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DeFrancesco in Concert May 9
Veteran jazz muscian Joey DeFrancesco will join Tom Tallman and the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the MAC Mainstage. For more information, see story below or call (630) 942-4000.
Arts news for the week of May 5, 2008, at College of DuPage:
Student Art Exhibit
College of DuPage's Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry and other media will be on display through May 24 in the Gahlberg Gallery.
You Be the Judge for Exhibit Works
The DuPage Credit Union and College of DuPage are inviting members of the public to submit votes for their favorite artwork during the "My Choice Art Exhibit" of two-dimensional works by area high school students, to be shown through May 9 in the Wings Student Art Gallery.
BTE to Present 'Stones in His Pocket'
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) will present Marie Jones' comedy, "Stones in His Pockets," about an Irish village beset by the filming of a cheesy Hollywood epic, through May 25 in the MAC Theatre 2.
Joey DeFrancesco at the MAC May 9
This veteran jazz musician will appear with Tom Tallman and the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble in a "Jazz at the MAC" concert at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the MAC Mainstage.
'Magnificat and the Masters!' Concert
New Classic Singers (NCS) concludes its 26th concert season with "Magnificat and the Masters!" a concert of sacred music for chorus and instruments at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the MAC Mainstage.
'Alice in Wonderland' Ballet at the MAC
Salt Creek Ballet will present "Alice in Wonderland," the enchanting full-length ballet in three acts, in the McAninch Arts Center Mainstage Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18.
Alastair Noble Exhibit
"Babel: A Project of Place," an installation by artist Alastair Noble that interprets Jorge Luis Borges' famous short story "The Library of Babel," will be displayed June 5 to Aug. 9 in the Gahlberg Gallery.
'Jazz at Sunset' June 8 at the MAC
Featuring the Peter Lerner Sextet and Paulinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik, College of DuPage's annual "Jazz at Sunset" outdoor festival will kick off at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in the MAC Courtyard.
MAC 2007-2008 Season
The MAC season lineup includes Joey DeFrancesco, Salt Creek Ballet and New Classic Singers, as well as family shows.
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Student Art Exhibit
By David Hamilton
College of DuPage's Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry and other media will be on display April 24 to May 24 in the McAninch Arts Center Gahlberg Gallery, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Of the 118 students who submitted 319 entries, only 33 works by 31 students were selected for the exhibit, said Barbara Wiesen, gallery director.
The works were juried by Anni Holm, an internationally exhibited conceptual artist who works primarily in digital media and performance art. Since 2004, Holm has served as gallery director of the Orleans St. Gallery in St. Charles.
Works by the following students are in the exhibit: Colin Clark, Lisle; Denis Hagen, Stephen Bisinger, Petra Ford, Desmond M. du Mont, Melissa Stanley, Jeff Klepper, Wheaton; Steven Mangano, Addison; Adam Hooczko, Mary Yezek, Jessica Viscius, Woodridge; Mitchell Manz, Westchester; Gaylord Walter, Carol Benson, Sharon Wussow, Evan Behmer, Glen Ellyn; and Andrew Neirman, Bartlett.
Also, Kathy Burrows, Downers Grove; John Hankiewicz, Westmont; Koral Halperin, Christina Schatmeyer, Countryside; Adeline Garee, Patsy Davis, Katlyn Sarnosky, Alyssa Walde, Naperville; Sarah Walker, Lombard, Misa Albanese, Tamara Storoe, Warrenville; David Mayhew, Kelly Wojtczak, Chicago; and Stephany Vasquez, West Chicago.
An artists' reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the McAninch Arts Center Lobby. Exhibit awards will be announced at 5 p.m. The reception is open to the public.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays; by appointment; and during Mainstage performance events.
For more information, call the gallery at (630) 942-2321 or link to www.cod.edu/gallery.htm.
You Be the Judge for Exhibit Works
By David Hamilton
The DuPage Credit Union and College of DuPage are inviting members of the public to submit votes for their favorite artwork during the "My Choice Art Exhibit" of two-dimensional works by 19 area high school students, to be shown through May 9 in C.O.D.'s Wings Student Art Gallery, Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 1540, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
The DuPage Credit Union is hosting the exhibit in collaboration with the gallery. Visitors are invited to vote for the best artwork, and ballots will be available in the gallery. Submission deadline is May 9.
"The My Choice Art Exhibit gives everyone the opportunity to participate in an event that celebrates artistic excellence," said DuPage Credit Union's Roberta Kozlowicz, senior vice president, Corporate Development. "Everyone is encouraged to participate by casting their vote for their favorite work of art.
