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Friday, December 7, 2018

HELP OUT: FREE FRIENDRAISER EVENT AT THE MAC DEC. 14 FOR BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE

BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE CELEBRATES 
NEW AND OLD FRIENDS AT FREE 
“GIVE STORIES LIFE” 
FRIENDRAISER EVENT 
AT THE MAC DEC. 14


Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center, hosts a “Give Stories Life” Friendraiser benefit BTE at the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., on the campus of College of DuPage, Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.

This event will serve as an opportunity for the public to learn more about BTE and join members of the BTE Ensemble and Board as they celebrate BTE’s joining of the Glen Ellyn Chamber, and acknowledge Dr. Donald G. Westlake’s enduring support of the company. This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested but not required. To RSVP or for more information email ab@btechicago.com.

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a reception featuring light refreshments and beverages. A ceremonial ribbon cutting will take place at 6:30 p.m. to mark BTE’s inaugural year with the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce. The evening will also provide a quick look back via trailers of moments from some of BTE's recent productions and, at 7 p.m., a program by Dr. Donald G.  Westlake, featuring some of his memoirs, including regarding BTE. The evening will conclude with a look at the scenic build in process for BTE’s next production, “Defiance” by John Patrick Shanley, directed by BTE Ensemble Member, Kurt Naebig (Jan. 31-March 3) and a backstage tour.

“Don has seen all of our productions, since BTE's inception, and has been a strong advocate for us, always, including our 2016 return to our residence at the MAC. We would not be who and where we are without his enduring support,” BTE Artistic Director Connie Canaday Howard.

Westlake, currently a resident of Wheaton, grew up in Elburn Ill. and received his B.S. in Ed. from Northern Illinois University. He was a mathematics and physical education teacher in his home town before becoming an analytical chemist at Argonne and, then, in the U.S. Army. He received his Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Iowa State University before returning to Argonne in 1959. Dr. Westlake retired in 1984 as a Senior Scientist in the Materials Science Division of the Argonne National Laboratory. As an author he has written two books co-authored with his late wife Helen Gum Westlake, plus a book of poetry, “Elburn: Forty-four Miles to Chicago,” which received the Studs Terkel Award from the Illinois Humanities Council. His stories can be heard on the podcast “Reflections from the Cloud.”



Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

The mission of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble is to provide a forum in which artists, scholars, writers, students and community members explore new ideas and provocative issues through the production of high-quality theater for the enjoyment of its audiences. Since 1986 BTE has staged more than 117 productions. For more information about BTE visit btechicago.com.

BTE thanks the DuPage Foundation for their generous support in the reinstatement and continued operation of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. BTE also thanks the Norm Woodel Inspiration Fund for its assistance in the rebirth and further development of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble.

2018-2019 shows include Chicago Premiere of “The Dingdong, or How the French Kiss,” a new adaptation by Mark Shanahan from “Le Dindon” by Georges Feydeau (Sept. 6-Oct.7); “Defiance” by John Patrick Shanley, directed by BTE Ensemble Member, Kurt Naebig (Jan. 31-March 3) and “Miracle on South Division Street” by Tom Dudzick, directed by Steve Scott (May 2-June 2). For tickets or more information, visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

OPENING: BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE BACK WITH MUSICAL WINNER “DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER”

Chi, IL LIVE Shows On Our Radar:

BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE OPENS 2016-2017
"YEAR OF THE PHOENIX" SEASON WITH MARC CAMOLETTI’S
TONY-NOMINATED COMEDY
“DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER” 
DIRECTED BY KURT NAEBIG SEPT. 8 – OCT. 9


After a three-year hiatus Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) opens its 2016-2017 “Year of the Phoenix” Season in the McAninch Arts Center’s intimate Playhouse Theatre with Marc Camoletti’s “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” directed by BTE Ensemble member Kurt Naebig,* Sept. 8 – Oct. 9. This production marks the return of the professional Equity company as the MAC’s resident theater company. There will be a preview performance on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m.; press opening is Friday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. Performances run through Sunday, Oct. 9.

Hidden identities and outrageous situations take center stage in this hysterically funny sequel to Camoletti’s “Boeing Boeing.” The Chicago Tribune has hailed “Don’t Dress for Dinner” as “…a comedy of confusion that almost collapses under the weight of duplicity, mistaken identity, and extramarital affairs, but somehow stays in the air like a precarious but well-built soufflé;” and the Guardian lauds,“Hurtling along at the speed of light, this breathtaking farce is a near faultless piece of theatrical invention.” 

