Ghostlight Educational Theatre Collective is an educational theatre company in the southwestern suburbs of Chicago. We began our company as an LLC with the mission of teaching children to participate in and love the theatre arts. We run a K-3rd grade, a 4th-8th grade, and a high school/college program year-round and each produce a fully-realized musical at the end of each session (typically in January, May, and July).

The mission at Ghostlight Educational Theatre is to inspire, nurture,
challenge, amaze, educate and empower artists and audiences in
order to make our public a more conscious and compassionate community. Our primary objectives within our nonprofit are to provide scholarship opportunities, and teach vocational / theatrical trade skills.

We have always said that our focus is making theatre accessible for all regardless of race, gender, identity, disability, or socioeconomic status. We believe theatre should be a means by which students grow as individuals by examining their sense of self and the world in which they live. Within this mission, we hope to provide students with the skills and training to be successful artists and leading members in the community.

Ghostlight’s mission sector plans on allowing scholarships and vocation-centered programming, we hope to allow students to gain experience and skill sets that they may not have had access to otherwise. The arts are for everyone, and by operating our nonprofit in a way that is aligned in our mission, we can provide artistic enrichment to members of our community from whom it may be missing.

The talent, stories, and voices in our community speak greater volumes than any one theatrical production. The art form of theatre offers a wealth of experiences that allow us to grow in our musicality, creativity, and discipline; among many other things. Over the span of our student’s theatrical training, we hope that they can find a greater sense of self confidence and leadership. Our activity is meant to grant opportunities to youth in our community to be able to explore their voices, tell their stories, and foster their talents.