The DuPage Credit Union will also host an awards reception on May 13. Admission to both the gallery and reception is free and open to the public.
The awards reception will include a $500 award for the first-place student artwork that received the most votes cast, as well as a $500 School Spirit award that will go to the high school art department of the award-winning student.
A second-place prize of $250 and a third-place prize of $100 will also be awarded. The College of DuPage Art program will also award a $100 Best in Show prize.
"Linking students and educators across sectors and subjects is a goal much desired and hard to reach," said Sunil Chand, College of DuPage president. "Showcasing high school artists at the college, the DuPage Credit Union extends itself as a business partner with all of education, encouraging and promoting students, their talents and their training."
Participating high schools include Glenbard South, Glenbard West, Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, Lake Park, Naperville North, Wheaton North, Lemont, Lyons Township, St. Francis, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Downers Grove North, Community West Chicago, Lisle, Naperville Central, Timothy Christian, Glenbard North, York and Fenton.
"DuPage Credit Union was founded in 1956 by a group of educators in Wheaton and has continued to serve our schools and the community for more than 50 years," said Robert Palumbo, DuPage Credit Union president. "The My Choice Exhibit is a natural extension of our efforts to give back to the communities we serve. We are excited for this opportunity to work with area high schools in a new capacity and host this exhibit at College of DuPage."
The DuPage Credit Union, a non-profit, full-service financial institution, operates a banking center at College of DuPage and continues to serve as the official on-campus financial institution for the college.
For more information about the My Choice Art Exhibit and voting procedures, call Kozlowicz, (630) 428-3440, e-mail: rkozlowicz@dupagecu.com.
BTE to Present 'Stones in His Pocket'
By Ginny Richardson
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents Marie Jones' comedy, "Stones in His Pockets," directed by Bryan Burke, about an Irish village beset (and enthralled) by the filming of a cheesy Hollywood epic. It runs through May 25 at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, "Stones in His Pockets" is two actors' tour-de-force of 15 characters.
"Two fine actors, William 'Sandy' Smillie and Henry Odum, are up for the challenge," director Burke said. "Both men are very well grounded in the arc of the story, and they both bring so much to their roles. It's funny, but with 15 characters, I sometimes feel like traffic control."
"Stones in His Pockets" premiered in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1999, then took the London stage by storm. The London Times said, "If there is a more cleverly constructed, enterprisingly acted play in London right now, I cannot think of it."
Playwright Marie Jones worked in film, so she knows the landscape - from the director who doesn't think the cows look Irish enough to the extra who understands that what's already filmed ("in the can") gives power to all the nameless actors in a crowd scene.
After Jones made subtle but necessary changes to accommodate American audiences, the U.S. premier opened to critical acclaim at the Golden Theatre in New York in 2001. It received three Tony nominations that year, two for the actors and one for director Ian McElhinney.
Two actors, 15 roles
Actors Smillie and Odum use only voices and bodies. They switch gender and character with swift dexterity and the absolute bare minimum of costume changes - a hat here, a jacket there.
"Our goal is to make the audience almost forget that there are only two people playing all of these roles," said director Burke. "At times, the audience will feel the stage is crowded with characters. Both Sandy and Henry are gifted in dialects, switching at top speed from Irish to British to Scottish to the cockney of London's East End."
The actors go from slouching Irish underdogs to trendy movie moguls, from an impatient assistant director to a Catholic Brother, from the oldest living survivor of "The Quiet Man" who is proud of knowing "The Duke" (John Wayne) to the irrational assistant to the assistant film director.
"Because the externals of the characters are being kept to a minimum, there's no crutch to lean on when it comes to making a change," Smillie said. "There's also nothing to get in the way. The speed will come from being completely unfettered. Also, if you look around, everyone you encounter has a set of defining physical characteristics that we usually just accept and digest without consciously seeing. Everyone you meet has their own unique physicality, voice, vocal patterns, conversation styles, etc. There's a whole world of material to mine just by observation."
"As actors, we're storytellers," said Odum. "For me, the lightening-quick transitions are easier if I keep that perspective throughout. Every voice is valid. Every viewpoint is valid. The challenge is to present each character, including the Hollywood starlet, without turning the format into a burlesque of caricatures. 'Stones' is highly original in concept, but the stagecraft can't steal focus. Although there are some hilarious moments, 'Stones' is a story about real people with real problems and real pain."
