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Deana Martin Photo credit: Pat Lambert The Fab Four NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE Russian National SEASON Ballet Theatre 2015 WINTER/SPRING Natalie Cole Robert Irvine 630-637-SHOW (7469) | 3 | 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.
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