This summer, the LookOut Series turns 10! Come celebrate a decade of presenting emerging artists and performance legends, quintessential Chicago companies and young aspiring ensembles, familiar Steppenwolf faces and new friends. Buy a ticket and support the local arts scene; the majority of each purchase goes straight to artists.

All performances take place in Steppenwolf's 1700 Theater, an intimate and flexible venue nestled behind Front Bar at 1700 N Halsted Street.

INQUIRIES

The LookOut team is always interested in making new connections and hearing what you're working on. While we are not currently reviewing any additional inquiries for the 2026 calendar year, we are now reviewing inquiries for 2027. Email us at lookout@steppenwolf.org to be sent our Artist Inquiry Form or to invite us to see your work!

As a multidisciplinary performance series, we are primarily interested in connecting with Chicago-based artists who have an existing body of presentable work. We are particularly interested in offering a platform to artists representing historically marginalized communities and programming work that incorporates diversity across genre, form, and perspective. We do not accept unsolicited full-length scripts.