2018 2019 SEASON Broadway Shows Featured Artists Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra New This Season: President’s Speaker Series

Season package available! Receive 10% off when you select 6 or more Broadway performances, Artist shows, or Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra concerts.

MATTIE KELLY

Northwest Florida State College

MATTIE KELLY

Northwest Florida State College

MATTIE KELLY

Northwest Florida State College UPCOMING GALLERY EVENTS 2018 - 2019

August 20 – November 2, 2018 AQUIFERious, featuring Margaret Ross Tolbert, Jill Heinerth, Eric Hutcheson, Mark Long, Tom Morris, and Georgia Shemitz. Curated by Margaret Ross Tolbert in the McIlroy, Holzhauer, and Corridor Galleries.

November 16 – December 8, 2018 Holiday Spotlight on the Permanent Collection

January 22 – March 1, 2019 Len Davis’ A Thousand Words series in the Holzhauer Gallery

March 29 – April 26, 2019 Annual Arnie Hart Juried Student Exhibition in the McIlroy Gallery with the Annual Arts Faculty Exhibition in the Holzhauer Gallery

May 18 – June 21, 2019 27th Emerald Coast National Juried Exhibition in the McIlroy Gallery with Isaac McCaslin, 2018 Best-in-Show Winner, in the Holzhauer Gallery

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open 90 minutes prior to most Mattie Kelly Arts Center Mainstage performances. www.MattieKellyArtsCenter.org | (850) 729-6044 | [email protected]

2 M K A C M K A C 3 2018 -2019 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Northwest Florida State College Concert Season Tchaikovsky’s 4th

Featured Artist Yinuo Wang - piano Tchaikovsky’s 4th September 15, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 Join our community as we welcome Maestro Devin Patrick Hughes for the Symphony’s opening night concert as the dramatic and electrifying come to life with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Enjoy a celebration of fate featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with brilliant pianist Yinuo Wang. We tip our hat to the great American rockstar musician Leonard Bernstein on his 100th birthday as the NFSO presents his vivacious and witty Overture to Voltaire’s Candide. 2 M K A C M K A C 3 PalinBRIDGING THE& POLITICALBrazile DIVIDE

NWF PRESIDENT’S Sarah Palin & Donna Brazile SPEAKER SERIES Bridging the Political Divide September 21, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. FREE

The GOP’s fi rst female vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and the fi rst African-American to head a presidential campaign Donna Brazile are political trailblazers known for speaking their minds. In this powerful conversation, two of the most respected women in American politics examine our increasingly polarized country and the future of the Republican and Democratic parties.

4 M K A C M K A C 5 a sensory-friendly performance with Kevin Spencer

Hocus Focus October 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Donations Accepted

Join us for an afternoon of magic & illusion! This sensory-friendly performance is designed to create an experience that is welcoming to all families, including those with children with autism or other developmental or intellectual disabilities that create sensory sensitivities. The performance was specifi cally designed to be baffl ing and entertaining for all members of the audience!

4 M K A C M K A C 5 “BROADWAY’S FUNNIEST MUSICAL COMEDY IN AT LEAST 400 YEARS!” - TIME OUT New York PHOTO © JEREMY JEREMY © PHOTO DANIEL

Something Rotten November 20, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47 SOMETHING ROTTEN! is “Broadway’s big, fat hit!” (NY Post). Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of two brothers who set out to write the world’s very fi rst MUSICAL! It’s The“ Producers + Spamalot + The Book of Mormon. Squared!” (New York Magazine).

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Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Northwest Florida State College

Concert Season Holiday

ConcertPops

Holiday Pops December 7, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 The sounds of the holiday season will fi ll the air as the NFSO, joined by the Northwest Florida Symphony Chorale, performs some of your seasonal favorites including The Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah and music from John Williams featured in the movie Home Alone. It’s an evening for everyone, with a special performance by NWF State College President Dr. Devin Stephenson.

6 M K A C M K A C 7 WINNER!

® 2013 TONY AWARD

Kinky Boots January 8, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47

KINKY BOOTS is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit! With songs by Grammy® and Tony® award-winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan.

8 M K A C M K A C 9 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Northwest Florida State College Concert Season ARRIVAL Music of ABBA with NFSO January 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $45

This production has all of the features a great ABBA show needs: lovely costumes, extremely talented musicians and breathtaking singers joined by the NFSO and Maestro Devin Patrick Hughes. ARRIVAL from Sweden has been touted as the world’s greatest ABBA tribute band, with sold-out shows all over the world, performances in more than 50 countries since 1995 and 25 sold-out tours in the USA since 2005.

8 M K A C M K A C 9 Mutts Gone Nuts January 17, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $20 adults; $10 youth (18 & under) Expect the unexpected, as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance, that’s leaving audiences everywhere howling for more. From shelters to showbiz, these amazing mutts unleash havoc and hilarity in a breathtaking, action-packed, comedy dog spectacular, featuring some of the world’s most talented four-legged performers.

