, he was seen as Patsy in the first US national tour of "Monty Python's Spamalot", for which he received the 2007 Helen Hayes Award as Actor in a Supporting Role.
 A Chicago actor for more than 15 years, his credits include several World Premieres including Stephen Sondheim's "Bounce", directed by Harold Prince at the Goodman Theatre and The Kennedy Center (Original Cast Recording), "The House of Martin Guerre" at the Goodman Theatre, Kid Twist in David Bell's "Bowery Boys" at The Marriott Theatre as well as Joe Welling and Enoch Robinson in "Winesburg, Ohio" at Steppenwolf for which he received the 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award as Actor in a Supporting Role.
 His other credits include the original Chicago cast of "Wicked" at the Ford Center - Oriental Theatre, Nicely-Nicely Johnson in "Guys and Dolls" at Court Theatre, Sancho Panza in "The Man of La Mancha" at Light Opera Works, "Sunday in the Park With George and the nationally acclaimed "Pacific Overtures" at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
 Additional credits: "Light up the Sky" (Goodman) and Gus Fielding in "Babes in Arms" and Taxi Black in "One Touch of Venus (Ovations!
 at the Auditorium Theatre).
 Regionally, he has appeared as Seymour Krelborn in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Madison Repertory Theatre and Robert Benchley in the world premiere of "At Wit's End" at Florida Stage.
 He resides in Chicago with his wife, Ali Wayer, and their cats, Clark & Olive. Jessica Rush
Jessica Rush (born December 23, 1980) is an American actress and singer.
 She won the Joseph Jefferson Award in 2014 for her performance in "" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Orlando Shakespeare Theater
The Orlando Shakespeare Theater is a theater company based in Orlando, Florida that produces classic, contemporary, and children’s plays.
 The company was founded as the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival and performed its first productions in 1989.
 It is based at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Orlando's Loch Haven Park. Rachel Rockwell
Rachel Rockwell is an American theater director, choreographer and performer.
 She graduated from the School for Creative and Performing Arts (Cincinnati) and has a BFA in Theater Performance from the University of Evansville (IN).
 She moved to Chicago in 1991 and began performing and choreographing.
 She has appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia!
 and the national tours of Mamma Mia!
 (Equity Dance Captain); and Harold Prince's Showboat.
 In 2010, she was named "Best Director" by Chicago Magazine.
 and Chicagoan of the Year: Theater 2012 by the Chicago Tribune.
 In July 2014, Goodman Theatre, in association with Liza Lerner and Kevin McCollum, produced the first major revival of Brigadoon in two decades—directed and choreographed by Rockwell, who, with Brian Hill (author), updated the book, with permission from the Lerner and Loewe estates.
 In his New York Times review, Charles Isherwood called her production "a first-class revival that boasts an infectious buoyancy of spirit and a welcome absence of postmodern flourishes."
 Her productions of "Ride The Cyclone" and "Billy Eliot" were named two of the Top Ten productions in Chicago for 2015.
 Her U.S. premiere Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production of "Ride The Cyclone" was then produced Off-Broadway at MCC Theater, and named Best of 2016 by the New York Times.
 She directed the World Premiere of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" at Minneapolis Children's Theatre in April, 2016. Barbara Gaines (director)
Barbara Gaines is an American theatre director, impresario, and actress.
 She is the founder and current Artistic Director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. James Carpenter (actor)
James Carpenter is a San Francisco Bay Area stage actor, who performs with the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California, and the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco.
 ACT's Carey Perloff described him as "...one of the finest American actors anywhere."
 Carpenter moved to the Bay Area in the mid-1980s and started appearing onstage regularly with Berkeley Rep.
 Over the next few decades, he performed with other Bay Area companies including California Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, ACT, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Aurora Theatre, and the Black Box Theatre.
 In 2010, he was awarded a Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.
 The fellowships are awarded to the best American regional theatre actors, who are then invited to attend a master class.
 In 2010, the emphasis of the fellowship was Shakespeare and the master teacher was Barry Edelstein.
 s of 2012 , he had played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in ACT's annual production "A Christmas Carol" for seven years in a row.