Deana Martin Photo credit: Pat Lambert The Fab Four

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Russian National season Ballet Theatre 2015 winter/spring

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Ja nuary 2015 Event Price Page # | January 8, 9, 10, 11 “October Mourning” $10, $8 4 North Central College January 16 An Evening with Jazz Trumpeter Art Davis $20, $15 4 January 18 Chicago Sinfonietta “Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” $58, $46 4 January 24 27th Annual Gospel Extravaganza $15, $10 4 Friends of the Arts January 24 Jim Peterik & World Stage $60, $50 4 January 25 Janis Siegel “Nightsongs” $35, $30 4 Thanks to our many contributors, world-renowned artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago February 2015 Event Price Page # Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Wynton Marsalis, Celtic Woman and many more have February 5, 6, 7 “True West” $5, $3 5 performed in our venues. But the cost of performance tickets only covers half our expenses to February 6, 7 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Gallic Glory” $35 - $12 5 February 7 Natalie Cole $95, $85, $75 5 bring these great artists to the College’s stages. The generous support from the Friends of the February 13 An Evening with Jazz Vocalist Janice Borla $20, $15 5 Arts ensures the College can continue to bring world-class performers to our world-class venues. February 14 Blues at the Crossroads $65, $50 5 February 21 Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn $65, $50 6 northcentralcollege.edu/shows February 22 Robin Spielberg $35, $30 6 Join Friends of the Arts today and receive exclusive benefits. February 26, 27, 28 “Shout! The Mod Musical” $15, $10 6 The Impresario Society has expanded its membership to include patrons of the arts at an annual giving February 26 Sounds of New Music Festival: Renga $15, $5 6 February 28 Theatreworks USA “Curious George” $12, $6 6 level of $1,000 and up. March 2015 Event Price Page # Sneak Name Name Premier viewing Reception with Presidents Backstage Dinner at March 1 “Shout! The Mod Musical” $15, $10 6 Your preview of recognition recognition in for the Schoenherr North Central Club pass to all North Central gift next year’s in program Wentz Concert Gallery openings College special Membership performances College with March 1 The Hot Sardines $30, $25 7 season Hall lobby and receptions guest (when available) special guest March 6 An Evening with Jazz Vibraphonist Brad Stirtz $20, $15 7 Maestro March 7 Chords for Kids: Concert for Children with Autism Free (ticket required) 7 $10,000 + March 7 The Fab Four “The Ultimate Tribute” $40, $30, $25 7 Bravo March 8 Marianne Murphy Orland $35, $30 7 $5,000 - $9,999 March 14 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Land of Lincoln” $35 - $12 7 Standing March 14 Mummenschanz “The Musicians of Silence” $35, $25, $20 8 Ovation Impresario Society Impresario $1,000 - NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE March 15 Theatreworks USA “The Lightning Thief” $12, $6 8 $4,999 March 21 Chicago Sinfonietta “Primal Instincts” $58, $46 8 Encore March 26, 27, 28, 29 Organic Theater Company “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” $30, $20 8 $500-$999

March 27 Robert Irvine Live $50, $40, $35 8 Performance April 2015 Event Price Page # $250-$499 April 9 Sounds of New Music Festival: Picosa $15, $5 9 Overture $100-$249 Revenge of the Rhythm Section April 10 $20, $15 9 with Bassist Jim Cox and Drummer Jack Mouse Audience $25-$99 New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players April 11 $40, $30, $25 9 “The Pirates of Penzance” See page 19 for donation information or visit northcentralcollege.edu/friends-of-the-arts. April 12 T. Oliver Reid “Drop Me Off in Harlem” $35, $30 9 April 16, 17, 18 “Miranda Writes” $5, $3 9 April 17 Deana Martin $35, $25, $20 9 Preservation Hall Jazz Band April 24 Patti LuPone “Far Away Places” $70, $60, $50 10 April 25 Theatreworks USA “The Paper Bag Princess & Other Stories” $12, $6 10 April 29 Concert Winds Return from Tour Concert $5, $3 10 April 30 Chamber Singers “Metamorphosis” $5, $3 10 May 2015 Event Price Page # May 2 Russian National Ballet Theatre “Swan Lake” $35, $25, $20 10 May 7, 8, 9 “Hedda Gabler” $10, $8 10 May 9 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Iberian Inspirations” $35 - $12 11 May 16 Preservation Hall Jazz Band $40, $30, $20 11 Patti LuPone Photo credit: Richard Termine “The Pirates of Penzance” John Michael Coppola “A Jersey Voice: Sinatra to May 17 $35, $30 11 Springsteen and Everyone in Between” May 17 Women’s Chorale “Finale!” Concert $5, $3 11 Béla Fleck and May 21 Concert Choir Graduation Concert $5, $3 11 Kris Allen Abigail Washburn May 26 Cardinal Chorus Spring Concert $5, $3 11 May 27 Spring Great Evening of Jazz $5, $3 11 May 30 Concert Winds Final Spring and Alumni Concert $5, $3 11 May 30 Kris Allen $10, $5 12 JUNE 2015 Event Price Page # June 4, 5, 6, 7 “Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights” $10, $8 12 June 6 Chicago Sinfonietta “United We Stand” $58, $46 12 northcentralcollege.edu/shows | 2 | 630-637-SHOW (7469) Artists, dates, times and locations are subject to change North Central College performance The Hot Sardines 630-637-SHOW (7469) | 5 2015 JANUARY-February |

