|
|
 Box Office phones: (847) 931-5900 • TDD (847) 931-5995 Box Office hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Saturday noon to 4 p.m. The Box Office remains open during all Hemmens-sponsored shows The Will-Call window is located in The Hemmens Lobby north of the Box Office. Tickets are available 24/7 by calling the Box Office and can be purchased using MasterCard, Visa, Discover and Novus. Tickets may also be purchased on-line. |
Robert Hanson, Conductor
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
Sunset on a beach that’s still warm from the sun. Purple and orange streaks fill the sky as twilight approaches. The sounds of a guitar float along the currents of a soft breeze. The sultry melodies of Bolero and Habanera heat up the night, and passions stir as guitarist Jason Vieaux performs one of the most famous and beloved guitar compositions of all: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
Chabrier Habanera
Bizet Symphony No. 1 in C major
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel Bolero
Robert Hanson, Conductor
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
Sunset on a beach that’s still warm from the sun. Purple and orange streaks fill the sky as twilight approaches. The sounds of a guitar float along the currents of a soft breeze. The sultry melodies of Bolero and Habanera heat up the night, and passions stir as guitarist Jason Vieaux performs one of the most famous and beloved guitar compositions of all: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
Chabrier Habanera
Bizet Symphony No. 1 in C major
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel Bolero
Guest, Conductor
Chu-Fang Huang, Piano
Prometheus and Beethoven were legendary titans. One was based in mythology, the other became a legend. One brought fire to warm the human race; the other an equally momentous gift of splendid music. The ESO presents an all-Beethoven performance, including Piano Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor" Concerto, performed by the stunningly talented young pianist, Chu-Fang Huang, described by one reviewer as "an empress of the keyboard.”
Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of
Prometheus, op. 43
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major,
op. 73 “Emperor”
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
Guest, Conductor
Mike Runyan, Harmonica
Join the ESO for a rollicking trip through the Old West as the orchestra performs a wide selection of favorite themes from television and movie westerns. Match wits with your fellow concert-goers in a "Match the Music" game. Harmonica virtuoso Mike Runyan, who first picked up the harmonica as a kid in the back seat of the family station wagon, wows the audience with his first-rate skills!
Mike Runyan, Harmonica
Join the ESO for a rollicking trip through the Old West as the orchestra performs a wide selection of favorite themes from television and movie westerns. Match wits with your fellow concert-goers in a "Match the Music" game. Harmonica virtuoso Mike Runyan, who first picked up the harmonica as a kid in the back seat of the family station wagon, wows the audience with his first-rate skills!
Robert Hanson, Conductor
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
Sunset on a beach that’s still warm from the sun. Purple and orange streaks fill the sky as twilight approaches. The sounds of a guitar float along the currents of a soft breeze. The sultry melodies of Bolero and Habanera heat up the night, and passions stir as guitarist Jason Vieaux performs one of the most famous and beloved guitar compositions of all: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
Chabrier Habanera
Bizet Symphony No. 1 in C major
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel Bolero
Guest, Conductor
Mike Runyan, Harmonica
Join the ESO for a rollicking trip through the Old West as the orchestra performs a wide selection of favorite themes from television and movie westerns. Match wits with your fellow concert-goers in a "Match the Music" game. Harmonica virtuoso Mike Runyan, who first picked up the harmonica as a kid in the back seat of the family station wagon, wows the audience with his first-rate skills!
2 p.m. Activities | 3:30 p.m. Concert
Randal Swiggum, Host
The ancient Greeks marveled. Kings and queens prized their enchantment. Their power to imitate the human voice is legendary. They are bowed, plucked, struck, and knocked. They are the string family! Hear the witty conversation of a string quartet, a rockin’ electric violin, the magical harp, and music from Bach to bluegrass, plus an exciting grand finale!
Friday 5pm-10pm
admission $10
($2 off Friday admission if you dress in vintage!)
Early buying is available at 3 pm for $60.
Two full floors filled with 75 booths of the finest vintage fashion exhibitors anywhere!
Free parking!
