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Dear Theatre-goer,
We are thrilled to present this upcoming season of productions.
Not only because we consider each play a quality piece of
entertaining and engaging theatre, but also because they offer
a great diversity of challenges for our student actors. Big Fish is
a charming and very theatrical musical, and musicals, of course,
present very different necessary techniques for the performers.
The Day They Shot John Lennon is a realistic drama with comedy
touches and offers our students strong character work. Comedies
use a very different technique, and Inspecting Carol helps the
actor trainees with comic delivery and timing. Contemporary
social commentary, such as Good People, insists that the actors
tell a story with people we may recognize and that the message
is the focus of the presentation. What would actor training be
without an experience with one of Shakespeare’s productions?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a great selection for the student
actor who has yet to experience the Bard.
It sometimes feels that in today’s society light comedies and
romantic musicals are what we need or desire. We always include
these in our seasons, but we owe a responsibility to both our
patrons and our students to present the full range of humanity’s
struggles and joys. We hope we succeed and we hope you, too,
enjoy viewing all aspects of our common existence.
See you at the theatre,
Keith J. White, Chair, Director of Theatre
July 22-24 & July 28-31, 2016
Book by John August. Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed
film directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish centers on the life of Edward
Bloom, a traveling man with tall tales who lives life to its fullest…
and then some! Edward’s incredible, larger-than-life stories include
a giant, a witch, a mermaid and many more. His stories thrill
everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But
their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to
find the truth behind his father’s epic tales. Overflowing with heart,
humor and spectacular stagecraft, Big Fish is an extraordinary
new Broadway musical that reminds us why we love going to the
theatre. It is an experience that’s richer, funnier and BIGGER than
life itself.
Directed by Jo Slowik
Recommended for patrons 6 and up.
$12 single tickets go on sale June 20, 2016!
The Day They Shot
john lennon
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 & Oct. 6-9, 2016
by James McClure
The play takes place in front of the Manhattan apartment building
where John Lennon was shot on December 8, 1980. New Yorkers
spontaneously assembled that day to pay tribute to their idol, and
it is from the stories of these people that the author builds his play.
Included are a young advertising executive and a “women’s libber”
who had both been at Woodstock; a group of high school students
preoccupied with romantic entanglements; a pair of Vietnam vets;
an elderly Jewish man who mistakenly thinks that the murder
victim was Jack Lemmon; and a hip young black would-be comic.
The relationships are sometimes humorous, sometimes moving,
sometimes menacing. The author focuses on the larger significance
of the event which has brought them together—the shock wave
which was felt across the nation.
Guest Directed by Michael Bassett
Recommended for patrons 16 and up.
$10 single tickets go on sale June 20, 2016!
INSPECTING
Nov. 11-13 & Nov. 17-20, 2016
by Daniel Sullivan and the Seattle Repertory Company
A Christmas Carol meets The Government Inspector meets Noises
Off in this hilarious hit from The Seattle Repertory Company. A
struggling theatre company is mounting its annual production of
A Christmas Carol amid the very real threat of their funding being
cut off from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). They have
received notice that an inspector from the NEA will be arriving to
determine whether continued funding is warranted. At the same time,
a man who may very well be the worst actor ever arrives to audition
for the company. Mistaking him for the anticipated inspector, the
company’s director casts him in a leading role for the production.
Add assorted backstage alliances, dalliances, disappearances and you
have a recipe for disaster and hilarity. Inspecting Carol is a show that
PLT patrons have wished to see again since the 1996 PLT production.
Directed by Keith White
Recommended for patrons 13 and up.
$10 single tickets go on sale June 20, 2016!
Good
People
Feb. 17-19 & Feb. 23-26, 2017
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on
the town means a few rounds of bingo, this month’s paycheck
only covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh has just
been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction, Margie thinks
an old fling, who’s made it out of Southie, might be her ticket to a
fresh new start. But is this self-made man secure enough to face
his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has
left to find out. With his signature humorous glow, David LindsayAbaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable
hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
Directed by Kevin Trudeau
Recommended for patrons 18 and up.
$10 single tickets go on sale June 20, 2016!
Night’s Dream
April 21-23 & April 27-30, 2017
by William Shakespeare
The PLT brings to the stage one of Shakespeare’s most popular
plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It portrays the adventures
of four young Athenian lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the
fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
was written in 1595 or 1596. Some experts believe it was written to
have its first performance in the gardens of a great country estate
for the celebrations of an aristocratic wedding. As the fictional
newlyweds watch Bottom and his friends performing “Pyramus
and Thisbe,” they were in turn being watched by a real-life bride and
groom! Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy contains a playwithin-a-play and a world-within-a-world, inviting audiences to
enter a realm of magic and fantasy and leave the theatre pondering
“was it all a dream?”
Directed by Jo Slowik
Recommended for patrons 13 and up.
$10 single tickets go on sale June 20, 2016!
12th annual
holiday spectacular
Dec. 8 & 9, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 10, 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Conceived and directed by Jo Slowik
❅❅ 90-minutes of holiday fun for the whole family!
❅❅ Digital pictures onstage with Santa 30
minutes prior to performance
❅❅ Digital picture are $5 and the proceeds go to
the Philip Lynch Theatre Scholarship Fund
❅❅ Assigned seating performances!
❅❅ $10 General Admission
❅❅ Half price tickets available with a donation of
non-perishable food items to go to local food pantries
❅❅ $2 tickets for members of the Lewis community
❅❅ Assigned seating performances!
❅❅ Advance ticket purchase recommended.
❅❅ Recommended for patrons of all ages.