Janis Siegel “October Mourning” by Lesléa Newman January 8, 9, 7:30 p.m. January 10, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. January 11, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Madden Theatre Natalie Cole Adults $10, Students and Seniors $8 On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student, was lured away from a Wyoming bar,

Jim Peterik northcentralcollege.edu/shows severely beaten, tied to a remote fence and left to die. “October Mourning, A Song for Matthew Shepard”— a novel written in verse—is author Lesléa Newman’s An Evening with response to the events of that day. North Central theatre professor/director Carin Silkaitis collaborates with students 27th Annual Gospel Blues at the Crossroads Jazz Vocalist to adapt “October Mourning” for the stage, with original Eric Karsno music by composer Jermaine Hill. More than 16 years after Extravaganza Photo credit: Joshua Timmermans Janice Borla Shepard’s death, this production invites its audience to Saturday, January 24, 7 p.m. Friday, February 13, 8 p.m. consider the work still to be done to make each of our own Pfeiffer Hall Madden Theatre communities safer. Adults $15, Students and Seniors $10 “True West” Adults $20, Students and Seniors $15 North Central College presents by Sam Shepard North Central College presents jazz faculty artist Janice the 27th Annual Gospel Borla. Described as a “one-woman jazz tornado,” Borla is An Evening with February 5, 6, 7, 7:30 p.m. Extravaganza. The North Central “among the best, boldest and most innovative vocalists Madden Theatre Jazz Trumpeter College Voices of Praise will perform with around” by Jazz Times Magazine and “a stunning singer gospel choirs from colleges and high schools. Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 with a lustrous voice and the technique, imagination and Art Davis Penned by Illinois-born Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard, daring of the best improvising instrumentalists” by jazz Friday, January 16, 8 p.m. Jim Peterik “True West” stages a famously tense confrontation critic Bob Protzman. Her CD “Promises to Burn” has been Madden Theatre between long-estranged brothers. Stakes rise and named one of the “Best CDs of 2014” by DownBeat Adults $20, Students and Seniors $15 & World Stage fortunes turn as two very different men chase their desires Magazine. BlogCritics writer Jack Goodstein says, “her while haunted by the mythologies of the American dream. voice is an instrument to be reckoned with—she is a force Saturday, January 24, 8 p.m. North Central College presents jazz faculty artist Art Directed by Erik Burke. Student Directed Series show. of nature.” Davis. Davis has been a busy performer and educator here Wentz Concert Hall since the early 1980s. He has toured with Ray Charles, Price Levels* $60, $50 Frank Sinatra and Rosemary Clooney and is a charter Following Jim Peterik’s momentous decision in the late ’90s Natalie Cole Blues at the Crossroads member of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. A longstanding to move on from the band he founded, Survivor, his first Saturday, February 7, 8 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 8 p.m. member of the Janice Borla Group, he is featured on Borla’s priority was to create the ultimate rock show. In January Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $95, $85, $75 Wentz Concert Hall, Price Levels* $65, $50 CD, “Promises to Burn,” as well as