Pictures from Opening Night!

Here are some pictures from Opening Night! More to come...

Krannert Center Opening Night! Tonight 5pm-11pm!

Opening Night: Grupo Fantasma



When the doors swing free on opening night, prepare for a convergence of contagious energy, fabulously funky sounds, and widespread glee in a swirling global bazaar. This is the night to slip on your best dancing shoes, because the main event, Grupo Fantasma, will serve up an unclassifiable orchestral fusion of global music with funk roots and infectious Latin rhythms that simply dares you to rush the dance floor. The Village Voicewarns that these musicians will "knock you down with their grooves." But not to worry—as the night jams on, hit the refueling stations inside the tented amphitheatre, where you can refresh in the night air while listening to the I-Pan Steel Drums and choose your favorite savory or sweet treat from a bevy of local vendors, including Moonstruck Chocolates, Blues BBQ, Manolo's, Great Harvest Bread Company, Papa George Restaurant, Siam Terrace, and Biaggi's Restaurant.

Then, head back inside to discover DJ Bris, mendhi art, facepainting, and a huge community mural that will live on in the lobby for weeks after opening night. And don't forget to stop by the 40 North/88 West table to learn about free membership in the Champaign County Arts Council.



Tickets are $5 OR you can always volunteer to work for the event and get in for free! Just email Nicole at nleupp2@illinois.edu to see if there are any spots left.







Picture courtesy of:
www.abctvgorehill.com.au

The Builders Association: Continuous City, World Premiere

The Builders Association: Continuous City, World Premiere

Marianne Weems, director

The Builders Association has twice engaged Krannert Center audiences with its seamless integration of technology in the theatrical performances of Aladeen (2002) and Super Vision (2006). Now, these artists return to ask, “What does it mean to be constantly connected, and how does it alter our sense of distance, intimacy, and the world around us?”

In 2008, Krannert Center is proud to be a lead commissioner and premiere presenter of Continuous City, a provocative piece that explores social networks and the connectivity of our increasingly global society through the lives of one traveling father and his daughter back at home (portrayed by Champaign-Urbana native Caroline O’Neill).

Through electronic connection and with many characters, the father weaves a fanciful bedtime story for his daughter into a cityscape drawn from many corners of the world. The show reaches directly into Champaign-Urbana through a participatory website and on-site filming to create a global and local production. Continuous City is about people far from home. Continuous City is where we live now.


Friday, September 19 at 7:30pm
Colwell Playhouse

Flex: 33 / SC 28 / Stu 23 / UI & Yth 18
Single: 35 / SC 30 / Stu 25 / UI & Yth 20

Remember, you can buy tickets online!www.Krannertcenter.com

Show page and original graphic from website
http://www.krannertcenter.com/performances/details.asp?elementID=22859

Reprinted with permission.

KCSA Dock Party! Maybe not that kind of dock...

KCSA just wanted to stress what a great opportunity it is for you to meet KCPA staff and mingle. Plus, it's a cook out with FREE food and is always quite tasty. See you there!

Next Wednesday, September 10 is our annual fall Dock Party - a chance to meet, great, and eat on the loading dock. Come hungry and meet other folks who work or play in our Krannert Center community. Please spread the word. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Dock Party
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Loading Dock
3:30-5:30 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

Info and location of the Loading Dock:

Level 2 provides backstage access to all four theatres. It is also where you'll find our loading dock, which can accommodate two 45-foot semi-trailers inside the building.


Image credit:
http://www.rg-inc.com/Images/loading%20dock.jpg

Happy Labor Day from KCSA!

Welcome back to school! Everyone from KCSA's Administrative Board hopes everyone had a good first week and is enjoying the end of their Labor Day weekend!

You are now viewing our online blog/newsletter known as Callboard! My name is Eric Gordon and I help to update this page with the most up to date information, pictures and video. My concern is also to make sure your voice as a member is important to us. We value your time and love that you have considered be a part of KCSA. Our wonderful secretary Vanessa Bordo has information below that you should definately read. There is info on our upcoming meetings, social events and volunteer opportunities with many of them starting this week. Take a break and watch a movie with us tomorrow night at 7pm at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts!

A trailer for the Goonies from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgc8Ute2tU



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Hello interested KCSAers!
I know, I can't believe our first week has gone by already, but it's time for another KCSA Notes installment! The beginning of the email will be almost the same as last week's; I'm including it for the new members. HOWEVER, there are great new opportunities, so keep scrolling!


Included info:
This week KCSA events
Movie night Sept 2, Frisbee Sept 3
Murder Mystery Auditions-Sept 3, 5
General Meeting-Sept 4
Volunteer Info
Tour Guide Training Sept 8, Certification Sept 14 and Scheduling
Costume Shop Sale-Sept 13
Opening Night-Sept 18
Join our administrative board!


