Court Theatre — Attraction in Hyde Park Township

Court Theater is a gem! This small theater in Hyde Park has excellent seating, allowing the audience see very well & to feel they are in the middle of the action. No binoculars needed. Seats are comfortable & well-spaced for the patron who needs to get to a center seat. The stage is built out into the seating area so people on the sides are looking across a large portion of the stage itself, not peering past curtains or over an orchestra pit. My only problem in the theater was hearing bits of dialog, if an actor lowered his voice for a moment. There is an area in the back that could accommodate wheelchairs; if there are places nearer the stage I didn't notice them. They accommodate the hearing-impaired in certain performances either by displaying dialog on a screen or by offering headsets with increased volume. These performances are marked on their online calendar as OC (captioned) or AC (audio). I did not experience either of these. As I was new to the theater, I called ahead & spoke to a staff member who was knowledgeable and accommodating. There is a small lot on site, with ample parking in a multi-level garage next door. Both are free if you leave the garage within 30 minutes after the performance or post-performance discussion, when there is one. The theater phone line has an option that lists several local restaurants that offer discounts when you show your ticket. We saw The Originalist, about the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, then a post-production discussion with the playwright and the actors. It was excellent. If you hope to see it, hurry - it's only...

I've seen several plays at Court Theater, and it has been a pleasure. Every seat is a good seat, and it's small enough to feel intimate. They have a wide variety of plays and are very reasonable priced. Can't wait to get past covid and back to living and the theater. UPDATE: The last visit was not good. I went to the ladies' bathroom only to discover that it was now an open concept to accommodate males that consider themselves females. I have no problem with how people chose to live their lives, but I was uncomfortable with sharing a multi stall bathroom with non-females. If it was a single user bathroom for one person at a time, I would not have had a problem with it, but it has about three to four stalls, and it truly made me uncomfortable. Consideration for one segment of society is not a fair one, especially based on personal decisions. They need to create single bathrooms to accommodate everyone. It's been well over a year, and I have not gone back, nor will I. What they've done has gone too far. I've since gone to the Goodman and other theaters and have not encountered...

They are the single most condescending people I have ever had the displeasure of working with.

We paid way in advance (Check sent Feb. 2 for a Mar. 29 show) for tickets and they kept calling saying they have yet to receive payment. Each time we told them we have records that show they cashed the check in already. The woman on the phone, Gwendolyn, is incredibly nasty.

Our accounts payable department ended up emailing her the copy of the cashed check. Only then did she stop acting like such a bully and speak to us like adults. Even then she kept blaming us for their internal disorganization. We mailed it to the address provided to us on the invoice. They cashed it in 1.5 months before the show and still call us for over a month and be nasty on the phone. They need to internally get organized and learn how to treat people.

Would rather work with any other theatre out there in place of these people. Zero stars...