County Kerry
"Stones in His Pockets" is set in a small village in County Kerry in rural Ireland where a major Hollywood studio is making a mega-hit film called "The Quiet Valley." The company is using local people as extras. Charlie Conlon played by Odum, and Jake Quinn played by Smillie, are down-an-out Irishmen, relieved to be making 40 pounds a day as extras.
An interesting side note is that most of Hollywood's "in people" have always believed that the play is a veiled attempt, using the title "The Quiet Valley," to lampoon Ron Howard's filming of Far and Away, with one of the characters, Caroline Giovanni, standing in for actor Tom Cruise.
Imagine one of the funniest moments when southern accented, über-spoiled American starlet, Caroline Giovanni, played by Odum, is attempting a horrible Irish accent. In Act II, the play turns more serious with a tragedy happening to one of the extras on the film that explains the play's title. It's a sobering event, bringing reality back to all the extras, but certainly not to the Hollywood folks. The extras ultimately demonstrate that hope exists in the face of despair.
"My last trip to Ireland was over twenty years ago, but I remember the warmth and friendless of the people I met," Odum said. "I know that's a cliché, but I found it to be perfectly true. Irish history is so fascinating to me because its culture seems to thrive despite - and often because of - a turbulent political and social climate. In 'Stones' we have a microcosm of a lot of the joys and ills the Irish experience today. However, it's first and foremost a human story. My character, Charlie, has seen his share of sorrow, but his resilience always seems him through - not unlike Ireland itself."
Dates and show times for "Stones in His Pockets" are: 8 p.m. Thursdays, May 1 (preview,) 8, 15 and 22; 8 p.m. Fridays, May 2, 9, 16 and 23; 8 p.m. Saturdays, May 3, 10, 17 and 24; and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 4, 11, 18 and 25.
Tickets to the preview are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $12 for students and patrons under age 17. Performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors, $17 for students and patrons under age 17. Saturday performances are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors, and $20 for students and patrons under age 17.
To purchase tickets, call (630) 942-4000 or visit www.AtTheMAC.org.
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Joey DeFrancesco at the MAC May 9
By David Hamilton
The music of Joey DeFrancesco, which revived the Hammond B-3 organ as a jazz instrument, ranges from soul-jazz to bluesy grooves.
This veteran jazz musician will appear with Tom Tallman and the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble in a "Jazz at the MAC" concert at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center's Mainstage.
DeFrancesco, born near Philadelphia, is the son of jazz organist Papa John DeFrancesco and the grandson of instrumentalist Joe DeFrancesco, who played with the Dorsey Brothers. Joey DeFrancesco, who began playing piano at the age of four, soon switched over to his father's instrument.
By the age of 16, DeFrancesco became the first recipient of the Philadelphia Jazz Society's McCoy Tyner Scholarship, as well as finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. After meeting Miles Davis on a television show, the great trumpeter and band leader invited DeFrancesco to tour with him following DeFrancesco's high school graduation in 1988.
DeFrancesco, known as the B-3 Bomber because of his skill on the Hammond B-3 organ, has played with such legends as Jimmy Scott and Grover Washington, Jr.
Jazz at the MAC is co-sponsored by WDCB (FM 90.9) Public Radio, College of DuPage.
Tickets cost $30, $28 for senior citizens and $20 for College of DuPage students and young people 17 and under. The MAC is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For more information, call the MAC ticket office at (630) 942-4000.
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'Magnificat and the Masters!' Concert
By David Hamilton
New Classic Singers (NCS) concludes its 26th concert season with "Magnificat and the Masters!" a concert of sacred music for chorus and instruments at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the McAninch Arts Center Mainstage at College of DuPage.
The concert will feature two recorders and string quintet. Lee Kesselman will conduct, and long-time NCS pianist William Buhr will collaborate from the harpsichord.
The Singers will perform the Midwest premiere of Portuguese composer Eurico Carrapatoso's "Magnificat" for chorus, recorders and strings. "Magnificat" combines the traditional Latin text with sacred Portuguese poetry.
"The work harkens back to the Baroque masters, especially Bach's famous 'Magnificat' setting," said Kesselman. "The Singers will also perform a number of short sacred works by Mozart and Bach. Patrick O'Malley and Amy Pikler will be our guest recorder players."
New Classic Singers members include soloists, conductors and teachers from throughout the Chicago area. The ensemble is known for its entertaining programs, its performances and professionalism.
O'Malley was 18 when he saw his first recorder, and though he was already singing and playing a variety of instruments - including French horn, guitar, piano, flute and percussion - it was the uniquely charming sound of the recorder that attracted him.