Cocktail Bar, Vintage Clothing Contest & Live Rockabilly Friday Evening!
Saturday 10am-5pm
admission $6
Two full floors filled with 75 booths of the finest vintage fashion exhibitors anywhere!
Free parking!
Gourmet café all weekend - Demonstrations Saturday!
THE
COLOROF
JUSTICE
Theatreworks USA proudly presents the story of a courageous young girl and a great warrior for justice, and their battle for equal rights. Our story begins in the 1950s, a time in America when signs indicating "Colored" and "White" were prominently hung on restroom doors, restaurant windows and drinking fountains. A time when every school child knew that people in coloring books had to have pink skin, and white dolls with blond hair and blue eyes were really the "prettiest." A time in America when many schools were segregated and the practice of "separate but equal" was upheld by the United States Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall, prominent legal counsel for the NAACP, has been traveling around the country looking for families who will challenge the segregation law, who have the courage to take their lawsuits all the way to the nation's highest. One fateful day, he arrives in Topeka looking for a family who would step forward and join the battle in the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education. And he finds the Carter family. Eight-year-old Grace Carter is tired of "colored" schools having to settle for ripped books and hand-me-down school supplies from well equipped white schools. She cannot understand why "colored" students have to mop their floors and clean their windows when the white schools have custodial staff, leaving their students free to concentrate on learning. But most importantly, she and her family -- and the entire "colored race"-- is "craving light, " the kind of light you can't find in a segregated school system. And so the little girl and the great man begin a battle. A battle against bigots and Klansmen. A battle against fearful friends and neighbors who want to leave well-enough alone. A battle that costs Mr. Carter his job and Grace her best friend. But a battle that they ultimately win, changing their lives and the lives of black schoolchildren all over America.
THE
COLOROF
JUSTICE
Theatreworks USA proudly presents the story of a courageous young girl and a great warrior for justice, and their battle for equal rights. Our story begins in the 1950s, a time in America when signs indicating "Colored" and "White" were prominently hung on restroom doors, restaurant windows and drinking fountains. A time when every school child knew that people in coloring books had to have pink skin, and white dolls with blond hair and blue eyes were really the "prettiest." A time in America when many schools were segregated and the practice of "separate but equal" was upheld by the United States Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall, prominent legal counsel for the NAACP, has been traveling around the country looking for families who will challenge the segregation law, who have the courage to take their lawsuits all the way to the nation's highest. One fateful day, he arrives in Topeka looking for a family who would step forward and join the battle in the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education. And he finds the Carter family. Eight-year-old Grace Carter is tired of "colored" schools having to settle for ripped books and hand-me-down school supplies from well equipped white schools. She cannot understand why "colored" students have to mop their floors and clean their windows when the white schools have custodial staff, leaving their students free to concentrate on learning. But most importantly, she and her family -- and the entire "colored race"-- is "craving light, " the kind of light you can't find in a segregated school system. And so the little girl and the great man begin a battle. A battle against bigots and Klansmen. A battle against fearful friends and neighbors who want to leave well-enough alone. A battle that costs Mr. Carter his job and Grace her best friend. But a battle that they ultimately win, changing their lives and the lives of black schoolchildren all over America.
At long last, Baby Bird emerges from her shell and expects to be greeted by her mother’s song. But her mother is not there. Where is she? Why isn’t she home? Not knowing that her mother has left the nest to gather food, Baby Bird decides to find her. While searching, Baby Bird meets an array of colorful characters - Cat, Dog, and Hen - each of whom she greets with the simple plea: are you my mother? Unfortunately for Baby Bird, neither Cat nor Dog nor Hen turns out to be her mother. Baby Bird, however, is persistent. She is determined to find her mother no matter what. Her courage is bolstered by the unlikely “family” of characters who are ready to lend a paw or a wing to help their friend. Based on P.D. Eastman’s classic picture book for young readers, Are You My Mother? is ArtsPower’s enchanting musical about Baby Bird’s journey – an adventure that overflows with love, dedication, and friendship. Adapted for the stage by playwright and lyricist Greg Gunning and composer Richard DeRosa, Are You My Mother? shows children and adults alike how loss can be turned into empowerment and how Baby Bird ends up finding more than she is looking for.