Jack Mouse’s current CD 2000, Peterik’s World Stage made its debut. By inviting the Multiple Grammy Award-winner A collision of today’s top blues talent, Blues at the “Range of Motion.” Davis has degrees in music education very best artists to the stage he was fortunate enough to be Natalie Cole revisits her family’s Crossroads is a soul spectacular not to be missed. and musicology from the University of Illinois. associated with and performing the hits they collaborated multicultural tradition and Headlining the show are The Soul Queen of New Orleans on and he created an unparalleled concert experience. introduces a new generation of fans to a beloved collection Irma Thomas, Faithful Man Lee Fields, Eric Krasno of Throughout the years, with Peterik as the show’s front of Latin music standards. Personally inspired by both the Soulive and Lettuce, Alecia Chakour—dubbed “breakout Chicago Sinfonietta man, World Stage has featured stars from myriad genres bilingual recording legacy of her father Nat King Cole and young artist” by the New York Times—and The Dynamites. including rock, pop, country and jazz. Both longtime and a growing passion for the timeless romanticism of the Blues, R&B and hip-hop fans will enjoy the versatile styles “Annual Tribute to new fans often proclaim the music of World Stage the great Latin music composers, Cole’s smooth, lush vocals of the performers in this unique collaboration of talent “soundtrack of their life.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” beautifully capture Latin music’s most romantic songs in a ranging from backbone-slipping high octane funk/soul Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m., captivating tribute to the genre’s legendary composers. freight train to strong, haunting melodies. Wentz Concert Hall, Price Levels* $58, $46, Janis Siegel Children and Students $10 North Central College Concert Choir Conductor Mei-Ann Chen leads a stirring tribute to the “Nightsongs” civil rights leader and his dream for a new generation by Sunday, January 25, 6 p.m. DuPage Symphony featuring today’s youth in a powerful, moving show. The Madden Theatre, Price Levels* $35, $30 concert opens with a new symphony from an African- Janis Siegel has built a career defying preconceptions Orchestra American teenager, moving into a sacred moment when and stereotypes with the rich, emotive vocals found in her child prodigy Sujari Britt performs “Saint-Saëns’ Violoncello wide-ranging work. Equally capable of producing quality “Gallic Glory” Concerto No. 1.” The program includes young Chicagoans music on motion picture soundtracks, jazz albums and Friday, February 6, 8 p.m. providing a fresh take on the orchestra’s performance of classical works, she has a rare depth and breadth as an Saturday, February 7, 8 p.m. Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” and ends with the powerhouse artist. A nine-time Grammy winner, Siegel is loved as a Wentz Concert Hall Waubonsie Valley Mosaic Choir offering a global take on longtime member of the band Manhattan Transfer and for Balcony: Adults $35, Seniors $31, Students $17 King’s legacy through a variety of gospels and spirituals. both her solo and her collaborative works. She presents Main floor:A dults $30, Seniors $26, Students $12 “Nightsongs” with noted pianist Addison Frei. The North Central College Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale join the DuPage Symphony Orchestra in a captivating