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KCSA will be holding a movie night on Sept 2 at 7pm in the Festival Green Room (look for KCSA members in the lobby to direct you). Come to see "The Goonies," relax after your first few days of class, meet other KCSAers, or just gorge yourself on the popcorn!


On Sept 3 at 7pm, you can join current KCSA members on the quad for a little Frisbee. We'll meet outside Foellinger Auditorium on the Quad, bring a friend and enjoy!


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Come audition for our first Murder Mystery Party!


Unlike past years that used the traditional dinner-theater format, this event will feature guests mingling in cocktail-party style, then interrupted by a shocking murder. Our actors will be among them planting hints and guiding the plot. We'd love for you to be one of them!


Auditions are from 6-8p on both Sept 3 and Sept 5
Only pick ONE of these nights to audition, come any time, and plan to stay for about 30 min. Bring something to write with and anyone else you can convince to audition with you! We'll be asking you improv questions in character (we'll provide details from the play), so don't worry about a monologue etc. Hope to see you there!


We're also accepting applications for tech directing, producing, and other behind-the-scenes positions. Feel free to visit our website and apply, we'd love to have you! Yet another wonderful way to get experience or stay involved in the arts at school.


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Review of General Meeting Info for those new to our listserv:

The First General Meeting of the year will be Sept 4 at 6pm in the Great Hall
We'll provide you with more info on how to register if you'd like to become a member AND there will be your first chance to sign up to usher some of the amazing shows at Krannert. That said, here're the details from our lovely ushering ladies:


Ushering Opportunities
There will be manual sign ups at the General Meeting on Sept. 4. The manual sign ups will be for the shows from Sept. 19 - Oct. 5. It's first come, first serve so come early if you really want to see certain shows. The performance list should be up on the KCSA website soon athttp://kcsawww.kcpa.uiuc.edu/Ushering/Shows/ or you can look at the calendar at kcpa.uiuc.edu. After the General Meeting, registration will open up for the remaining shows. We will have a training session for new ushers immediately after the General Meeting. YOU MUST BE TRAINED BEFORE YOU CAN USHER ANY OF THE SHOWS AT KRANNERT.

If you are a supervisor (have over 25 points, been trained already), we will have our Supervisor Meeting on Tuesday Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. Location is TBA for now. This is ONLY for existing supervisors.


If you have ushered before, please check your points, http://kcsawww.kcpa.uiuc.edu/Ushering/Assignments/. If you see a mistake, please send us an email to kcsa-ushering@kcpa.uiuc.edu


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List of manual sign up shows:


Day Date Venue Call Time Event (Start Time) R/G Number


Fri 9/19 CPH 6:30 PM MARQUEE: The Builders Association: Continuous City (7:30 pm) R 8001
Fri 9/19 FGH 6:30 PM SOM: U. of I. Symphony Orchestra (7:30 pm) G 8003
Sat 9/20 FGH 6:30 PM CUSO: Schubert: The Great C Major (7:30 pm) R 8006
Sat 9/20 TFT 6:30 PM MARQUEE: Pygmalion Music Festival: Yo La Tengo (7:30 pm) R 8009 Tue 9/23 FGH 6:15 PM MARQUEE: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (7:30 pm) R 8012
Thu 9/25 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8015
Fri 9/26 TFT 6:30 PM MARQUEE: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (7:30 pm) R 8021
Fri 9/26 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8024
Sat 9/27 CPH 11:00 AM MARQUEE: Bang on a Can Marathon (12:00 pm) R 8027
first shift: 11am-2pm
second shift: 2pm - 5pm
third shift: 5pm - 8pm
fourth shift: 8pm - 11pm
Sat 9/27 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8030
Sat 9/27 FGH 2:00 PM SOM: Concert Band 1 and Symphonic Band 2 (3:00 pm) G 8033
Sun 9/28 FGH 2:00 PM SOM: Concert Band 1 and Symphonic Band 2 (3:00 pm) G 8036
Wed 10/1 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8039
Thu 10/2 FGH 6:15 PM MARQUEE: Sphinx Chamber Orchestra (7:30 pm) R 8042
Thu 10/2 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8045
Fri 10/3 TFT 6:30 PM MARQUEE: Druid Theatre Company (7:30 pm) R 8048
Fri 10/3 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8051
Sat 10/4 FGH 6:30 PM SOM: Sinfonia da Camera (7:30 pm) G 8054
Sat 10/4 TFT 6:30 PM MARQUEE: Druid Theatre Company (7:30 pm) R 8057
Sat 10/4 STH 6:45 PM THEATRE: Well (7:30 pm) R 8060
Sun 10/5 STH 2:15 PM THEATRE: Well (3:00 pm)




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Our First Volunteer Opportunities of the Season!


