Illinois State University alumni and Friends of the Arts are invited to the annual evening at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.
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Alumni invited to Shakespeare event, July 19
The annual Alumni Night at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival is July 19. Seating will be reserved for alumni and their guests, who will enjoy a performance of “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Creating a legacy with Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is alive and well in Bloomington-Normal thanks in part to Jay and Sue Edmondson.
Photo gallery: Art takes no break in the summer
Fine arts at Illinois State University continued throughout the summer, highlighted by the Concerts on the Quad series and the Shakespeare Festival. Below is a sampling of photographs from these events and other College of Fine Arts and Friends of the Arts events held since the beginning of May.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival opens
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival got off to a roaring start this summer with three main stage shows opening in three days in beautiful weather.
Madrigals return to campus for 2013 reunion
Madrigals from the 1980s and 90s recently gathered back on the Illinois State campus to reunite in song and fellowship.
Q-and-A: Alum actor Lindsay Smiling headlines Illinois Shakespeare Festival
STATEside met up with veteran actor Lindsay Smiling, a 1999 Illinois State graduate, who is performing in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival this summer.
Patron of the arts supports Shakespeare Festival
For generations the theater has benefitted from those with an appreciation for the fine arts. Pat Grogg has continued this tradition of generosity through a gift to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.
Shakespeare Festival Company Kick-off
Monday marked the first official company event – the Inaugural Day Dinner – for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, as Festival Managing Director Dick Folse, Artistic Director Kevin Rich and Producer Janet Wilson and members of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society Board of Directors hosted a dinner party to welcome the actors, artists, designers, directors and
Garden Party set for Illinois Shakespeare Festival opening, July 12
Join us at 6 p.m. Friday, July 12, for a Garden Party on the grounds of Ewing Manor to celebrate the opening of the 36th season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Stay for the hilarious classic The Comedy of Errors, featuring a walk-on role, one-night only, by longtime friend of the arts Pat Grogg.