His desire to understand early music led him to Indiana University's Early Music Institute where he studied with Eva Legene. While there, he earned his master of music degree and served as an associate instructor. O'Malley was also the recipient of a Netherlands Fulbright Fellowship that enabled him to pursue further studies with Han Tol at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He is Chicago's only Suzuki Method recorder teacher.
Amy Pikler, who is 15 years old, began her musical studies at five. She currently studies violin with Desiree Ruhstrat and recorder with Patrick O'Malley at the Music Institute of Chicago, where she is a 2007-2008 merit scholarship recipient. In the summer of 2006, Pikler was one of seven students selected from among 50 to be featured as a recorder soloist with the Sewanee (TN) Summer Music Festival Orchestra.
NCS sopranos include Madeline Voss, Dearfield; Lisa Grisolia, Lombard; Cassondra Kippes, Darien; Karen Webb Owen, Warrenville; Michelle Lynne Daniels, Lombard; Beth O'Riordan, Aurora; Mary Elliot, Aurora; Susan Van Ordstrand, Elgin; Leah Myszkowski, Naperville. Altos include Mele Howland, Downers Grove; Kelly Miller, Wheaton; Jennifer L. Barrett, Romeoville; Maureen M. Lyons, Wheaton; Lea Severson, Naperville; Julie Dee, Roselle; Dottie Williames, Sugar Grove; and Jean Follett, Hinsdale.
The ensemble's tenors include Doug Thompson, Hinsdale; Sean Doty, Burr Ridge; Paul Sirvatka, Glen Ellyn; Daniel Burke, Chicago; Larry Stephens, Plainfield; Andrew Johnson, Downers Grove; Paul Drennan, Glendale Heights; and David Burton, Westmont.
Basses include Henry J. Brandt, Naperville; Daniel Saathoff, Warrenville; Matt Teichler, Wheaton; Allen Pedersen, Western Springs; Scott Loughrige, Bolingbrook; Jack Dare, Downers Grove; and David Govertsen, Chicago.
Tickets cost $22, $20 for senior citizens and $12 for young people 17 and under. The MAC is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For more information, call the MAC ticket office at (630) 942-4000.
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'Alice in Wonderland' Ballet at the MAC
By David Hamilton
Salt Creek Ballet brings its acclaimed staging of "Alice in Wonderland," the enchanting full-length ballet in three acts, to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College DuPage at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18.
The ballet features guest artist Alexander Kozadayev as the Cheshire Cat and a corps of more than 40 dancers performing the imaginative choreography of Salt Creek Ballet artistic director Sergey Kozadayev and teacher and choreographer Susan O'Connell to music by Elgar, Ibert, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
Salt Creek Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland" is based on Lewis Carroll's tale about Alice's adventures as she falls down the rabbit hole into a world filled with captivating characters. There is the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and the wily Cheshire Cat.
The ballet features elaborate stage effects and five Alices - Tiny Alice, Little Alice, Regular Alice, Fantastic Alice, Princess Alice - each danced by a different soloist.
Salt Creek Ballet was founded in 1985 by Patricia Sigurdson, former dancer for American Ballet Theatre and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, who was trained at the Royal Ballet School in London.
Salt Creek Ballet continues to grow under the direction of Sergey Kozadayev and Zhanna Dubrovskaya, who trained at the famed Vaganova School in St. Petersburg, Russia. Salt Creek Ballet's alumni have become members of the Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Washington Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Joffrey Ballet.
Salt Creek Ballet is a not-for-profit Illinois corporation supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and The MacArthur Fund for the Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Tickets cost $28, $26 for senior citizens 65 and over, and $18 for young people 16 and under. The MAC is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For more information, call (630) 942-4000 or visit: www.cod.edu/ArtsCntr/.
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Gahlberg Gallery: 'Babel: A Project of Place'
By David Hamilton
"Babel: A Project of Place," an installation by artist Alastair Noble that interprets Jorge Luis Borges' famous short story "The Library of Babel," will be displayed June 5 to Aug. 9 in the Gahlberg Gallery of the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage.
"The Library of Babel" presents a library that holds thousands of indecipherable books on shelves placed in a hexagonal shaped format.
"Noble's installation embraces this image of hexagonal galleries as a series of interlocking hexagonal cubicles, as an architectural structure whose walls will be of paper printed with fragments of poetry in numerous languages, thus creating a series of texts that have no logical connection but at the same time exist with the same space," said Barbara Wiesen, gallery director.
"Noble references Borges' story not to illustrate it literally but to transpose it into a unique sculptural form and at the same time integrate some of the radical literature, poetry and philosophical texts he has examined and addressed within his own work over the past 10 years."
Noble is an assistant professor of Art (Sculpture) at Lafayette College in Easton, Penn. From 2000 to 2002, he served as visiting professor of Sculpture at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
He has exhibited internationally with recent solo shows at the North American-Peruvian Binational Institute in Lima, Peru; the Visual Arts Center in Summit, N.J.; Arizona State University, Tucson; and the Bucshlen Mowatt Gallery in Palm Desert, Calif.
His work has appeared in group exhibitions at Rupert Ravens Gallery Newark N.J.; S.P.A.C.E Gallery New York , N.Y.; Bibliomania, Holden Art Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England; City Museum, Varna, Bulgaria; and Gallery Pardo, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays; during Mainstage performance events; and by appointment.
Admission is free and open to the public. Free catalogs about the exhibit are available.
For more information, call the gallery at (630) 942-2321 or link to: www.cod.edu/gallery.htm.
'Jazz at Sunset' June 8 at the MAC
By David Hamilton
Featuring the Peter Lerner Sextet and Paulinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik, College of DuPage's annual "Jazz at Sunset" outdoor festival will kick off at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in the college's McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Courtyard.
The festival is presented by the MAC and WDCB (FM 90.9), Public Radio, College of DuPage, which will also present a simulcast of the music.
Lerner, a jazz guitarist, was born and raised in Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side. He has toured with Ramsey Lewis, and he has performed previously with trumpeter Orbert Davis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at the Jazz Showcase.
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, guitarist Garcia began his musical career as a youngster singing on a Sunday children's radio program on the city's principal radio station. In moving to Chicago, he founded his own band, Jazzmineiro.
Garcia teamed up with Polish singer Auguscik and named his new trio Three for Brazil. Auguscik, who is also a composer, arranger and producer, has made Chicago her home since 1994. She performs at the Green Mill, the Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park.
Tickets cost $12, $10 for senior citizens and $6 children 12 and under. The MAC is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For more information, call the MAC box office at (630) 942-4000.
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MAC Single Tickets On Sale
By David Hamilton
Single tickets are on sale for the McAninch Arts Center's (MAC) 21st season, which features a lineup that includes DuPage Opera Theatre's "Tosca."
New this season, the MAC unveils Club MAC, which captures the feel of an intimate club or cabaret in the MAC's 200-seat Theatre 2. The three-concert series features the sounds of blues, jazz and folk with cabaret table seating onstage.
Stephen Cummins, director of Performing Arts at the MAC, is constantly looking for a lineup that includes audience favorites, unique series for suburban audiences and opportunities for community outreach.
"We've made a serious commitment to the arts in the western suburbs," he explained. "We offer a series of concerts in jazz, a series in dance, a series in world music and a series in blues that audiences in the past could only find going downtown. We combine this with headlining artists, resident professional groups and community outreach that makes the MAC experience a unique one."
Following is the lineup with more details about the 2007-2008 season:
Jazz
Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco joins Tom Tallman and the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble onstage at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9. Tickets cost $30, $28 for senior citizens, $20 for C.O.D. students and patrons 17 and under.
Theater
BTE presents Marie Jones' "Stones in His Pockets," the Olivier Award-winning comedy and West End hit about a Hollywood film being shot in rural Ireland, May 2 to 25. Tickets cost $25 to $30.
BTE concludes its 21st season with Norm Foster's "The Melville Boys," about Owen and Lee Melville who have set aside a weekend by the lake and are surprised when they meet two sisters, July 5 to 27. Tickets cost $25 to $30.
DuPage Opera Theatre
Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," the tragic love story and one of the most beloved of Puccini's operas, is staged at 8 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 24, and 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26. Jonathan Field directs and Kirk Muspratt conducts. The opera is sung in Italian with English supertitles. Tickets cost $43, $41 for senior citizens, $33 for C.O.D. students and patrons 17 and under.
The McAninch Arts Center is located at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and serves the western suburbs and Chicago's metropolitan community with high-quality entertainment. The center features the 800-seat, state-of-the-art Mainstage; the 200-seat Theatre 2; a Studio Theatre; and the Gahlberg Art Gallery, which is dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through exhibitions and activities reaching diverse audiences.
Group rates and subscription bargains are available for parties of 15 persons or more. Parking at the MAC is free. All artists and programs are subject to change.
The MAC is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For ticket information, call (630) 942-4000 or visit the MAC web site at: www.atthemac.org.
