The Illinois State University campus community is invited to attend a staged reading of the play Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon, directed by alum Jane Lynch, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, or at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, in the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre. A limited number of seats are available, and advance registration is required. Attendees must show their registration confirmation at the door.
Lost in Yonkers is a coming-of-age story set in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play centers around two brothers, Arty and Jay, who live with their grandmother and their mentally challenged Aunt Bella, while their father travels, desperately trying to scrape enough money together while working as a salesman to pay off his debts to a loan shark, and their mother has died of cancer. Over the course of the play, the young boys learn lessons about love, responsibility, and the importance of family that will carry them into adulthood.
This event is “pay what you can” with gifts directly benefiting the School of Theatre and Dance. For the Friday, May 5 performance, there will also be an opportunity to support the LGBTQ+ Student Support Fund. Attendees will be able to make their contribution at the event in person.
Register for Friday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre
Register for Saturday, May 6, at 1:30 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre
