Lukaba Productions was formed in 2002 as the parent company to oversee a number of long-running theatrical productions including The Cupid Players and the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Launched in 1999, The Cupid Players now perform the longest-running musical sketch comedy in Chicago, Cupid Has a Heart On. 

In January 2002, Creative Director, Brian Posen, launched the first Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, which annually hosted over 1,000 artists performing close to 200 shows.

In 2007 Lukaba Productions staff members Brian Posen, Brian Peterlin, Jill Valentine along with founding Board members Chuck Jesser, Alex Meyer and Laura Michaud, began searching for a home for their productions and to create an artistic utopia by hosting many of the city's itinerant theater companies.

In May 2010, Lukaba Productions took over the management of the Theatre Building Chicago with the aim of growing and supporting Chicago's artistic community. In the fall of 2011, the building completed an extensive renovation and Lukaba Productions began doing business as Stage 773.

In June 2022 Stage 773 opened WHIM, the newest groundbreaking piece of experiential, immersive, and interactive theater in Chicagoland at that time. The production of WHIM closed December 28th, 2024 as Stage 773 prepares it’s next adventure!