At long last, Baby Bird emerges from her shell and expects to be greeted by her mother’s song. But her mother is not there. Where is she? Why isn’t she home? Not knowing that her mother has left the nest to gather food, Baby Bird decides to find her. While searching, Baby Bird meets an array of colorful characters - Cat, Dog, and Hen - each of whom she greets with the simple plea: are you my mother? Unfortunately for Baby Bird, neither Cat nor Dog nor Hen turns out to be her mother. Baby Bird, however, is persistent. She is determined to find her mother no matter what. Her courage is bolstered by the unlikely “family” of characters who are ready to lend a paw or a wing to help their friend. Based on P.D. Eastman’s classic picture book for young readers, Are You My Mother? is ArtsPower’s enchanting musical about Baby Bird’s journey – an adventure that overflows with love, dedication, and friendship. Adapted for the stage by playwright and lyricist Greg Gunning and composer Richard DeRosa, Are You My Mother? shows children and adults alike how loss can be turned into empowerment and how Baby Bird ends up finding more than she is looking for.
Buy Tickets Now!
IMPROV SATURDAYS
WITH GREENROOM PRODUCTIONS
Sit back, relax and prepare to laugh!
100% clean. 99.27% hilarious. For over 10 years GreenRoom has been performing their unique improv show for thousands of people both old and young alike. Now they are bringing that show for an extended stay to the Hemmens’ lower level 200-seat Cabaret Theater in the Round!
Imagine an hour and a half of complete improvisation, a la Whose Line is it Anyway? GreenRoom’s improvisers take audience suggestions and true-life audience stories and turn them into hilarious theatre pieces right before your eyes! GreenRoom Productions, a semi-professional ensemble-based theatre company that specializes in improvisation, produces a full season of shows each year including musicals, plays, improv, and original sketch comedy. GreenRoom was founded by a group of Judson University (Elgin, IL) students in 1999 as a result of the cancellation of the school's Theatre program. Since then GreenRoom has performed nationally for a wide range of audiences and events.
With competing improv teams, improvised songs, audience members on stage, and tons of energy, these family-friendlyshows are ones you won’t soon forget. Oh, and did we mention there’s a live band? Don’t miss fun and carefree evenings out filled with hilarity and frivolity! Learn more about GreenRoom: www.greenroomtheater.com
First Saturday of the monthSeptember 2011 though March 2012(Excluding January)
Adults $12, Students & Seniors $8 (50% off ticket price with GreenCard)
IMPROV SATURDAYS
WITH GREENROOM PRODUCTIONS
Sit back, relax and prepare to laugh!
100% clean. 99.27% hilarious. For over 10 years GreenRoom has been performing their unique improv show for thousands of people both old and young alike. Now they are bringing that show for an extended stay to the Hemmens’ lower level 200-seat Cabaret Theater in the Round!
Imagine an hour and a half of complete improvisation, a la Whose Line is it Anyway? GreenRoom’s improvisers take audience suggestions and true-life audience stories and turn them into hilarious theatre pieces right before your eyes! GreenRoom Productions, a semi-professional ensemble-based theatre company that specializes in improvisation, produces a full season of shows each year including musicals, plays, improv, and original sketch comedy. GreenRoom was founded by a group of Judson University (Elgin, IL) students in 1999 as a result of the cancellation of the school's Theatre program. Since then GreenRoom has performed nationally for a wide range of audiences and events.
With competing improv teams, improvised songs, audience members on stage, and tons of energy, these family-friendlyshows are ones you won’t soon forget. Oh, and did we mention there’s a live band? Don’t miss fun and carefree evenings out filled with hilarity and frivolity! Learn more about GreenRoom: www.greenroomtheater.com
First Saturday of the monthSeptember 2011 though March 2012(Excluding January)
Adults $12, Students & Seniors $8 (50% off ticket price with GreenCard)
