Illinois Voices Theatre Production History PROVIDING HISTORICALLY ACCURATE,  ORIGINAL, CUSTOM  THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS. THE ILLINOIS VOICES THEATRE IS A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS THEATRE CONSORTIUM Illinois Voices Theatre is a national and state award-winning history-based theater, devoted to bringing the pst to life through original and innovative scripts based on historical records and documents.  This theatre coordinates projects that encourage creativity and stimulate discussion and debate. Illinois Voices Theatre production history and gallery. The Illinois Voices Theatre has the following in production:           Discovery Walk 2007, in collaboration with the McLean County Historical Society and Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois. Past Productions and Collaborations: Voices From the Past: A Discovery Walk Through Evergreen Cemetery  a collaboration with the McLean County Historical Society, 1995 to present (annually, 1st two weekends in Oct. for the general public and during the week for school children)   Gwendolyn Brooks: Painting on Air, two open- and free-to-the-public workshop presentations and post-presentation discussions for the playwright, director, and actors at the Bloomington Public Library, Aug. 26, 2005/ presentations at the McLean County Museum of History and Normal Community High School, Normal, IL in February of 2006.   Holy Trinity Discovery Walk, 8th grade curriculum-wide project culminating with creation of their own walk through Bloomington’s St. Mary’s Cemetery, April 2005   “Dying to be Interpreted,” Kiwanis Club, Power Point Presentation, a collaboration with the Education Dept., McLean County Museum of History, Sept. 2004   Madame Senator Speaks, Bloomington’s History Club, Sept. 2004   Pioneer Days, interpretive summer schools’ program (Bent and Sheridan Schools, a collaboration with the Education Dept., McLean County Museum of History, July 2004   ISU Byrd Symposium – 58 history education high school/middle school teachers and ISU faculty, Aug. 2004   Boy Scout Troop presentation at Evergreen Cemetery July 2004   Madame Senator Speaks, Lincoln Correctional Center for Women, March 2004 Worth the Fight – Kingsley Jr. High all-school presentation Feb. 2004   I, Alpheus Pike, a collaboration with the Education Dept., McLean County Museum of History,, July 2004   Hearts Connecting: The Civil War Letters of Charles and Mary Elder, a collaboration with the Education Dept., McLean County Museum of History, April 2004   Mystery of the Consistory, an event at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 14, 2003   “Dying to Be Interpreted!”  A Look at Cemetery Walks, 2003 Conference on Historic Site Interpretation, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Sites Division, Feb., 2003   McLean Co. Chamber of Commerce Centennial Celebration,– A Commission to dramatize four community leaders Jan. 2001 Holy Trinity School's 8th grade - a curriculum-wide, year-long project, culminating with making their own Discovery Walk, 2001   Not in Our Town – 2001 celebration, downtown Normal – four voices from McLean County’s past speak out against racism   Illinois State University Summer Teachers’ Workshop - “First-Person Interpretation in the Historic Cemetery: How to Develop and Present a Tour.” – Aug., 2000   Final Payments, an original play by Jane Barnes, commissioned by the David Davis Foundation, first performed in 1997, revised and performed Summer 2000 as a special commission for the City of Bloomington’s Sesquicentennial Celebration   Missouri Folklore Association, “A Workshop Model: Theatre Based on Archival Research,”a collaboration with the Education Dept., McLean County Museum of History, Oct. 1999   “Heroes” Unit for Chiddix Jr. High School, Normal, IL. – A consultancy for before-school opening teachers’ institute Fall, 1999   Quiet Tumult: The Papers of Adlai Stevenson, an original play by Brian Simpson, performed at the McLean County Historical Society, Spring 1999   Worth the Fight, New Covenant Community Church, Feb. 1999   Interpretative Problems at Historic House Museum, Illinois History Symposium, Illinois State Historical Society with support from the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Dec. 1998   First Person Interpretation in the Historic Cemetery: How to develop and present a tour,  Midwest Museums Conference, Madison, WI  Oct., 1998   “A Dickensian Christmas, in three tableaus and an epilogue,” Christmas 1998-99 for the David Davis Mansion Gaslight tours   “A Snap-Apple Celebration,” Halloween at the David Davis Mansion, 1995 to 1999 - also partnered with Heartland Community College’s Community Education program Madame Senator Speaks, DAR, Sept. 1999 Madame Senator: An Dramatic Portrait of Florence Fifer Bohrer, commissioned by the McLean County League of Women Voters,  performed since 1992 in various revisions and in a variety of venues   Illinois Speech Teachers Association, “Voices from the Past: A Discovery Walk through Evergreen Cemetery: A Model for an Interdisciplinary Approach to Speech Activities Programming,” Oct. 1998   The “Trends” project, an all-school project developed by Washington High School, Washington, IL, Spring 1998   Alliance Library System's Illinois Alive! tour, summer 1999  A regional tour to publicize the launching of member libraries digital collections. http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/video.cfm Illinois Patchwork: Oral Remembrances from Residents of the Heart of Illinois Talking Books Center Region, a 1992-93 Heart of Illinois Talking Book Center project in cooperation with WCBU, WCBU Radio Information Service and the Illinois Valley Library System.  Funding for this grant was provided from the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of the Secretary of State using federal LSCA Funding.  Proj­ect Director: Lori Bell, Heart of Illinois Talking Book Center; Illinois Patchwork Producer, Judy Brown, Assistant Producer, Dick Bledsoe   Depression Voices, commissioned by the Bloomington Public Library   Victorian Memories of Christmas, for the McLean County Historical Society Christmas at the Court House   Memories From the Prairie, an independent touring presentation James Marlott as Leonard Seibert, a railroad craftsman who helped to make his friend George Pullman's dream of comfortable overnight train travel a reality.   Discovery Walk 2004. 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