northcentralcollege.edu/shows performance of Poulenc’s “Gloria.” Also featured in the evening’s concert are Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and “La Valse.” | 4 | 630-637-SHOW (7469) *Price levels and seating charts page 18 North Central College performance 630-637-SHOW (7469) | 7 2015 February-March |

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Robin Spielberg

“SHOUT! The Fab Four

The Mod Musical” northcentralcollege.edu/shows by Phillip George and David Lowenstein The Hot Sardines “The Ultimate Tribute” featuring songs from the swinging ’60s Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m. Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $40, $30, $25 February 26, 27, 28, 7:30 p.m. March 1, 2 p.m. Experience The Beatles live like you never have before. Pfeiffer Hall The Hot Sardines The Fab Four presents “The Ultimate Tribute” with a Adults $15, Students and Seniors $10 Sunday, March 1, 6 p.m. precise attention to detail and uncanny note-for-note Wentz Concert Hall, Price Levels* $30, $25 renditions of such classics as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” This is a mod musical time machine that brings audiences “Yesterday,” “Twist and Shout,” “Hey Jude” and more. to the swinging England of the 1960s. While marketing The Hot Sardines’ sound—wartime Paris via New The show includes three costume changes, representing Béla Fleck and and media promised that every problem a woman faced Orleans—is steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano and every era of The Beatles’ career. This tribute, which has could be solved with a “fetching new hair style and a new the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and won an Emmy Award and four Telly Awards, has been well Abigail Washburn shade of lipstick,” a generation of women were redefining Fats Waller used to make: straight-up, foot-stomping jazz. received by fans around the world in places like Japan, themselves and their roles in society. “SHOUT!” is a The band’s jazz roots run deep and intertwine with French Australia, France and the United Kingdom. Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m. delightful celebration of the era featuring timeless popular influences via their frontwoman, “MizE lizabeth” Bougerol, Wentz Concert Hall, Price Levels* $65, $50 songs such as “Downtown,” “Goldfinger” and “Son of a who was born and raised in Paris. With their self-titled Banjoists Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have Preacher Man.” Directed by the North Central College seniors. debut album landing at No. 6 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Marianne Murphy mastered the deceptively intricate art of the duet. Their Charts, the band continues to gain new fans and build buzz performances embrace a diversity almost unthinkable, as they continue on with their debut United States tour. Orland coming from just two banjos and one voice. Washburn’s Sounds of Sunday, March 8, 6 p.m. beguiling composing, playing and singing blend with Madden Theatre, Price Levels* $35, $30 Fleck’s riveting and virtuosic musicianship to create New Music Festival An Evening with music both unique yet familiar in texture. Fleck, a Chicagoland favorite 15-time Grammy winner, and Washburn, an alumnus of “Renga” Jazz Vibraphonist Marianne Murphy Orland returns to North Central the powerhouse all-female stringband Uncle Earl, create Thursday, February 26, 7:30 p.m. with a touching tribute an explosive musical experience that carries audience Wentz Concert Hall Brad Stirtz members to a new level of appreciation. Friday, March 6, 8 p.m. to the legendary Karen Adults $15, Students and Faculty $5 Carpenter. Orland is Madden Theatre The fifth annual Sounds of New Music Festival at North joined by award-winning Adults $20, Students and Seniors $15 Robin Spielberg Central plans to be another fantastic celebration of composer/arranger, pianist contemporary music. This year presents the dynamic and singer George Howe Sunday, February 22, 6 p.m. North Central College presents jazz faculty artist Brad ensemble Renga. Clarinetist James Falzone’s internationally and multi-reed virtuoso Madden Theatre, Price Levels* $35, $30 Stirtz. Stirtz studied music at the American Conservatory Marianne recognized reed ensemble, Renga includes multi-reed of Music in Chicago, culminating in the master of music Michael B. Favreau. Her Murphy Orland One of America’s most beloved pianist/composers, Robin performers Ned Rothenberg and 1999 MacArthur Genius degree in percussion performance. Stirtz has been a versatile talent is sought Spielberg casts a spell on her audience that is palpable, Fellow Ken Vandermark. member of the summer faculty at Birch Creek Music after both nationally and locally and is often showcased visceral and spiritual. With a natural talent for making Academy in Door County, Wisconsin, for more than 20 in such notable Chicagoland venues as Park West, Drury THEATREWORKS USA her audiences feel comfortable, Spielberg transforms years, where he teaches jazz improvisation and the Lane and Metropolis Center for Performing Arts. an ordinary evening into a special event. Her expressive techniques of playing world percussion instruments. playing captivates listeners, while her storytelling about “Curious George” the origins of the music she presents draws the audience Saturday, February 28, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. DuPage Symphony closer to the pieces she shares. Known and loved Wentz Concert Hall Chords for Kids: worldwide, she currently has 16 recordings to her credit Adults $12, Children $6 (under 12) Orchestra and appears on more than 40 compilations. Concert for Children All-You-Can-Eat Meatball Day “Land of Lincoln” came just once a year. Curious with Autism Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m. George had been waiting all Wentz Concert Hall Check our website for month for that day, a day almost Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m. bigger than his birthday! On Meatball Day, George helps Wentz Concert Hall, Free (ticket required) Balcony: Adults $35, Seniors $31, Students $17 new performances added Main floor:A dults $30, Seniors $26, Students $12 his friend Chef Pisghetti cook some delicious meatballs and Music and motion come together as children with autism throughout the season. serve them to the hungry crowd. But this year, the crowd and other special needs enjoy performances by the College’s The 2015 DuPage Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists has vanished! Determined to help his friend, George goes on Concert Winds ensemble under the direction of Lawrence Audition winner performs in this special program a mission to enter the chef’s meatballs in the world-famous Van Oyen. The concert holds the motto “Wigglers Welcome” celebrating our country’s 16th president, featuring Roy Golden Meatball Contest in Rome. With every swing and will feature music targeted for the kids, including “The Harris’ Symphony No. 6 “Gettysburg” and Nolan Stolz’s

