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Illinois Theatre Consortium
Custom Theatre for You

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.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS REPERTORY SPECIAL EVENTS WORKSHOPS

Commission an Original Production

Is your organization celebrating a special anniversary, planning a recognition event, or looking for a powerful way to represent who you are to the public? You may want to work with an ITC theatre to explore your history through drama or to excite discussion and interest in issues that concern your organization.

Our collaborators include:

The McLean County Historical Society
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
The David Davis Foundation
McLean County Chamber of Commerce
The City of Bloomington
The League of Women Voters

Contact Judy Brown, Artistic Director of Illinois Voices Theatre, or Don Shandrow, Artistic Director of New Route Theatre, to discuss the possibilities. We will work with your goals, historical materials, and/or needs to develop an orginal dramatic presentation tailored to your organization.

Book a Production Already in Our Repertory

Send the Light, an original play about the changes brought about through bringing electricity to rural areas (New Route Theatre)

I, Alpheus Pike is a dramatization of an unpublished Civil War memoir by Alpheus Pike, who enlisted in the Union Army at the age of fourteen, was captured by Rebel forces and held at the notorious Andersonville Prison. The play dramatizes Pike's wartime experiences, exposes the dreadful conditions at Andersonville, and reveals Pike's attitudes toward the war, its leaders, and the privations he endured. (Illinois Voices Theatre)

Madame Senator: A Dramatic Portrait of Florence Fifer Bohrer, a one-woman show exploring the life of Illinois' first female state senator. (Illinois Voices Theatre)

Madame Senator Speaks, excerpts from Senator Bohrer's speeches coordinated into a presentation of issues and concerns for citizens of the early 20th century as well as now (45 minutes). (Illinois Voices Theatre)

Hearts Connecting: the Civil War Letters of Charles and Mary Elder, a touching dramatization of the loving letters between a soldier and the woman he left behind. (Illinois Voices Theatre)

Gwendolyn Brooks: Painting on Air, interactive workshop presentations and post-presentation discussions of the life and poetry of the famous, often controversial, African-American poet. (Illinois Voices Theatre)

Email Judy Brown of Illinois Voices Theatre or Don Shandrow of New Route Theatre.

Workshops and Lectures

Illinois Voices Theatre also provides educational presentations, workshops, and lectures on topics including:

Creating your own community or school cemetery walk
Creating historical drama
Connecting to your community through drama.

To inquire about workshops and presentations, email Judy Brown of Illinois Voices Theatre.

All programs and workshops can be adapted to curriculum needs for schools.

Wilma Brown as Julia Duff, Discovery Walk 2004.

Character Packages for Special Events

Are you looking for a program to celebrate African-American History Month or Women's History Month? Perhaps your organization would like to see characters representing the real lives of area attorneys, entrepreneurs, rights activists, union workers, Civil War veterans, politicians, and others. We can work with you to put together a group of our repertory characters who will enlighten and entertain your group or organization. Contact Judy Brown, Illinois Voices Theatre, for more information and ideas for character combinations.

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Devon Lovell imagining the wonders of electricity in Send the Light.

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