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| | The Penguin Players Present
Hollywood through the Ages - A Cabaret Celebration
January 10, 2025 • 7:00pm
January 11, 2025 • 2:00pm
Twice a year, a magical celebration of the human spirit unfolds on stages across the country. This January, join The Penguin Players for their dazzling 2024 production, Hollywood Through the Ages—a star-studded cabaret that shines a spotlight on the timeless songs from Hollywood's most iconic films.
Penguin Players and Penguin Project, a unique community theater program, has brought together talented artists with developmental disabilities and their peer mentors to perform in inclusive, inspiring productions. In Hollywood Through the Ages, artists with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, and other developmental or neurological differences take center stage, showcasing their talents alongside peer mentors who volunteer to support and collaborate with them.
This celebration of song, dance, and the magic of film features award-winning hits from beloved Hollywood classics such as "Jeepers Creepers," "I'm Just Ken," and "This Is Me." Together, the cast and crew will transport you through decades of glitz, glamour, and unforgettable melodies—proving that everyone deserves a moment in the spotlight.
Hollywood Through the Ages is more than just a show—it's a powerful reminder that disabilities do not define potential, and that theater is for everyone. Come be a part of this heartwarming celebration of diversity, creativity, and the joy of performance. You won’t want to miss this unforgettable evening of glitz, glamour, and star-studded fun!
Red Carpet Event:
Friday 5:00PM
Saturday 12:00PM
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| | MegaBeatles!
Saturday, January 18, 2025 • 8:00pm
They’re back! And we're getting back on track with hosting MegaBeatles! as our annual kickoff concert for the NINETH time (NUMBER 9 … NUMBER 9). Members of The Crawpuppies and Chris & Lou will present a spectacular trip down memory lane.
This year they will be playing the RUBBER SOUL album along with other hits!
Selling out every year, MegaBeatles has been a wonderful way to celebrate the history of Memorial Opera House with our patrons! Make sure you don’t miss the party as we dip into the voluminous hits catalog of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Come on out and spend “A Day in the Life” as we “Twist and Shout” through the night!
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| | RED REVOLUTION: The Taylor Swift Experience
Saturday, February 1, 2025 • 8:00pm
Featuring five talented musicians from the Chicagoland area playing your favorite hits from the biggest artist of our generation.....
This is RED REVOLUTION, The Taylor Swift Experience
- Roye Robley - Drums
- Jeremy Andrews - Bass
- Chris Wander - Keys
- Tom Vienna - Guitar
- Tiffany Lidster - Vocals
*when choosing your seats note dancing is encouraged at the front of the stage
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| | Small Town
A John Mellencamp Experience
Saturday, February 8, 2025 • 8:00pm
SMALL TOWN is the Nation’s best and most authentic JOHN MELLENCAMP EXPERIENCE!
This 7 pc band replicates 30+ yrs of the John Mellencamp music Catalog using violin, mandolin, accordion, melodica, keyboards, guitars and drums!! With over 25 chart topping hits like Jack and Diane, Cherry Bomb, ROCK in the USA, Small Town, Pink Houses, Check It Out, Lonely Ol Nights, I need a Lover, Authority Song, Hurts So Good, Scarecrow and many more... This high energy show will have the crowd singing and dancing the night away!
The band is made up of 7 Hoosier natives, John's hometown, and they have replicated the Mellencamp live shows with their 50+ years of cumulative stage experience and musicianship. Small Town has performed at numerous festivals and venues throughout the country including the main stage at the Indiana State Fair and the iconic Cubby Bear in Chicago several times. Small Town has also performed at Bourbon Street, Four Winds Casino, Blue Chip Casino and Hard Rock Casino and many
more!!!
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| | Singin' in the Rain
Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Songs by Arthur Freed and Hacio Herb Brown
Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc.
February 28 - March 16, 2025
Tap your toes and sing along in this splashy adaptation of the celebrated and beloved film!
The "Greatest Movie Musical of All Time" is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from their original award-winning screenplay in Singin' in the Rain. Each unforgettable scene, song and dance is accounted for, including the show-stopping title number, complete with an onstage rainstorm! Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make Singin' in the Rain the perfect entertainment for any fan of the golden age of movie musicals.
Singin' in the Rain has all the makings of a Tinseltown tabloid headline – the starlet, the leading man and a love affair that could change lives and make or break careers! In silent movies, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a hot item but, behind the scenes, things aren't always as they appear on the big screen! Meanwhile, Lina's squeaky voice might be the end of her career in "talking pictures" without the help of a talented young actress to do the talking and singing for her.
Filled with every memorable moment from the film and a downpour of unforgettable songs, Singin' in the Rain is a guaranteed hit for any theatre. The technical elements can be challenging but well worth the effort when the audience is left leaping to their feet. Three extraordinary roles for dancers and a tour de force comedic turn make this a perfect choice for any theatre with an abundance of talent ready to shine.
Singin’ in the Rain is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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| | Improv Sketch Show:
Presented by Limelights Youth Theater
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • 7:00pm
Come Join us for a night of laughter as Limelights Youth Theatre presents a Sketch Comedy Show!! The spotlight shines on these talented students as they bring forth an original sketch that's hand crafted entirely by their own ingenuity and showcases their comedic prowess and unique perspectives. the stage will also transform into an arena of spontaneity when the students perform an improv showcase where our quick-witted students delight in unscripted hilarity! | Buy Tickets |
| | Shine the Light Project, LLC
presents
Guys and Dolls
Friday & Saturday
March 21 & 22 at 7:00PM
Sunday, March 23 at 2 pm
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. | Buy Tickets |
| | Forever Plaid
Written and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Stuart Ross
Musical Continuity Supervision and Arrangements by James Raitt
May 9 - May 25, 2025
Forever Plaid is one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory. This deliciously fun revue is chock-full of classic barbershop quartet harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies!
Once upon a time, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie) who discovered that they shared a love for music and then got together to become their idols – The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo's and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge's family's plumbing supply company, they became "Forever Plaid". On the way to their first big gig, the "Plaids" are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins....
Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with overzealous precision, the "Plaids" are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
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| | Shine the Light Project, LLC
presents
Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition
Friday & Saturday
June 13 & 14 at 7:00PM
Sunday, June 15 at 2 pm
Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously handsome new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized butt... but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. | Buy Tickets |
| | Rocky Horror Show
Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien
October 17 - November 2, 2025
The original kitschy rock ’n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical is more fun than ever!
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
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| | Roald Dahl's
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Book by David Greig
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Based on the novel by Roald Dahl
November 28 - December 14, 2025
Based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an original score composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and a book by David Greig. The score also pays homage to the Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley score from the 1971 film with songs from the motion picture including "Candy Man," "I've Got a Golden Ticket," "Oompa Loompa Song," and "Pure Imagination."
The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination including chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels and the great glass elevator, all to be revealed by Wonka's army of curious Oompa-Loompas.
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