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{{Short description|Theatre company based in Chicago, Illinois}}
{{notability|Companies|date=April 2011}}
'''Oracle Productions''' ('''Oracle Theatre Company''') was a [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] based [[theatre|theatre company]] founded in 2001. Oracle moved into a storefront space at 3809 N Broadway in June 2006. In 2010 Oracle moved to a theater model dubbed "Public Access Theatre".<ref>{{cite web|last=Isaacs|first=Deanna|title=Thinking Outside the Black Box Oracle Productions repositions itself as "public access theater."|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/oracle-productions-public-arts-organization-free-theater/Content?oid=2223865|access-date=3 May 2011|publisher=chicagoreader.com|date=August 12, 2010}}</ref> Their "store front" style influenced the first shop front theatre of the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/ice/Documents/ICE_Theatre%20Absolute%20Shop%20Front%20Theatre.pdf|title=Shop Front Theatre One year on|publisher=www.coventry.ac.uk/ice|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> Oracle ceased operations at the end of 2016 citing personal changes for their Executive Producer and Director.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greene|first1=Morgan|title=Oracle Productions, home of free theater, is closing|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/news/ct-oracle-to-close-20161212-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
==Past Productions==
*2011 ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (written by [[Georg Buchner]], directed by Max Truax)<ref>{{cite web|last=Kolb|first=Laura|title=Woyzeck - Centerstage Show Review|url=http://centerstagechicago.com/theatre/shows/10792.html|publisher=centerstagechicago.com|access-date=3 May 2011|date=Mar 21, 2011}}</ref>
*2010 ''[[Blood Wedding (play)|Blood Wedding]] (written by [[Federico García Lorca]], directed by Ben Fuchsen)''<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Zac|title=Blood Wedding|url=http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/theater/92243/blood-wedding|publisher=timeoutchicago.com|date=10 October 2010|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>
*2010 ''[[The Ghost Sonata]] (written by [[August Strindberg]], directed by Max Truax,<ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|title=Review: The Ghost Sonata @ Oracle Theatre|url=http://www.gapersblock.com/ac/2010/05/09/review-the-ghost-sonata-oracle-theatre/|publisher=gapersblock.com|access-date=May 3, 2011|date=May 9, 2010}}</ref> Newcity's Top 5 Shows 2010 - according to Neal Ryan Shaw,<ref>{{cite web|title=Newcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2010: Stage|url=http://newcitystage.com/2010/12/21/the-top-5-of-everything-2010-stage/|publisher=newcitystage.com|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> nominated for a [[Jeff Award]] in Lighting Design<ref>{{cite web|title=Non-Equity Jeff Award Recipients|url=http://www.jeffawards.org/Nominees/recipients_nonequity.cfm|publisher=jeffawards.org|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>)''
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