Illinois Theatre Consortium

THE ILLINOIS THEATRE CONSORTIUM IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT MANAGEMENT UMBRELLA
FOR THREE UNIQUE CENTRAL ILLINOIS THEATRE GROUPS--
ILLINOIS VOICES THEATRE, NEW ROUTE THEATRE, AND SEEDLING THEATRE.

Ron Emmons as Harrison C. Lott, who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the poor.
Illinois Voices Theatre in collaboration with The McLean County Museum of History and
The Evergreen Cemetery Association. Discovery Walk 2006

Custom theatre for schools, organizations, civic groups, and the public

The Illinois Theatre Consortium is the management home of Illinois Voices Theatre,New Route Theatre, and Seedling Theatre, providing unique theatrical productions of high quality.

On this web site, you will find information about each theatre company, how to commission or book a production, how to make donations or arrange sponsorships, and how to rent ITC lighting and sound equipment. The site also includes news, photo galleries, press releases, awards, grants, and honors, as well as links to our colleagues, collaborators, sponsors, and grantors.

Welcome!

Consortium News & Events

Thank you for visiting the new Illinois Theatre Consortium web site! We hope the site is useful and informative. Please let us know how the site can better serve your needs, and bear with us while the final elements are under construction.

Donna Anhalt Named Artistic Director for Seedling Theatre
The Illinois Theatre Consortium is pleased to announce that Donna Anhalt is now Artistic Director for Seedling Theatre.
Donna has been an important part of the Discovery Walk, assisting Judy Brown, production coordinator and Artistic Director of Illinois Voices Theatre.
Donna has exciting ideas for reinvigorating Seedling Theatre. We'll keep you posted!

New Route Theatre Premieres Send the Light at MCMH and Begins Tour
Audiences and the press have responded enthusiastically to New Route Theatre's production of Send the Light. The production, sponsored by The McLean County Historical Society, was performed in April in the historic courtroom at the McLean County Museum of History in the Old McLean County Courthouse.
Send the Light begins a tour of Illinois Rural Electric Cooperatives with a performance in Springfield on July 27th.
Send the Light explores the wonder of change when electricity came to rural America through the Rural Electric Cooperatives.

Illinois Voices TheatreCompletes Another Successful Discovery Walk
In collaboration with The McLean County Museum of History, Illinois Voices Theatre and Artistic Director Judy Brown have once more brought history to life in the 2007 Discovery Walk in Evergreen Cemetery. To coinside with the Illinois State University Sesquicentennial celebration, all characters featured in this year's event had a connection to the university. Public performances ran on weekends between September 29 to October 7. Proceeds from the sale of public performances were again used to bring in students from area schools for performances on Fridays. Attendance at this year's event set a record for this very popular production.

Judy Brown, Co-Founder of ITC, Honored in Chicago with Other Recipients of the Studs Terkel Humanitarian Award

Judy Brown, Artistic Director and founder of Illinois Voices Theatre, was honored at an Illinois Humanities Council reception in Chicago on October 17th. Nominated by Bloomington Mayor Steve Stockton, Brown was named a 2006 Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award winner to honor her years of work creatively using theater to interpret and present the history of Illinois. The Illinois Humanities Council launched The Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award program in 1999 in which mayors are asked to nominate those individuals, primarily volunteers, who have championed the humanities in their communities. The program is now run on a biennial schedule. [For the complete story, click here.]

ABOUT ITC
MISSION
The Illinois Theatre Consortium (ITC) is Central Illinois' unique not-for-profit theatrical management group, offering marketing and development support for its member and contractual theatre companies.
The consortium is respected for its ability to produce unique theatre of consistently high standards and artistic vision for under-served and non-traditional audiences. It is devoted to promoting innovative work by Illinois theatrical artists.
In addition, the Illinois Theatre Consortium offers production assistance and workshops in theatre management, production, and performance lead by theatrical professionals.
ITC also has a limited selection of lighting equipment and sound equipment for rent.

Donations to ITC
are tax deductible!

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Brady James and Rhys Lovell in New Route Theatre's premiere of Send the Light.

Judy Brown, Artistic Director of Illinois Voices Theatre, receives the State of Illinois Studs Terkel Award, presented by Bloomington Mayor Steve Stockton.

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