KCSA Notes

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Tech Department: “On The Rocks” still needs crew members to work back stage. Feeling ambitious? The department is also looking for a tech director. No experience necessary. If interested, contact kcsa-otr@kcpa.uiuc.edu by Friday March 9. “Murder Mystery Dinner” scripts for next year are welcome any time from anyone with a creative spark!

General Meeting, March 13th: Come out and dance away midterm stress with the Irish Dancing RSO Cosa Meara. They will perform and teach the steps to KCSA members. It will be held in the choral rehearsal room on level two of Krannert. Note: the second level is divided into "streets" and the choral rehearsal room is at the corner of third and main.

KCSA Activities:

-Restaurant Crawl: EAT!!! All KCSA members are welcome to come out to on Friday, March 9th.
Schedule:
7:00--The Crepes shop
7:30--Mandarian Wok
8:00--Los Amigos
8:30--Gulliani
9:00--Firehaus

-Movie: “Fearless” is showing for free in the Courtyard Cafe in the Union on Wednesday, March 7th, at 9pm. FREE admission and food! This is a Jet Li last martial arts film and has gotten great reviews. If interested, meet at the Expresso Royale in the Union.

Ushering Department: January/February Usher of the Month goes to … Diane Kessel!!!! She ushered 8 shows since the beginning of the semester.January/February Super Supervisor of the Month goes to … Jay Chen!!!! Jay supervised 11 times since the beginning of the semester.

Each received a $5 gift card of their choice. Next month it could be you. Keep up the good work, ushers!! Don’t you want your name published on Callboard as a winner?!

USHERING SHOWS: Remember that shows with open usher spots can be found online at http://www.kcsa.uiuc.edu/Ushering/ If you want to add shows to your schedule, just email the ushering department at kcsa-ushering@kcsa.uiuc.edu Remember for each SOM (school of music) show you usher, you get another chance in a $25 gift card drawing held at the end of each semester. The more SOM shows you usher, the better your chances!

Upcoming shows that still need ushers (*** shows that really need more ushers):

-514 Tue 3/6/07 MARQUEE: Bulgarian Academic Orchestra w/Joel Smirnoff and Joan Kwuon 6:15pm
-516 Wed 3/7/07 SOM: Sherban Lupu, violin*** 6:30pm
-518 Thu 3/8/07 A Chorus Line 6:30pm R
-528 Sat 3/10/07 Sinfonia da Camera 6:15pm
-532 Sat 3/10/07 MARQUEE: Susan Marshall 6:30pm
-534 Sat 3/10/07 A Chorus Line 6:30pm
-538 Sun 3/11/07 SALON: Jupiter Quartet 1:45pm
-540 Sun 3/11/07 A Chorus Line 2:00pm
-542 Tue 3/13/07 SOM: Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band 1*** 6:30pm
-544 Tue 3/13/07 SOM: New Music/Composition*** 6:30pm
-548 Thu 3/15/07 SOM: UI Symphony*** 6:30pm

Special Feature (Press Reslease):
The Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois announces a unique opportunity to look at issues of faith within our diverse community. We wanted to let you know about the upcoming theatre workshop production of “A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters.” There are several ways you might be involved if interested. We invite you to attend the performance or even be part of it. We’re looking for a variety of actors to be part of this theatre workshop. This production will consist of a one night only performance of a staged reading of the play (a description of the play is pasted below) and will be a minimal time commitment for those involved. We’re looking for an extremely diverse group of interested people who might want to be a special part of this exciting event. The reading will take place at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 14th with playwright and director James Still coordinating the project. Interested parties would need only be available a few evenings the week prior to the performance. Since it is a reading there is NO MEMORIZATION INVOLVED.

If you are interested please contact J.W. Morrissette (jwmorris@uiuc.edu) or Beth Kaskel (kaskel@uiuc.edu) for further information.

Play Description:
A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters passionately and compassionately wrestles with the question: “How does faith both unite and divide us?” and explores the often invisibility of faith, how we make unconscious assumptions about one other based on religion, and how often those assumptions are wrong. Inspired by oral histories, community events, and the circular structure of Schnitzler’s play La Ronde, the play’s 10 scenes include a Native American woman who teaches ESL to a class of immigrant senior citizens; two astronauts in crisis far away from home and searching for common ground; a man who meets the woman who received his mother’s transplanted heart; and a journalist who interviews a family whose son has been killed in Iraq. A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters traces a joyous, restless and surprising path through a wide-open spiritual and American landscape. It is both intimate and epic—an expansive panorama that stages an interlocking chain of unexpected encounters be! tween contemporary communities of faith. This play was the final play in Los Angeles-based Cornerstone Theater Company’s nationally acclaimed four-year Faith Based Theater Cycle.



Lauren Mietelski
Junior in English
Loves Skittles---Taste the Rainbow!

Post script--Did you know, there is enough steel in Krannert to build a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River?