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A Call for Original Short Plays Acts to Follow is a theatre group housed at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Drive- Bowen Park, Waukegan, IL. The ensemble group is looking for original short plays with a runtime of approximately 10 minutes. The troupe of actors perform a published one-act play and an original short with each performance. Submit the original short play by mail or in person to Jack Benny Center for the Arts Attn: Acts to Follow, 39 Jack Benny Drive, Waukegan, IL 60087 or via email to actstofollowsubmissions@gmail.com. For further information on Acts to Follow or in regards to submitting a play, please call the Jack Benny Center for the Arts at 847-360-4740. Click here for more information.
Acts to Follow presents: Picasso at the Lapin Agile... plus an original short play May 17, 18, 24, 25, 26*
Youth Theatre Classes For more information regrading Youth Theatre Classes, please call the Jack Benny Center for the Arts at (847) 360-4740.
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Dr. Lynn Schornick and Ken Smouse founded Bowen Park Theatre Company in the spring of 1987 at approximately the same time as Bowen Park Opera. The Company’s objective was to produce mostly classical drama and comedies, avoiding musicals and the repertory of neighboring theatre groups. Within three years, Bowen Park Theatre became a fully professional, non-equity theatre, joining the professional ranks of only two other companies in Lake County. Jason Clark is currently the artistic director for the Bowen Park Theatre.
Bowen Park Opera Company has its roots to the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra performances in the mid-1980s. In 1987, the new Jack Benny Center for the Arts facility was completed in Bowen Park. Dr. Lynn Schornick and Ken Smouse founded Bowen Park Opera Company to perform in Goodfellow Hall. Its first production was a double bill in the spring of 1987 of Holst’s The Wandering Scholar and Mozart’s The Impresario. Bowen Park Opera Company was last under the capable direction of Kathryn Kamp (Stage Director) and Chris Richards (Music Director).
In December 10, 2003, the Waukegan Park District and the Jack Benny Center for the Arts renamed the theatre in Goodfellow Hall, the Dr. Lynn Schornick Theatre, to honor the man who had brought so much to Waukegan and the arts community.
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Subscription series plays presented at the Schornick over the years... |
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| “Don Juan in Hell” from Man and Superman, Shaw (1987) |
The Petrified Forest, Sherwood (1996) | Cooking with Lard (2004) |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare (1996) |
Ends, Alex (2004) | |
| The Beaux Stratagem, Farquhar (1988) | Bullshot Crummond, White & Shearman (1996) | |
| Twelfth Night, Shakespeare (1988) | Miss Margarid’s Way, Athayde (1996) | The Tamin’ of the Shrew, Shakespeare (2005) |
| And Then There Were None, Christie (2005) | ||
| The School for Wives, Moliere (1989) | The Night of the Iguana, Williams (1997) | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde (1989) | The Fan, Goldoni (1997) | Barefoot in the Park, Simon (2006) |
| The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare (1989) | Dial ”M” for Murder, Knott (1997) | Othello, Shakespeare (2006) |
| Dracula, Deane & Balderston (1990) | Come Blow Your Horn, Simon (1998) | Bleacher Bums, conceived by Joe Mantegna, written by The Organic Theater Company, produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. (2007) |
| The Good Doctor, Simon (1990) | Arsenic and Old Lace, Kesselring (1998) | True West, Shepard (2007) |
| True West, Shepard (1990) | The Ladies of the Camellias, Garrett-Groag (1998) |
Buried Child, Shepard (2007) |
| Marty, Chayefsky (1991) | The Meeting, Stetson (1999) | The Boys Next Door, Griffin (2008) |
| Brief Lives, Garland (1991) | Private Lives, Coward (1999) | Waiting for Godot, Beckett (2008) |
| What the Butler Saw, Orton (1991) | Twelfth Night, Shakespeare (1999) | The Mousetrap, Christie (2008) |
| ‘night, Mother, Norman (1992) | Broken Glass, Miller (2000) | The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Simon (2009) |
| The Front Page, Hecht & McArthur (1992) | Seascape, Albee (2000) | Hamlet, Shakespeare (2009) |
| Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare (2000) | ||
| The Royal Family, Ferber & Kaufman (1993) | The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (abridged) (2010) | |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Bradbury (1993) | Blithe Spirit, Coward (2001) | Death of a Salesman, Miller (2010) |
| Sly Fox, Gelbart (1993) | On the Verge, Overmyer (2001) | |
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hampton (2001) | Sleuth, Shaffer (2011) | |
| A Man for All Seasons, Bolt (1994) | A Piece of My Heart, Lauro (2011) | |
| Little Murders, Feiffer (1994) | All in the Timing, Ives (2002) | |
| Sleuth, Shaffer (1994) | Onto Infinity, Alex (2002) (world premiere) | Bullshot Crummond, House, White, Shearman, Andrews & Cunningham (2012) |
| The Glass Menagerie, Williams (2002) | A Few Good Men, Sorkin (2012) | |
| Boesman and Lena, Fugard (1995) | ||
| How the Other Half Loves, Ayckbourn (1995) | The Belle of Amherst, Luce (2003) | Killers, Olive (2013) |
| Noises Off, Frayn (1995) | Duet for One, Kempinski (2003) | |
| The Foreigner, Shue (2003) |
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Shows for Young Audiences presented at the Schornick over the years... |