Become a tour guide!


Info from our very own Tours Director Steve:
The tours department needs your help! We need tour guides for this upcoming semester. And therefore, there will be a TOURS TRAINING NIGHT on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 7pm. This should take about an hour, and you will learn everything you need to know to be a tour guide. Then for a follow-up to the training night, there will be a TOURS CERTIFICATION night, on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 4 pm. The certification night is so that the new tour guides can show that they indeed can give a tour and to make sure that they are comfortable in doing so. If you would like to be a tour guide but can't make one of those dates, email the tours department and arrangements can be made to find a time to get you trained.

For the already certified tour guides, we need your help too! If you would like to give the daily tour on pretty much any day of the week, email the tours department and we can get that arranged.

The following is a list of tours that are currently scheduled and are somewhat on the radar.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, DAILY TOUR. Need one tour guide.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. The School of Music has its open house on this day and there will be a couple of tours throughout the day.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. OPENING NIGHT!!! The Krannert Center would like to offer tours to the patrons attending the opening night festivities, and so we need one or two tour guides for this night. There will most likely be two tours, one at 6 pm and one at 8 pm, but those times have yet to be finalized.

And remember, for every 4 daily tours that you give, and every 2 special tours, you earn a pair of complimentary tickets to pretty much any show of your choice. See everyone on September 8th for tours training!

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If you are interested in volunteering at any of the times listed below, please email Courtney Egg at cegg@illinois.edu. She is the Krannert Center Patron Services Director and will be compiling the volunteer lists and needs your info. And of course, don't hesitate to email me (or Courtney) with any questions. Also, if you could copy me in your email so I'm up-to-date with the volunteers, I'd appreciate it!


The Krannert Costume Shop Sale-Sept 13
In the Studio Theater from 8a to 5p. 2 comp tickets will be given to each volunteer.


9a to 12n (2 ticket takers and 3 floaters)-5 volunteers
12:30p to 4p (3 floaters)-3 volunteers


The morning portion of the sale is TICKETED at $3 per ticket, one as a fundraiser and two as incentive to shop early. The afternoon portion is free and open to the public. Volunteers are also welcome to shop beginning at 8a as an added bonus... shop before the sale is open to the public! This will involve a lot of standing and walking and not much downtime. The sale is quite popular. OR, if you can't devote the volunteer time, just come and shop with us. The Krannert Center costume shop creates world-class costumes that you could own!


Opening Night -Sept 18
As a thank you, volunteers will receive 5 FREE food/drink tickets, redeemable at Intermezzo.


Our volunteer needs include:


Ticket Table volunteers - 8 volunteers per shift
Shift 1: 5p - 8:30p
Shift 2: 8:30p - 11:30p


Tour Guides - 2 TRAINED guides per tour
6p tour
8p tour


"Bootie Call"/Interactive Paint Project - 2 to 4 volunteers per shift
Shift 1: 5:30p - 7p
Shift 2: 7p - 8:30p
Shift 3: 8:30p - 10p


Name Writers - 2 volunteers per shift
Shift 1: 5:30p - 7p
Shift 2: 7p - 8:30p
Shift 3: 8:30p - 10p


Face Painting/Mendhi - 2 volunteers per shift
Shift 1: 5:30p - 7p
Shift 2: 7p - 8:30p
Shift 3: 8:30p - 10p


40 North/88 West photo booth - 2 volunteers per shift
Shift 1: 5:30p - 7p
Shift 2: 7p - 8:30p
Shift 3: 8:30p - 10p


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Adboard Elections:


All of the departments I have mentioned throughout the email (and more!), such as Tours, Tech, Community Outreach, Marketing, Computers, Activities have openings in our administrative board. It's a great way to get more involved in the management side of KCSA, work with the Krannert Center staff, and meet some new friends! Applications for all of these positions can be found on the KCSA website at http://kcsawww.kcpa.uiuc.edu/. Just email it to me by Sept 11 with the completed application and we'll contact you with an interview time for Sept 14. Again we'd like to stress, no experience necessary!
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Okay, I promise that these emails will get shorter at one point. At least the info is all-in-one to avoid inbox clogging. Thanks for the enthusiasm and interest!


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Vanessa Bordo, University of Illinois
Senior: International Studies, French
Krannert Center Student Association Secretary
Global Studies & French Film Festival Intern

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Krannert Center Student Association
Room 2-402, Production Level
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Phone: 217-333-3550
Email: kcsa@uiuc.edu
http://www.kcsa.uiuc.edu/