Co-Ed Theater

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Co-Ed Theater Soundex Code C300

1328 W. Morse Avenue Theaters

With a nod to the historic past of this grand facility, Mayne Stage Theater features a restaurant (Act One Café) and performance space that reflects the unique and diverse history of Rogers Park. Mayne Stage is happy to present a variety of terrific acts in its 299-seat multipurpose entertainment venue.

The theater, on Morse Avenue at Wayne Avenue, opened as Morse Theater in 1912 a vaudeville and nickelodeon movie house house. In the 1930s, the facility was remodeled using an Art Deco them and renamed the Co-Ed Theater because of its proximity to Loyola University. The Co-Ed closed in 1954, and from 1956 until 2008 the building served in various capacities from Congregation Beth Israel synagogue to Cobblers Mall a shoe repair store.

Now, with a recent multi-million dollar restoration and renovation project, the entertainment and dining venue is poised to be a magnet for significant development in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

In addition to live performance, and utilizing its state-of-the-art audio and video systems, the venue offers space for studio recordings, rehearsals, educational programs, corporate events and private parties.

Photos

RPWRHS photo G008-0401 shows the exterior of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue circa 1960. The building, erected 1912, opened as the Morse Theater in 1913 and then as the Coed Theater on March 19, 1938. It housed Congregation Beth Israel from the early 1950s to 1977.

RPWRHS photo R044-0109 shows the exterior of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue circa 1960. The building located at 1328-30 W. Morse Avenue was erected in 1912, opened as the Morse Theater in 1913 and then as the Co-Ed Theater on March 19, 1938. It housed Congregation Beth Israel from the early 1950s to 1977. A shoe store followed. Later on it became the Morse Theater (once again), and is now the Mayne Stage Theater. Photo taken September 1992.