The 10-year-old Artistic Home decided to leave its digs on Irving Park Road last summer with the intention of setting up shop in Pilsen. When that deal fell through (and a new lease on the Irving Park space had already been signed by Chemically Imbalanced Comedy) the company was left (artistically) homeless.

In a nice bit of serendipity, it turns out the Artistic Home’s new home will be right around the corner from its old home. Live Bait Theater heads Sharon Evans and John Ragir made it known a couple of months back that they’d tired of maintaining their facility at Clark and Byron and were looking to sell or lease the space. Today they announced that their new tenants will be the Artistic Home’s Kathy Scambiatterra and John Mossman (both companies are run by husband-and-wife teams). That’s good news for all involved, maintaining the Clark facility as a theater. (It’s been used by numerous itinerant companies in addition to Live Bait—Artistic Home is already renting there, opening their production of Juno and the Paycock this Sunday. With multiple spaces in the building, Artistic Home will presumably continue to rent to others.) Evans says Live Bait will continue to produce its yearly Fillet of Solo festival, most likely at Lifeline Theatre.