“Don’t Dress for Dinner” was a smash hit in Paris, under the title of “Pyjamas Pour Six” where it played for more than two years. After London producer Mark Furness commissioned playwright Robin Hawdon to do a rewrite of the play, it was retitled “Don’t Dress for Dinner” and went on to run for six years at the U.K.’s Apollo and Duchess Theatres. It has since played in theaters throughout the English-speaking world and had its Broadway debut in 2012, where it was nominated for two Tony Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards and featured Jennifer Tilly in the role of Suzanne.


“Don’t Dress for Dinner” is set in a country house in France on the evening when Bernard’s wife, Jacqueline, is scheduled to be out of town visiting her mother. Bernard takes advantage of the situation and plans a dinner for himself, his mistress, Suzanne, and old friend Robert. Bernard is unaware that Robert is having an affair with Jacqueline, who immediately cancels her visit to her mother when she learns of Robert’s arrival. 

Catering the dinner is the smart and sassy Suzette. Due to the similarity in Suzette and Suzanne’s names, Robert mistakenly assumes Suzette is Bernard’s mistress, and the things quickly spiral into a quagmire of suspicions and farcical old-fashioned hanky-panky, ultimately culminating in each character gaining a new sense of respect and commitment to the relationships in their lives.

Says director Naebig, “What a blessing it is to have the talented BTE Ensemble together again!  The dedication these theater artists have to their craft, coupled with their desire to help to teach and boost the careers of budding actors in the COD theater program, is something quite extraordinary. I’m so excited BTE is back up and running, and I’m especially pleased to have the honor to direct one of the funniest plays of the last 30 years. Both our loyal supporters and new subscribers are going to love this show.”  

The cast for “Don’t Dress for Dinner” includes Chicago’s Robert Jordan Bailey* (Robert); Downers Grove’s Connie Canaday Howard* (Jacqueline); Chicago’s Nick DuFloth (George); Chicago’s Rebecca Cox (Suzette); LaGrange’s Laura Leonardo Ownby (Suzanne) and Western Spring’s Brad Walker (Bernard).

The design team includes Lombard’s Kurt Naebig* (Director); Aurora’s Michael Moon* (Set Design); Addison’s Kimberly Morris (Costume Design); Glen Ellyn’s Jon Gantt* (Lighting Design); Lenox, Iowa’s Galen Ramsey* (Sound Design); Chicago’s Brad Sauper and Jillian Luce (Properties Design) and Muncie, Ind.’s Jon Tovar (Fight Choreographer).

Tickets:
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents Marc Camoletti’s “Don’t Dress for Dinner” directed by Kurt Naebig in the Playhouse Theatre of the McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage Sept. 8 – Oct. 9. There will be a preview performance on Thursday, Sept. 8; press opening is Friday, Sept. 9. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. (Sept. 17 and Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m.) and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35. Rush discounted priced tickets (subject to availability) may be purchased in person at the box office from noon – 2 p.m. on the day of the performance. For tickets or more information visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000.

In addition to “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s 2016-2017 three-play “Year of the Phoenix” season includes David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” directed by Connie Canaday Howard (Feb. 2-March 5) and Alan Ayckbourn’s “Improbable Fiction” directed by Bryan Burke (May 4-June 4). Throughout this “Year of the Phoenix” Season BTE seeks to build financial stability, establish a sustainable structure through engagement with manifold communities.

BTE Company members and visiting artists are a vital part of both the college’s educational mission and the fabric of the community through programming that includes producing a three-show season beginning with the 2016-2017 season, creating master classes for students, presenting demonstrations of theater arts, hosting performance talk backs and subscriber nights, and participating in community outreach.
  
Since 1986 BTE has staged more than 110 shows. In 2013, BTE went on hiatus, following the College of DuPage’s decision to not house BTE. This past April, following a strong more than two year campaign by BTE supporters, the COD board reconsidered. Currently, BTE is scheduled to receive a financial commitment from COD for the first two years of operation while BTE establishes itself as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes, and the relationship will be reviewed. For more information about BTE visit BTEChicago.com.

* Denotes Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Company member 


The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage is located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, and houses three performance spaces (the 780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; the 236-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; and the versatile black box Studio Theatre), plus the Cleve Carney Art Gallery, classrooms for the college’s academic programming and the Lakeside Pavilion. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 75,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season.

