Date Night with Jazz Graduate student Eli Naragon: and UIS faculty member Adib Young will perform songs from the Great American Song Book, Jobim classics, and originals by jazz giants including Thelonius Monk, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and more.
Auditions for John Proctor is the Villain Cast and crew sought for production of Kimberly Belflower’s new play. Crew interviews at 6pm, auditions at 7pm. Nothing needed to prepare for auditions. Show up for cold readings of the script. Limited number of scripts available at front desk, Brookens Library.
Outraged: Terror in Springfield 1908 Be a part of an exciting, evolving theater experience where your reactions and comments will help shape this play-in-progress by Our Stage / Our Voices Artist-in-Residence Tim Crawford. Join for an evening of theater that will begin with a selection of short plays written by participants in Tim’s recently completed Writing for the Stage Workshop, then experience a staged reading of Tim’s 1908 play-in-progress. The evening will culminate in a talk-back session with the audience.
ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence Part of a nationwide effort to bring awareness to gun violence through theater. On the same evening across the country, theaters, schools and community groups will stage readings of six new 10-minute plays by teen writers confronting gun violence, selected by a committee of nationally-renowned playwrights.