About us
Our Vision: A world where all people with disabilities are valued, included, and accepted.
Our Mission: Through the performing arts, we work collaboratively to create inclusive and transformative experiences for individuals with disabilities to fully engage in the world.
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Special Gifts Theatre addresses the need for theatre arts activities and experiences for people with disabilities. SGT programs foster self-confidence, social, speech and language skills in individuals with disabilities. We work as a community to use educational and therapeutic techniques with the stage as the platform integrating creativity and fun. We provide student actors with disabilities enrichment experiences that foster confidence, creative self-expression, and self-advocacy. At SGT, the focus is on the student actor’s strengths and every aspect of the programming is adapted to fully engage each student and allow them to shine in the spotlight.
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We serve 350 participants in Chicagoland every year with four individualized programs:
Musical Theatre: educational and therapeutically based program that culminates in a fully adapted musical theatre performance for youth ages 10-22.
Creativity in Motion: therapeutic movement class for children 7 and up.
Creating Outside the Lines: theatre and improv for adults.
Peer mentor: programming with disability inclusion training.
Our Core Values
- All people are creative, resourceful, and whole.
- We make a difference in the lives of everyone we touch.
- We do it one individual at a time.
- Everything is done with respect and compassion.
- We celebrate success at every turn.