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Dance Nation

Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Dance Nation By Clare Barron Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz Pre-teen competitive dancers prepare for Nationals, and their number’s coveted solo has yet to be assigned. As the pressure of the looming competition builds, the dancers must navigate shifting ground–changing bodies and bursting ambitions–together. Clare Barron’s Dance Nation presents the euphoric highs and devastating lows of dawning adolescence alongside a shared devotion to art that can bring a group together and bring you back to...

Ten-Minute Play Festival

Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
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West Illinois Glass House

Friday, February 16, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
While the economy burns around her, an attorney in need of good publicity volunteers to pick up the pieces of a manslaughter suspect and her underreacting children. Set in Dallas over March 2008
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West Illinois Glass House

Saturday, February 17, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
While the economy burns around her, an attorney in need of good publicity volunteers to pick up the pieces of a manslaughter suspect and her underreacting children. Set in Dallas over March 2008
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West Illinois Glass House

Sunday, February 18, 2024 2:00pm
Theatre Building
While the economy burns around her, an attorney in need of good publicity volunteers to pick up the pieces of a manslaughter suspect and her underreacting children. Set in Dallas over March 2008

The Obituary

Friday, February 23, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
While volunteering at a hospice ward, a high school senior in Singapore was asked to write an obituary. The obituary unraveled the untold story of a diasporic family and led the 18-year-old to reimagine her “American Dream.” This is a memory play, or, an obituary itself.

The Obituary

Saturday, February 24, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
While volunteering at a hospice ward, a high school senior in Singapore was asked to write an obituary. The obituary unraveled the untold story of a diasporic family and led the 18-year-old to reimagine her “American Dream.” This is a memory play, or, an obituary itself.

The Obituary

Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:00pm
Theatre Building
While volunteering at a hospice ward, a high school senior in Singapore was asked to write an obituary. The obituary unraveled the untold story of a diasporic family and led the 18-year-old to reimagine her “American Dream.” This is a memory play, or, an obituary itself.
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Into the Woods

Friday, March 1, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Directed by Stephen Thorne Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods is a storied musical about the unexpected consequences of getting what you want inspired by The Brothers Grimm. The Baker and his wife embark on a quest to reverse the Witch’s curse and bear a child. They head into the woods—alongside Jack, Cinderella, and...
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Into the Woods

Saturday, March 2, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Directed by Stephen Thorne Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods is a storied musical about the unexpected consequences of getting what you want inspired by The Brothers Grimm. The Baker and his wife embark on a quest to reverse the Witch’s curse and bear a child. They head into the woods—alongside Jack, Cinderella, and...