The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information about the MAC, visit AtTheMAC.org, facebook.com/AtTheMAC or twitter.com/AtTheMAC.

The McAninch Arts Center is supported in part by the College of DuPage Foundation. Programs at the MAC are partially supported through funding from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Monday, May 6, 2013

ACT OUT OPENING: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents “Trumbo—Red, White and Blacklisted” Through May 19




BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE CONCLUDES 2012-2013 SEASON WITH
“TRUMBO — RED, WHITE AND BLACKLISTED” MAY 3-19, 2013


This timely drama is high on our must see list here at ChiIL Live Shows.   


Trumbo - Red, White and Blacklisted
McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn

Presented by Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

Thru - May 19, 2013

Thursdays:
8:00pm
Fridays:
8:00pm
Saturdays:
8:00pm
Sundays:
2:00pm

Price: $25-$33
Show Type: Drama
Box Office: 630-942-4000

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) concludes its 2012-2013 Season with  Christopher Trumbo’s “Trumbo – Red, White and Blacklisted" directed by Ensemble Member and Lombard’s own Kurt Naebig. The two-man cast will feature BTE Ensemble Member and Glen Ellyn’s  Bryan Burke as Christopher Trumbo, and Chicago’s Ben Werling as Dalton. All performances take place at the Building K Theatre on the College of DuPage Campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill. through May 19. 
 
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo, author of the classic films “Spartacus,” “Roman Holiday” and “Exodus” refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was found in contempt of Congress and was sent to prison and blacklisted as one of the infamous “Hollywood Ten.” Written as homage to his father, Christopher Trumbo’s two-man show, “Trumbo-Red, White and Blacklisted” is inspired by Dalton’s brilliant and razor-sharp letters written to family, friends, former friends, and acquaintances, and sheds new light on how the Dalton took on Congress, Hollywood, and the Red Scare -- and won. "Positively sizzles with wit...sweet, sad and ultimately uplifting,” says Variety.
 
“This play is about rising above adversity for the greater good, with little regard for what the cost may be to oneself,” says director Naebig. “It’s about holding onto ones core beliefs, and fighting for truth…what’s right for the country and those who live in it. I’m hoping this play gives the audience some good food for thought, even encourages a little soul searching and inspires some good conversations in those car rides home after the show as only theater can do.”

Other members of the design team include Westmaont’s Galen G. Ramsey (set, projections, property and sound design), Aurora’s Michael W. Moon (lighting design), and Chicago’s Allison R. Amidei (costume, hair & makeup design). Jill Yetsky is stage manager.
 
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents “Trumbo – Red, White and Blacklisted" through May 19.  Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $33. $2 discounts are available for non-COD students and seniors age 60 and over. For more information, call the MAC Ticket Office at (630) 942-4000, or purchase tickets online at www.AtTheMAC.org.
 
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, under the direction of artistic director Connie Canaday Howard and associate artistic director Amelia Barrett is a professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. It is rooted in the idea that an acting ensemble and company, who have a history of working together and have developed a sense of trust and community, can create better art.  It is committed to the American tradition of creating believable characters in the context of the production's style. BTE’s 2011-2012 26th season includes David Rambo's "The Lady with All the Answers" (Sept. 7 - 23), "The Underpants," by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin  (Jan. 18 - Feb. 3) and Christopher Trumbo's "Trumbo-Red, White & Blacklisted"  (May 3 - 19).
 
The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, houses three performance spaces, an art gallery and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. This unique facility has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and last year welcomed more than 75,000 patrons from the greater
 
The MAC began major renovations in fall 2012 that will update the major performance spaces, address significant infrastructure needs and improve several academic program areas. Scheduled completion date is spring 2014. The project will cost $35 million and is funded by the $168 million referendum that voters of District 502 passed in November 2010. Other projects beginning this year include the renovation of the Physical Education Center, Student Resource Center and Seaton Computing Center, and construction of the Campus Maintenance Center. The mission of the McAninch Arts Center is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information click here.
 
