Lookingglass is one of Chicago's hottest theatre companies and a Regional Tony Award® winner in 2011. Recognizing their achievement in the early 2000's, the City of Chicago granted Lookingglass a long-term lease on a prime Chicago location: the Water Tower Pumping Station.

One half of the Pumping Station is used to pump water to Chicago's North side. The other half, once a storage and repair area, is now Lookingglass' new home.

Lookingglass is known for high-energy productions that often rely on circus arts. Working with Morris Architects/Planners, Schuler Shook planned the theatre as an extremely modular space. The seating and staging can be arranged in many combinations up to 299 seats, and the four-sided surround gallery can be completely removed. Very capable lighting catwalks, rigging support steel and power, and a trapped stage area complete the support for the artists producing "Theatre That Moves."