
She was willing to wait a few days for Chris Miller, who is familiar with both the hardware and the theater’s family programming, which his family often attends.

Shakespeare Theater’s Facilities and Operations Director, Susan Knill, called Anderson Lock’s Installation Manager, Gary Ipsen, to schedule a service call. Also, a closer arm detached from an interior wood door. Recently, screws came loose on a door closer arm on a glass and metal lobby door. Even so, the closers show signs of wear after a while.
SHAKESPEER NAVY PIER SERIES
This heavily trafficked environment demands heavy-duty door closers, like Sargent’s 351 Series Powerglide® with options for use on exterior and interior doors. It has evolved into an accessible, year-round entertainment venue, with more than 50 acres of parks, restaurants, attractions, retail shops, sightseeing and dining cruise boats, in addition to the theaters. Audience capacities can range from 150 to 850.īuilt in 1916, as a shipping and recreation facility, the pier stretches more than six city blocks into Lake Michigan. Nine mobile towers create spaces that can be reconfigured for each production.

Navy Pier’s former Skyline Stage was redesigned with a dynamic design that has changed the shape of theater architecture. It features as many as twenty productions and 650 performances–including plays, musicals, world premieres, family programming, and presentations from around the globe. Chicago Shakespeare Theater is pleased with the great service they always receive from Anderson Lock.Ĭhicago’s Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier plays to 225,000 audience members annually.