Profiles
 
Bryan Burke*+ (Christopher Trumbo) is a member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's acting ensemble. BTE acting credits include George in “Moon Over Buffalo,” Francis Hardy in Bradley Armacost’s staging of Faith Healer, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” as Johnny in “Italian-American Reconciliation” as Huey, “Sleuth” as Andrew Wyke, “The Melville Boys” as Lee, “Seascape with Sharks and Dancer” as Ben, “Noises Off” as Fredrick Fellows/Phillip Brent and “Visiting Mr. Green” as Ross Gardiner. Other acting credits with BTE include “The Trip to Bountiful,” “The Lonesome West,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “The Living,” “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” “Look Homeward Angel,” “Warrior and Hamlet.” BTE directing credits include BTE‘s 2011-2012 Season Opening production of “Shining City,” “Love Song, Stones In His Pockets,” “The Weir” and “Three Days of Rain.” He was also a founding member of Chicago's Cactus Theatre Company. Acting credits with The Cactus Theatre Company include “Golden Boy,” “Fishing,” “Paradise Lost” and “Waiting for Lefty.” He also directed their production of “Hurly Burly.” Burke is also a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
 
Ben Werling (Dalton) is proud to be a member of the Shattered Globe Theater Ensemble. Dalton began his Chicago career 20 years ago with SGT in their critically acclaimed very first production (in the space next to the Gaslight on Halsted), of “ Talk Radio” (for which he received the Joseph Jefferson Citation for Actor in a Principle Role as abusive talk show host Barry Champlain). Other favorite Chicago roles include: Biff in Raven Theater’s “Death of a Salesman”; a member of the Ensemble in “A clockwork Orange” at Steppenwolf; Dracula in “The Passion of Dracula” at First Folio Theater; the evil Villeforte in ‘The Count of Monte Cristo” at Bailiwick; Prosecutor Challee in A Red Orchid’s “The Caine Mutiney Court Marshall”; and The Cabbie in Famous Door Theater’s long running “Hellcab.” Regional credits include: three consecutive seasons at The Illinois Shakespeare Festival as Claudius in”Hamlet,” Orsino in “Twelfth Night,” Banquo in “Macbeth”, and Brutus in “Julius Caesar;: and as Bernard Nightingale in Indiana Repertory’s production of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia.”
 
Kurt Naebig*+ (Director) is a BTE Ensemble member and has performed in many BTE shows. A Juilliard Graduate, he has also studied at Moscow School of the Arts in Russia and has worked at Steppenwolf, Portland Stage, Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre, National Jewish Theater, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.  Favorite Roles include Stanley in “Streetcar,” Merrick in “The Elephant Man,” Einstein in “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and Joe in “Golden Boy.”  Film/TV roles include “Public Enemies,” “The Express,” “Witless Protection,” “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” He has appeared in “Chicago Fire,” “The Chicago Code,” “Detroit 1-8-7” and multiple episodes of “Prison Break” and “ER.”  Naebig directed “The Drawer Boy, “ “Moonlight and Magnolias,” “Italian American Reconciliation,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Nocturne,” “Fuddy Meers,” “Sylvia” and “Lost in Yonkers” at BTE. He is a former artistic director of The Theatre of Western Springs, and a teacher and Acting Coach at Acting Studio Chicago.
 
* Denotes BTE Ensemble member
+ Denotes Member of Actors Equity Association


Friday, January 11, 2013

ACT OUT OPENING: The Underpants at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble



THE UNDERPANTS
 by Carl Sternheim

adapted by Steve Martin
 
Directed by BTE Associate Artistic Director Amelia Barrett



BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
“THE UNDERPANTS," BY CARL STERNHEIM,
ADAPTED BY STEVE MARTIN 
JAN. 18 – FEB. 3, 2013

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents “The Underpants," by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin, directed by BTE Associate Artistic Director Amelia Barrett*+and featuring BTE Ensemble member Kurt Naebig*+ at the Building K Theatre, west of the intersection of Lambert Rd. and Fawell Blvd., on the northwest end of College of DuPage Campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill. Jan. 18 - Feb. 3. A preview will be held Jan. 17. For more information, call the MAC Ticket Office at (630) 942-4000, or purchase tickets online
 
Steve Martin adapts Carl Sternheim's 1910 comedy “The Underpants” bringing to life this farce mixed with meaningful social commentary. The setting is Dusseldorf. The action begins when Louise, a beautiful but neglected young wife, is attending the king’s parade and unexpectedly drops her drawers. Great concern overcomes her husband, Theo, as he fears a scandal and financial ruin. Yet, the incident attracts suitors to rent the spare room in their home while bringing underlying surprises of their own. The “underpants” bring fame and attention, but at what price? The New York Daily News says of the play, “Not since Monica Lewinsky’s thong almost toppled a presidency has a pair of panties caused such a national fuss.”
 
