PrideArts tells queer stories on a variety of platforms, including both live and virtual performances. Since its founding in 2010, PrideArts has had several chapters, including operating as an itinerant theater for their first six seasons, and as the developer and primary tenant in the PrideArts Center from 2016 to 2024. In January 2025, PrideArts became the resident theatre company at Center on Halsted, Chicago’s premier LGBTQ+ resource center.

The company produces full seasons of plays and musicals, as well as events including cabaret, and more. The company has earned 39 Jeff Awards and nominations, and six nominations in the 2019 ALTA Awards from the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago. Programming has reflected the diversity of queer communities by including work made by and illuminating the experiences of women, gay men, transgender people, and BIPOC.

PrideArts is supported by Illinois Arts Council, a State Agency; City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Alphawood Foundation, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and The Saints.

PrideArts is a member of the League of Chicago Theaters, the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce of Illinois.