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| Aesop’s Fables (1988) | Rumpelstiltskin (1997) | Jack and the Beanstalk (2005) |
| The Wizard of Oz (1988) | The Enchanted Ring (1997) | Why Do Heroes Have Big Feet? (2005) |
| Rumpelstiltskin (1988) | The Little Knight (1997) |
Rumpelstiltskin (2005) |
| The Emperor’s New Clothes (1988) | The Snow King (1997) | Shoemaker and the Elves (2005) |
| The Amazing Adventures of Mother Goose (1989) | The Three Billy Goats Gruff (1998) | Alice in Wonderland (2006) |
| The Amazing Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1989) | The Fisherman and His Wife (1998) | Hansel and Gretel (2006) |
| The Amazing Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (1989) | The Frog Prince (1998) | The Sword in the Stone (2006) |
| Holly (1998) | Christmas Frost (2006) | |
| Hansel and Gretel (1990) | ||
| Timothy, the Timid Dragon (1990) | The Outlaw of Sherwood Forest (1999) | The Emperor’s New Clothes (2007) |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1990) | The Thrifty Ant & the Idle Grasshopper (1999) | Sideways Stories (2007) |
| The Olive Tree (1999) | Patchwork (2007) | |
| Cinderella (1991) | The Ransom of Red Chief-Summer Touring (1999) | The Mouse Who was Stirring (2007) |
| The Princess and the Pea (1991) | The Festival of Lights (1999) | |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Bear? (1991) | A Thousand Cranes (2008) | |
| Pinocchio (2000) | Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede (2008) | |
| The Emperor’s New Clothes (1992) | Beauty and the Beast (2000) | The True Story of Cinderella (2008) |
| The Enchanted Ring (1992) | The Princess and the Pea (2000) | Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2008) |
| Pinocchio (1992) | Chest of Dreams (2000) | Hansel and Gretel's Quest for Good (2008) |
| The Christmas That Almost Wasn't’t (1992) | ||
| Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (2001) | Charlotte's Web (2009) | |
| Rumpelstiltskin (1993) | The Sword and the Stone (2001) | Aladdin (2009) |
| The Point (1993) | The True Story of Cinderella (2001) | Pinocchio (2009) |
| Hansel and Gretel (1993) | Ahmal and the Night Visitor – Opera (2001) | The Enchanted Ring (2009) |
| Home for Christmas (1993) | ||
| The Misadventures of Tom Sawyer (2002) | Rumpelstiltskin (2010) | |
Little Red Riding Hood (1994) |
Tom Sawyer, Scoundrel at Large (2002) | Jack and the Beanstalk (2010) |
| The Little Knight (1994) | Tom Sawyer and the Legend of Injun Joe (2002) | Puss in Boots (2010) |
| The Shoemaker and the Elves (1994) | The Little Prince (2002) | The Little Prince (2010) |
| A Christmas Frost (1994) | ||
| Stuart Little (2003) | The Emperor's New Clothes (2011) | |
| The Three Billy Goats Gruff (1995) | The Mischief Makers (2003) | The Frog Prince (2011) |
| The Frog Prince (1995) | the boy who stole the stars (2003) | The Point (2011) |
| In the Center Ring (1995) | Christmas Tea (2003) | The Little Prince (2011) |
| The 3 Little Pigs (1996) | The Emperor’s New Clothes (2004) | The Little Knight (2012) |
| The Tough and Tender Troll (1996) | The Time Machine (2004) | |
| The Prince Who Couldn't Talk (1996) | Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (2004) | |
| Pinocchio (1996) | The Red Shoes (2004) | |
| Little Red Riding Hood (1996) | ||
| The Gift of the Magi (1996) |
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Subscription series operas presented at the Schornick over the years... |
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| Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti (1987) |
Madama Butterfly, Puccini (1994) | The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti (2002) |
| Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (1994) | The Telephone, Menotti (2002) | |
| The Wandering Scholar, Holst (1988) | Werther, Massenet (2002) | |
| The Medium, Menotti (1988) | The Bartered Bride, Smetana (1995) | |
| Die Fledermaus, Strauss (1995) | The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (2003) | |
| Trial by Jury, Sullivan (1989) | Carmen, Bizet (2003) | |
| H.M.S. Pinafore, Sullivan (1989) | I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (1996) | |
| La Boheme, Puccini (1989) | The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicholai (1996) |
Italian Opera, Suskind (2004) |
| Bastien and Bastienne, Mozart (1989) | Hansel and Gretel (2005) | |
| Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night, Argento (1989) | The Consul, Menotti (1997) | |
| The Impresario, Mozart (1989) | La Traviata, Verdi (1997) | Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein and Gallantry, Moore (2006) |
| The Threepenny Opera, Weill (1990) | The Barber of Seville, Rossini (1998) | The Impresario (Mozart), The Telephone (Menotti), The Secret of Susanna (Wolf-Ferrari) (2007) |
| The Barber of Seville, Rossini (1990) | The Turn of the Screw, Britten (1998) | |
| Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein (1990) | The Elixir of Love, Donizetti (2008) | |
| Madama Butterfly, Puccini (1999) | ||
| The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (1991) | Don Pasquale, Donizetti (1999) | Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart (2009) |
| La Traviata, Verdi (1992) | Cosi fan tutte, Mozart (2000) | The Lives and Loves of Shakespeare's Women (2010) |
| The Italian Girl in Algiers, Rossini (1992) | Cinderella, Rossini (2000) | |
| Cosi fan tutti, Mozart (1993) | Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti (2001) | |
| The Elixir of Love, Donizetti (1993) |
Operas for Young Audiences Presented
| La Serva Padrona (The Maid Made Mistress), Pergolesi |
Malooley and the Fear Monster, Pozdro | Little Red Riding Hood, Barab |