northcentralcollege.edu/shows and flip, George takes the audience through a fun-filled Chicken Dance” and songs from “SpongeBob SquarePants.” “Lincoln Highway Suite” with added visuals. adventure in which he learns more than he ever imagined! | 6 | 630-637-SHOW (7469) *Price levels and seating charts page 18 North Central College performance 630-637-SHOW (7469) | 9 2015 March-April |

Ohrganic T eater Company “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” T. Oliver Reid March 26, 27, 28, 7:30 p.m. Mummenschanz March 28, 29, 2 p.m. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall Mummenschanz Adults $30, Students and Seniors $20 “The Pirates of Penzance” If you could spend an evening with any two people, living “The Musicians of Silence” or dead, who would they be? Steve Martin offers an answer northcentralcollege.edu/shows in the form of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet T. Oliver Reid Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m. at a Parisian bar called the Lapin Agile in 1904. Both men Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $35, $25, $20 are on the verge of revolution—Picasso will soon set the “Drop Me Off In Harlem” Seen by millions in more than 60 countries, the innovative art world afire with cubism andE instein will transform Sunday, April 12, 6 p.m. Swiss theatrical pioneer Mummenschanz captivates audiences physics with his theory of relativity. The patrons of the Madden Theatre, Price Levels* $35, $30 of all ages. Members of the group humorously communicate Lapin Agile muse and debate the century’s achievements T. Oliver Reid brings a lifelong love of musical theater to the timeless truths and insights on the human condition using in this long-running, off-Broadway absurdist comedy. stage with such Broadway credits as “Chicago,” “Kiss Me, a purely nonverbal universal “language.” The group creates Sounds of Kate,” “Damn Yankees” and the 25th anniversary concert a playful and uniquely memorable theater experience of “Dreamgirls.” Winner of the Metropolitan Room’s “2010 through an inventive use of shadow and light and creative Robert Irvine Live New Music Festival Metrostar Challenge,” he was also a featured artist in manipulation of sculptural, expressive masks. The visually Friday, March 27, 8 p.m. the 21st New York Cabaret Convention the same year. His stunning spectacle is family-friendly entertainment that Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $50, $40, $35 “Picosa” passion for music has led him to share the stage with some sparks the imagination, transcends cultural barriers and With more than 25 years Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. of Broadway’s top performers including Robert Goulet, Jane dazzles audiences and generations of fans around the world. in the culinary profession, Wentz Concert Hall Krakowski, Blythe Danner and Brian Stokes Mitchell. THEATREWORKS USA Chef Robert Irvine brings Adults $15, Students and Faculty $5 his experience to The The fifth annualS ounds of New Music Festival at North Central “Miranda Writes” “The Lightning Thief” Food Network as host of promises to be another fantastic celebration of contemporary “Restaurant: Impossible” Written and Directed by Rae Lindenberg Sunday, March 15, Noon and 3 p.m. music. This year presents a dynamic ensemble Picosa; the and has been previously April 16, 17, 18, 7:30 p.m. Pfeiffer Hall Chicago-based virtuoso chamber ensemble will perform a seen on “Dinner: concert of cutting edge contemporary classical music. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall Adults $12, Children $6 (under 12) Impossible,” “Worst Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out Cooks in America” and In 1939, when a famous Hollywood studio executive is of boarding school. Again. And that’s the “The Next Iron Chef.” Revenge of the found murdered, courtroom stenographer Miranda Clarke least of his troubles. Lately, mythological With his “Robert Irvine seizes her chance to write a breakthrough script for the monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus Live” stage show, the Robert Irvine Rhythm Section silver screen. But as the trial unfolds, Clarke finds there is seem to be walking straight out of the seasoned, celebrated, far more to the case than an award-winning script. Part pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook no-nonsense chef takes his signature culinary sensibilities with Bassist Jim Cox and screwball comedy, part film noir-style murder mystery, and into his life. What’s worse, he’s to a whole new level, resulting in a high energy, “Miranda Writes” offers laughs and intrigue from inside angered a few of them. Zeus’ master interactive, multimedia and multi-sensory theatrical Drummer Jack Mouse a world where it feels like anything is possible—if you’ve lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy experience that offers numerous opportunities for Friday, April 10, 8 p.m. got enough moxie, kid. Student Directed Series Show. is the prime suspect. Percy has 10 days to find and return audience participation as Irvine faces new and unique Madden Theatre Zeus’ stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount culinary challenges. Olympus. Join Percy on this quest adapted from the book Adults $20, Students and Seniors $15 “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan. North Central College presents jazz faculty artists, bassist Deana Martin Jim Cox and drummer Jack Mouse, along with guest Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. artists from among the jazz faculty. Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $35, $25, $20 Deana Martin is a world-class New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players entertainer equally comfortable Chicago Sinfonietta with a celebrated symphony in “The Pirates of a legendary concert hall or on an “Primal Instincts” Penzance” intimate stage with a swinging Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m., Wentz Concert Hall jazz quintet. Martin’s smooth, silky Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. voice combined with her passion Price Levels* $58, $46, Children and Students $10 Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $40, $30, $25 for the classic lyrics and melodies Gluttony, lust, passion, grief—be ready to have your most primitive impulses One of the best-loved pieces of musical theatre, “The of the Great American Songbook triggered when you are moved by the first notes from the tragic tale of Pirates of Penzance” leaves the audience and performers make her the perfect torchbearer “Carmen” by Georges Bizet. Things heat up with a new tango jazz-inspired Deana Martin alike with a timeless, giddy joy. This show, directed and to keep these songs alive for today’s work featuring incendiary Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato. The orchestra Photo credit: Pat Lambert conducted by Albert Bergeret is performed in its original generation. Daughter of the great delivers the final primordial blow with one of the most overpowering works format. The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players bring Dean Martin, she inherited her of all time, Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” inspired by medieval texts about the musical alive with energy and a contemporary sense father’s love of entertaining others. She instinctively knows Cristina Pato the fickleness of fate and fortune. of humor. The show combines the rich sound of a full the power of a great song and wields that power on stage northcentralcollege.edu/shows orchestra, chorus and thrilling vocal soloists and resonates as someone who has a true, abiding love for the music and

| with classic elegance and power. respect of the legacy she carries on. 8 | 630-637-SHOW (7469) *Price levels and seating charts page 18 North Central College performance 630-637-SHOW (7469) | 11 2015 APril-MAY |

John Michael Coppola Photo credit: Metropolis Patti LuPone Performing Arts Centre Photo credit: Richard Termine Russian National Ballet Theatre DuPage Symphony

Orchestra northcentralcollege.edu/shows Women’s Chorale Patti LuPone Chamber Singers “Iberian Inspirations” Saturday, May 9, 8 p.m. “Finale!” Concert Wentz Concert Hall “Far Away Places” “Metamorphosis” Sunday, May 17, 4 p.m. Balcony: Adults $35, Seniors $31, Students $17 Wentz Concert Hall Friday, April 24, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. Main floor:A dults $30, Seniors $26, Students $12 Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $70, $60, $50 Wentz Concert Hall Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 Virtuoso guitar player Denis Azabagic performs Rodrigo’s Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 The Women’s Chorale closes its season with a program In her new, critically acclaimed concert “Far Away Places,” famous “Concierto de Aranjuez.” The Orchestra also of outstanding women’s repertoire and a farewell to two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone shares her A year-end retrospective of the season, “Metamorphosis” captures the audience’s imagination with Manuel de Falla’s graduating seniors. penchant for wanderlust by taking us on a musical journey showcases the Chamber Singers in a widely varied program colorful ballet score, “The Three Cornered Hat” and other with thrilling renditions of songs by an eclectic list of of sacred, secular, contemporary and multicultural music. delightful Spanish works. songwriters including Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Willie Nelson, Kurt Weill, Edith Piaf, Frederick Hollander Concert Choir and the Bee Gees. Best known for her stage work, LuPone Russian National Preservation Hall also has earned two Grammy Awards, made multiple Graduation Concert television and film appearances and authored aN ew York Ballet Theatre Jazz Band Thursday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall Times bestseller, “Patti LuPone: A Memoir.” Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m. “Swan Lake” Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 THEATREWORKS USA Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $40, $30, $20 Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. The annual Graduation Concert features the Concert Drawing from deep roots of legendary players like George Pfeiffer Hall, Price Levels* $35, $25, $20 Choir in a program of sacred, secular, contemporary Lewis, Sweet Emma Barrett and Kid Thomas Valentine— “The Paper Bag and multicultural music and includes a wide variety of In a soulful display, the dancers of the Russian National all original stars of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band— repertoire and a farewell to graduating seniors. Princess & Ballet Theatre share the story of a young prince coming today’s band members are bridging the gap between of age and falling in love in “Swan Lake.” Deception soon traditional jazz and the younger generation. Currently on Other Stories” follows, leaving the prince to fight for the love of his life. a world tour promoting its album “That’s It,” the band Cardinal Chorus Led by legendary Bolshoi principal dancer Elena Radchenko, weaves its traditional New Orleans roots with a fresh Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. also the company’s artistic director, the dancers present Pfeiffer Hall, Adults $12, Children $6 (under 12) style. Punchy horn-section riffs recalling the Ellington Spring Concert this time-honored, full-length ballet with grace and beauty, big band sound, funky tuba lines and backbeat drumming sweeping the audience to another time and place. Tuesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. Theatreworks USA revive a bygone era for all generations. presents this thrilling Wentz Concert Hall adventure by Robert Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 Munsch. When a “Hedda Gabler” John Michael Coppola The final performance of the season for the Cardinal Chorus ferocious dragon by Henrik Ibsen includes a wide variety of repertoire and a farewell to smashes Princess May 7, 8, 9, 7:30 p.m. “A Jersey Voice: graduating seniors. Jacqueline Schutt, conductor and Elizabeth’s castle, May 9, 2 p.m. Jon Warfel, accompanist. burns all her fancy clothes and kidnaps her beloved prince, Sinatra to Springsteen and she dons a paper bag and comes to the rescue. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall Adults $10, Students and Seniors $8 Everyone in Between” Spring Great Arguably the most famous playwright of the European Sunday, May 17, 6 p.m. Concert Winds Realist tradition, Henrik Ibsen sparked controversy with Madden Theatre, Price Levels* $35, $30 Evening of Jazz this classic’s title character. Considered by many to be “ A Jersey Voice,” stars John Michael Coppola and his Wednesday, May 27, 7:30 p.m. Return from Tour among the most fantastic roles of the Western dramatic five-piece band, as they captivate audiences with a few Wentz Concert Hall canon, “Hedda” is merely one of the multiple psychologically stories of Coppola’s journey from New Jersey to Chicago Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 Concert rich characterizations that has fascinated viewers of this to be part of Chicago’s “Jersey Boys.” “A Jersey Voice” has Wednesday, April 29, 8 p.m. shocking play since the late 1800s. packed houses throughout the country with songs from the Wentz Concert Hall 1940s through today, made popular by a variety of artists Concert Winds Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 including Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Final Spring and The Concert Winds, known for its outstanding sound and of course, Frankie Valli. Oh what a night it will be...and an exciting performances, returns from its annual tour to evening of entertainment you’re sure to love! Alumni Concert present a home concert. Saturday, May 30, 7 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall northcentralcollege.edu/shows Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3 | 10 | 630-637-SHOW (7469) *Price levels and seating charts page 18 North Central College performance MAUGUSTay- 2015 Art Gallery SCHEDULE

