Clark Arts News Today

Urinetown: The Musical<br/>April 27-30, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.)<br/>Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/>Guest Director, Stephen Schellhardt<br/><br/>Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical the...

Pure Imagination: A Night at the Movies<br/>May 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m.<br/>Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/>Director/Conductor, Prof. Timm Adams<br/><br/>Escape to a sensational evening of unforgettable songs from the silver screen with Rockford University choirs and soloists. We’ll take you on a cinematic journey through the decades with music from Hollywood’s most iconic films: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, O Brother Where ...

Soap Opus<br/>On Display: March 31st-April 28th<br/>Opening Reception: Friday, March 31st 6-8pm in the RU Art Gallery in the Clark Arts Center<br/>Artist Talk: Friday, March 31st, 7:00pm<br/> <br/>Artists will ALSO be present the closing night of the show, April 28th<br/> <br/><br/>Chris Cosnowski is an artist and educator living and working in Chicago. He received his B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1992 and his M.F.A. from N...

Soap Opus<br/>On Display: March 31st-April 28th<br/>Opening Reception: Friday, March 31st 6-8pm in the RU Art Gallery in the Clark Arts Center<br/>Artist Talk: Friday, March 31st, 7:00pm<br/> <br/><br/>Artists will ALSO be present the closing night of the show, April 28th<br/> <br/><br/>Chris Cosnowski is an artist and educator living and working in Chicago. He received his B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1992 and his M....

The Importance of Being Earnest<br/>February 23 – 26, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)<br/>Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/>Director, Prof. Deborah Mogford<br/>Wilde referred to this play as “a trivial comedy for serious people.” This is a farcical comedy with witty, quick paced dialogue and situations dealing with love, lovers, mistaken identity, an outrageous parent, and a host of unusual comic characters. This is one of Oscar Wilde’s enduring...

December 8-10, 2022, 7:30 p.m.<br/>Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/><br/>Directors: Beth Drog & Marissa Ott<br/>A concert featuring RU Dance Students, Rockford Dance Company, Evolve Dance Company, Auburn High School, and South Beloit High School.

Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/>Directors, Prof. Timm Adams & Tim Anderson<br/><br/>Join Rockford University choirs and special guest Camerata Emanon in a glorious fall concert celebrating the power of singing to uplift and inspire. This mostly sacred program features Vivaldi’s exuberant Gloria (RV 589) for chorus and soloists with chamber orchestra. Mendelssohn’s Psalm 98, Pablo Casals’ “O vos omnes,” and an array of Spanish songs, early hymns, and spir...

On View: October 28-December 9th with an opening reception on October 28th 6-8pm in the Rockford University Art Gallery located in the Clark Arts building<br/><br/>Mike Rea has conflated the notions of working hard and playing hard for over a decade with his bombastic wooden sculptures. Replicated and reinvented moments of cinematic horror, science fiction, comedy and drama intermingle with memory to form bizarre personal narratives. Over the years, each uncanny conglomeration of fam...

These Shining Lives<br/><br/>Written by Melanie Marnich<br/>November 3-6, 2022, (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.)<br/>Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center<br/>Director, Deborah Mogford<br/>These Shining Lives is based on the true story of Catherine Donahue and her friends who worked for the Radium Dial Company, a watch factory, in Ottawa, Illinois. The play chronicles the strength and determination of the women from the 1922 to 1938 as their lives ar...

The opening reception for ACES: BFA Exhibition is inside Clark Arts in the Rockford University Art Gallery. It goes from 6-8pm, but the show will run April 29-May 13th. <br/><br/>This opening reception for senior Rockford University BFA Student Ezra Adams represents a culmination of research and study to develop an individual voice and direction in the visual arts. <br/><br/>Regular Gallery Hours are Monday/Wednesday 12-5pm, or by appointment. Contact the gallery dire...