Northlight Theatre
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Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Northlight Theatre canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2378078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northlight Theatre Context triple: [The Last Five Years, premiereLocation, Northlight Theatre]
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A.
Madison Street Theatre
Madison Street Theatre is a performing arts venue in Oak Park, Illinois, known for hosting theater productions, concerts, and community cultural events.
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B.
Herbst Theatre
Herbst Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in San Francisco known for hosting concerts, lectures, and cultural events.
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C.
Little Theatre
The Little Theatre, now known as the Helen Hayes Theatre, is one of Broadway’s smallest and most intimate playhouses, renowned for hosting acclaimed plays and character-driven productions.
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D.
Colwell Playhouse
Colwell Playhouse is an indoor performance theater within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, used for plays, concerts, and other staged events.
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E.
Curve Theatre
Curve Theatre is a major contemporary performing arts venue in Leicester, England, known for its innovative stage design and production of musicals, plays, and community performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northlight Theatre Target entity description: Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
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A.
Madison Street Theatre
Madison Street Theatre is a performing arts venue in Oak Park, Illinois, known for hosting theater productions, concerts, and community cultural events.
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B.
Herbst Theatre
Herbst Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in San Francisco known for hosting concerts, lectures, and cultural events.
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C.
Little Theatre
The Little Theatre, now known as the Helen Hayes Theatre, is one of Broadway’s smallest and most intimate playhouses, renowned for hosting acclaimed plays and character-driven productions.
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D.
Colwell Playhouse
Colwell Playhouse is an indoor performance theater within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, used for plays, concerts, and other staged events.
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E.
Curve Theatre
Curve Theatre is a major contemporary performing arts venue in Leicester, England, known for its innovative stage design and production of musicals, plays, and community performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ regional theatre company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| field |
contemporary theatre
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
American playwrights
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Chicago premieres ⓘ contemporary plays ⓘ musicals ⓘ new plays ⓘ regional premieres ⓘ world premieres ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSeatingCapacity | 300–400 seats ⓘ |
| hasArtForm | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasArtisticDirector | BJ Jones ⓘ |
| hasArtisticFocus | character-driven stories ⓘ |
| hasAudienceType |
Chicago-area audience
ⓘ
regional audience ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveDirector | Tim Evans ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
community engagement programs
ⓘ
education programs ⓘ new play development ⓘ subscription season ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
high-quality productions
ⓘ
new play development ⓘ premiering new works ⓘ strong acting ensembles ⓘ |
| hasType |
LORT theatre
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linked to:
LORT theater
|
| hasVenueType | proscenium theatre ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://northlight.org/ ⓘ |
| industry | theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Skokie, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | North America ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Cook County, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) ⓘ |
| produces |
comedy
ⓘ
contemporary drama ⓘ musicals ⓘ regional premiere productions ⓘ world premiere productions ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Skokie, Illinois ⓘ |
| servesDemographic |
adult audiences
ⓘ
student audiences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northlight Theatre Description of subject: Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
Referenced by (4)
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