10 M K A C M K A C 11 THE POWER of Perseverance Featuring Lonnie Johnson

NWF PRESIDENT’S SPEAKER SERIES The Power of Perseverance Lonnie Johnson Tickets: $20 adults; $10 youth (18 & under) January 18, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. FREE Johnson served in the U.S. Air Force, where he was awarded multiple medals and helped develop components in the stealth bomber program. Later as a NASA Nuclear Engineer, he received multiple achievement awards for his work in spacecraft system design. Johnson is most well known as the inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun, that received multiple industry awards, including Outdoor Toy of the Year. 10 M K A C M K A C 11 From the creators of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live

ADVENTURE

Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure January 25, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $15 adults; $10 youth (18 & under) Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure is an immersive experience that invites you to jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago - and maybe live still today! Erth shows are at the forefront of family entertainment, using actors, technology, puppets, science and imagination to create an amazing visual experience that connects young audiences to the real science of paleontology. 12 M K A C M K A C 13 Experience the Timeless Hits of Barry Manilow

I Write the ongs S Starring Jim Witter

Jim Witter - Experience the Timeless Hits of Barry Manilow Tickets: $15 adults; $10 youth (18 & under) February 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $37

Barry Manilow’s songs have the power to make you smile, make you laugh and even make you shed a tear. You’ll hear these songs come alive like you never have before when Jim Witter and his band take the stage.

12 M K A C M K A C 13 Wizard of Oz February 11, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47 This production of THE WIZARD OF OZ is a spectacular celebration of that classic 1939 MGM fi lm. Audiences young and old, seeing it for the fi rst time or the fi fth, will be dazzled by the brightly colored sets, charmed by its timeless score and enthralled with its breathtaking special effects. Whether it creates new memories or conjures them up from the past, everyone deserves to experience or relive the wonderful, whimsical and enduring story, THE WIZARD OF OZ.

14 M K A C M K A C 15 Hammer of the Gods the Led Zeppelin EXPERIENCE

Hammer of the Gods- The Led Zeppelin Experience Tickets: $37 March 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Hammer of the Gods, The Led Zeppelin Experience is an international touring act recreating the excitement of Led Zeppelin’s legendary live concerts of the early 1970’s. Hammer of the Gods has entertained tens of thousands since 2000 with their professionally produced theatrical performance featuring period costumes, authentic equipment, staging and spectacular light and sound systems. It’s a multimedia extravaganza.

14 M K A C M K A C 15 Northwest Florida State College presents CruzeRachel &HoganChris

NWF PRESIDENT’S SPEAKER SERIES Rachel Cruz & Chris Hogan April 4, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. FREE

There’s so much more to life than fi ghting to pay the bills. Take the fi rst step to ditch the stress and headaches that debt brings. Rachel and Chris will discuss a biblically based solution to your money problems that has a proven track record of helping people just like you experience the freedom the right plan can offer. It’s time.

16 M K A C M K A C 17 2018 -2019 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Hogan at Northwest Florida State College

Concert Season equiemMozart R &Stars of Tomorrow

Mozart Requiem & Stars of Tomorrow April 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 Join the NFSO for a farewell letter from the greatest composer of all time featuring the Northwest Florida Symphony Chorale. The mystery surrounding Mozart’s death remains an enigmatic puzzle to this day. Answers can only be found in his Requiem Mass, which he left for us as an inspirational message of hope and spiritual fulfi llment. This season fi nale concert spotlights the amazing talents of the youth Concerto Competition winners of the NFSO Guild-sponsored competition.

16 M K A C M K A C 17 Million Dollar Quartet April 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47 On December 4, 1956, four young musicians - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins - gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll jam sessions ever. The Tony® Award-winning smash-hit musical Million Dollar Quartet brings that unbelievable musical moment to life, featuring timeless and enduring hits. Don’t miss your chance to experience this red- hot moment in rock ‘n’ roll history!

18 M K A C M K A C 19 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Northwest Florida State College Meet the

ConductorDevin Patrick Hughes joins the NFSO from Colorado where he conducts the Boulder Symphony and Arapahoe Philharmonic. He has led orchestras around the world, and was most recently featured in the Toscanini and Solti conducting competitions of Italy and Hungary. “I am thrilled to the join the NFW State College community and to be a part of this magnifi cent gem that is the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. I am hopeful that the Symphony will be a vehicle for inspiration and connection. We are so privileged and excited to continue to enrich the community and educate future generations!” Symphony individual giving and business sponsorships are now available. For more information, contact Devin Hughes at 850-729-6023 or [email protected]. Education & Outreach Programs Since 1987 the NFSO has provided innovative music education outreach to area youth – reaching more than 80,000 children with the Emerald Coast’s most comprehensive K-12 music education endeavors! 5TH GRADE CONCERT – PETER VS. THE WOLF For more than 30 years, the NFSO has provided annual concerts for 5th graders with specialized youth oriented programming and teacher’s curriculum. 4TH GRADE CONCERTS – ORCHESTRA ROCKS! Orchestra Rocks is the end-of-the-year performance for local students who participate in the region’s fi rst Carnegie Hall Link Up! program. The program features a year-long music curriculum & fun classroom activities that culminate in this interactive concert with the NFSO at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center.

Contact NFSO Education Director Lynne Fehrenbach at [email protected] to learn more about our education and outreach programs. 18 M K A C M K A C 19 MATTIE KELLY

Northwest Florida State College 100 College Boulevard East Niceville, FL 32578 Season package on sale August 13.

Single show tickets on sale August 17. MATTIE KELLY Go to www.MattieKellyArtsCenter.org or call the BoxNorthwest Office Florida at State College 850.729.6000 for tickets. 10% Discount When you select 6 or more Broadway performances, Artist shows, or Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra concerts. 2018-2019

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