Kris Allen Schoenherr Oesterle Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m. Pfeiffer Hall, Adults $10, Students $5 Gallery LIBRARy Gallery “American Idol” winner Kris Allen has captivated millions Carrie Ann Schumacher Matthew Litteken around the world with his hook-filled pop melodies and heartfelt lyrics. The singer-songwriter and his band will “Build Her a Myth” December 14, 2014 - February 5 perform songs from his third full-length album “Horizons,” December 12, 2014 - February 1 produced by Grammy-nominated Charlie Peacock, as well “Build Her a Myth” as previous hits like the platinum-selling “Live Like We’re showcases the couture Dying.” USA Today says, “Kris takes an eclectic music mix dresses Schumacher creates and makes it accessible, with lyrics that take a tender and from the pages of romance ultimately positive view of the world.” Kris Allen novels. The collection examines the demands that feminine culture places “Doctor Faustus upon women by utilizing the garment as a social signifier. Lights the Lights” “Build Her a Myth” reflects by Gertrude Stein Summer Musicals this seductive beauty, as well as the complete uselessness June 4, 5, 6, 7:30 p.m. Show TBA of the feminine myths we “PTSD Nation: Art and June 7, 2 p.m. July 10, 11, 17, 18, 7:30 p.m. have created and passed down Madden Theatre Poetry From Survivors July 12, 19, 2 p.m. generation to generation. Adults $10, Students and Seniors $8 Pfeiffer Hall of War, Gun Violence, In this legendary modernist puzzle of a play by one of the Adults $18, Students and Seniors, $12 “Breaking Criminal and Domestic Abuse” self-described geniuses of the 20th century, Dr. Faustus Traditions” sells his soul to the devil so he can create electric light. The first show for theN orth Central College Summer Diana Bilovsky North Central theatre professor/director Kelly Howe and Music Theatre season will be. . . sorry, but we’re not Charles Gniech, Cheryl Jefferson, February 8 - April 2 music professor/composer Jonathon Kirk collaborate with able to announce it until April 5. Sorry to keep this so Richard Laurent students on this artistic adventure, guided by a script that mysterious and we’re not trying to be spooky. It will be February 9 - April 6 directed and choreographed by Susan Craig-Olsen. has challenged and intrigued experimental theatre-makers The exhibit features for the better part of a century. some of the country’s Address and Hours “The Music Man” most accomplished July 31, August 1, 7, 8, 7:30 p.m. artists working Schoenherr Gallery is open to the public and Chicago Sinfonietta located at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. August 2, 9, 2 p.m. with noted curator Hours: Pfeiffer Hall and painter Charles “United We Stand” - Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Adults $18, Students and Seniors, $12 Gniech, author and Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m. TED speaker Cheryl - Monday & Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall, Price Levels* $58, $46, “The Music Man,” one of the most loved musicals in the Jefferson and - Sunday: Noon-5 p.m. Children and Students $10 American musical theatre repertoire, is coming to North award-winning painter Central College this summer. The fast-talking, slipperier - One hour before most performances Our shared experiences as Americans unite us in ways Richard Laurent. “Breaking Criminal Traditions” is an than a Mississippi sturgeon Harold Hill wins the hearts of in the Fine Arts Center that lead to different expressions by each of us—some exploration of human rights and criminal traditions as seen those stubborn River City, Iowa, residents. In the process, are inspired to create music, while others serve in the through the eyes of fine artists.T his culmination of work he gets his foot caught in the door, falling for Marian Paroo, Oesterle Library Gallery is open to the military. Some do both, like Vietnam War veteran James is an effort to create awareness of centuries-old rituals the town librarian. A show filled with catchy tunes, great public and located at 320 E. School Street. Hours: “Kimo” Williams, whose music offers a unique tribute to and new patterns of injustice and violence growing in all dancing and a wonderful barbershop quartet, this is - Monday-Thursday: 7:45 a.m.-Midnight our service members. Experience America through the cultures today. perfect entertainment for the entire family. - Friday: 7:45 a.m.-8 p.m. eyes of Williams and two others, Charles Ives and Antonín Dvor˘ák. 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Bartley and Maricela BG Box Office Madden Theatre 171 E. Chicago Ave. Located in the Fine Arts Center. 171 E. Chicago Ave. A versatile 150-seat black box experimental theatre adjacent to Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center for 32 Wentz Concert Hall theatre productions, lectures and film screenings. Pfeiffer Hall Koten Chapel at Kiekhofer Hall and Fine Arts Center 310 E. Benton Ave. 329 E. School St. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall Theatrical productions, recitals, choral and instrumental This distinctive chapel built in 1913 today incorporates modern performances are hosted throughout the year at this historic technologies for lighting and acoustics along with seating for 150. 31 S. Ellsworth St. west suburban magnet for the arts. Built in 1926, it features Features a 239-seat theatre with a thrust stage for lectures, a 1,057-seat auditorium with a modern sound system. film screenings, musical and theatre productions. Schoenherr Gallery 171 E. Chicago Ave.

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“The room is physically intimate but with a large vertical space and other features that allow for full resonance and reverberation. Just a 40-minute train ride from Chicago’s Union Station, Wentz is a worthy additional venue for the metropolitan area.”

Andrew Patner, WFMT/Chicago Sun-Times classical music writer, about a Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance in Wentz Concert Hall.