“From Lady Gaga to Madonna to Lindsay Lohan to Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at the 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, our airwaves, web pages and newspapers are filled with accounts of people seeking fame with a touch of notoriety,” says director Barrett. “We all like to click our tongues with disapproval, yet we are intrigued and seek out more of what is entertainment…perhaps not so pure and but definitely simple. While this play gives our audiences the chance to reflect on this social phenomenon, it also provides a light-hearted two hours of madcap mayhem to make them smile and shake off the winter doldrums.” 
 
Steve Martin is one of today's most talented performers. He has had huge success as a film actor, with such credits as “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Father of the Bride,” “Roxanne,” “Parenthood,” “L.A. Story” and many others. He has won Emmys for his television writing and two Grammys for his comedy albums. In addition to his bestselling novel “The Pleasure of My Company” and a collection of comic pieces, “Pure Drivel,” he has also written a play, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” which premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1993. In 2002, he adapted the Carl Sternheim” play ‘Die Hose” or “The Underpants,” which ran Off Broadway at Classic Stage Company that same year.
The cast for “The Underpants” features Lombard’s Kurt Naebig*+ in the role of Theo Maske. He will be joined by Chicagoans Patrick Tierney (Frank Versati), Gregory Rothman (Benjamin Cohen), and Kelli Walker (Gertrude Deuter); Carol Stream’s Lynda Wellhausen (Louise Maske) and Aurora’s Bruce Worthel (Klinglehoff). The design team includes Glen Ellyn’s Amelia Barrett*+ (director), Aurora’s Michael Moon* (scenic design), Wheaton’s Gretchen Woodley (costume design), Lyle’s Jon Gantt* (lighting design), Warrenville’s Don Hood (sound design), Downer’s Grove’s Valerie Espinoza (hair and makeup design) and Chicago’s Brad Sauper (properties design). Equity Stage Manager is Chicago’s Erin Diener+; Naperville’s Tim Vogel is Assistant Stage Manager.
 
Director Barrett is Associate Artistic Director of BTE. Her directing credits with BTE include last season’s acclaimed production of “Tuesday’s With Morrie.” Other BTE directing credits include “Private Lives” and “The Baltimore Waltz.” As a member of the acting ensemble, she was most recently been seen by BTE audiences in Eppie Lederer in “The Lady With All the Answers.” Other BTE acting credits include Charlotte in “Moon Over Buffalo” and Frankie in “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune.”

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents “The Underpants," by Carl Sternheim,adapted by Steve Martin, at the Building K Theatre, west of the intersection of Lambert Rd. and Fawell Blvd., on the northwest end of College of DuPage Campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill. Jan. 18 - Feb. 3. A preview will be held Jan. 17. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $33. $2 discounts are available for non-COD students and seniors age 60 and over. For more information, call the MAC Ticket Office at (630) 942-4000, or purchase tickets online at www.AtTheMAC.org.
 
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, under the direction of artistic director Connie Canaday Howard and associate artistic director Amelia Barrett is a professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. It is rooted in the idea that an acting ensemble and company, who have a history of working together and have developed a sense of trust and community, can create better art. It is committed to the American tradition of creating believable characters in the context of the production's style. BTE’s 2012-2013 season includes David Rambo's "The Lady with All the Answers" (Sept. 7 - 23), "The Underpants," by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin (Jan. 18 - Feb. 3) and Christopher Trumbo's "Trumbo-Red, White & Blacklisted" (May 3 - 19).
 
* Denotes BTE Ensemble member
+ Denotes Member of Actors Equity Association
 
The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, houses three performance spaces, an art gallery and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. This unique facility has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and last year welcomed more than 75,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area. The MAC began major renovations in fall 2012 that will update the major performance spaces, address significant infrastructure needs and improve several academic program areas. Scheduled completion date is spring 2014. The project will cost $35 million and is funded by the $168 million referendum that voters of District 502 passed in November 2010. Other projects beginning this year include the renovation of the Physical Education Center, Student Resource Center and Seaton Computing Center, and construction of the Campus Maintenance Center. The mission of the McAninch Arts Center is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information visit www.AtTheMAC.org.

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