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2016
EVENTS
The Studio Theatre is located on the second floor above the Wadsworth
Family Art Gallery. Many of the events are FREE and are often
recommended for mature audiences. Handicap seating is accessible
from the elevator in the lobby of the Oremus Fine Arts Center.
Improv Comedy Night “Welcome Days” events. Friday, August 26 & Saturday,
August 27 Ÿ 7:30 p.m. FREE! What’s going to happen? It’s anyone’s guess!!!
Fall Alumni Connections Concert. Thursday, Oct. 20 Ÿ 7:30 pm.
An evening filled with music that features talents of Lewis alumni and friends.
$10 General Admission.
Box Office: A History. An original one-act play by Steve Ackerman. Directed
by Jo Slowik. Friday, February 3 & Saturday, February 4 Ÿ 7:30 p.m. One
part storytelling, plus one part mayhem, equal a zany history lesson in this
exploration of show business. $10 General Admission. Recommended for
mature audiences.
24 Hr. Theatre Festival a.k.a. Black Box Blowout. Theatre artists gather for a
weekend experience of creating original live theatre. The festival begins at 7
p.m. on Friday, March 17 and concludes with a FREE performance on Saturday,
March 18, 2017 Ÿ 7:30 p.m.
Student Directed Ten Minute Play Festival. Wednesday, May 3 & Thursday,
May 4 Ÿ 7:30 p.m. FREE! Ten minute plays ranging from over the top comedies,
sentimental drama, to gritty thrillers. Recommended for mature audiences.
BOX OFFICE
(815) 836-5500 • lewisu.edu/plt
[email protected]
Hours: 1–4:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Opens 60 minutes prior to performances
Reservations recommended
Payment by cash or check
LOCATION
Lewis University’s main campus
Oremus Fine Arts Center
One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL 60446
Half-mile north of Route 7 & Route 53
Directions: lewisu.edu/campuses
TICKET INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE
COMPANIES
Season Subscription: $44
4 Flex Passes $35
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5 PLT produced Mainstage Shows
Arts & Ideas Performance Series
AlphaBet Soup Productions
Music Department Concerts
H
eritage Theatre Company
Productions
• Annual Holiday Spectacular
• Studio Theatre Events
MUSICALS
Adult: $12; Senior/student: $11
Lewis student w/ID $2
Lewis faculty & staff $10
Groups of 15 or more $10
NON-MUSICALS/PLAYS
Adult: $10; Senior/student: $9
Lewis student w/ID $2
Lewis faculty & staff $8
Groups of 15 or more $8
AMENITIES
HERITAGE THEATRE COMPANY
General Admission $10
Lewis student w/ID $2
ARTS & IDEAS TOURING SERIES
General Admission: $10
Lewis students, faculty & staff:
One free ticket, additional tickets $5
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OPTIONS TO PURCHASE TICKETS
1. Mail this completed form
along with a check payable to
“Philip Lynch Theatre” to:
Lewis University
c/o Philip Lynch Theatre
One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL 60446-2200
2. Bring this form along with a check
to the PLT Box Office (M-F, 1-4:30 p.m.)
3. Call* the Box Office: (815) 836-5500
4. Fax* this form: (815) 836-5375
5. E-mail* [email protected]
PLT TICKETS
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* We are unable to process credit/debit cards either in person
or over the phone. For reservations that are phoned in,
e-mailed or faxed, we require patrons to mail a check. We
will hold unpaid reservations for 3 business days.
3 CONVENIENT TICKET PLANS
1. PLTSUBSCRIPTION
2. PLTFLEX PASS
Free exchanges! Free parking! 18.5% Savings!
Increased flexibility! Free parking! Up to 20% Savings!
Simply put, a Flex Pass is a coupon that represents
pre-payment for a ticket to a future PLT performance.
Patrons who purchase Flex Passes do not have to plan
months in advance.
5 great shows for $44!
I would like season subscription tickets for the
following performance date and time (select one):
First weekend:
Second weekend:
 Friday, 8 p.m.
 Thursday, 8 p.m.
 Saturday, 8 p.m.
 Friday, 8 p.m.
 Sunday, 2:30 p.m.  Saturday, 4 p.m.
 Saturday, 8 p.m.
 Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
_____ # of subscriptions X $44 = $
4 passes for $35!
Flex Passes:
• are sold only in increments of four
tickets. Purchase 4, 8, 12 and so on.
• can be redeemed for actual tickets by calling
(815) 836-5500 - As long as seating is available .
• are valid only for the season in which purchased.
• cannot be used to pay for a subscription purchase.
• cannot be exchanged, once redeemed.
• are not ticket insured.
_____ # of 4 flex passes X $35 = $
3. INDIVIDUALTICKETS
Play adult: $10 (Senior/student: $9) Musical adult: $12 (Senior/student: $11)
SHOW
Show date
Show time
Adult Tickets
Senior/
Student Tickets
Big Fish
X $12
X $11
The Day They Shot John Lennon
X $10
X $9
Inspecting Carol
X $10
X $9
Good People
X $10
X $9
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
X $10
X $9
A 10% discount is available to groups of 15 or more.
The actors and crew of Philip Lynch Theatre productions are
students of Lewis University. The Department of Theatre annually
awards partial scholarships to deserving majors on the basis
of talent, need and academic excellence. Your donations to the
Theatre Scholarship Fund are respectfully solicited and can be
easily included with your subscription order. The Philip Lynch
Theatre is part of Lewis University, a not-for-profit institution.
Total Cost
Per Play
Grand Total $
PLT Scholarship Fund
 I
would also like to donate to
the PLT Scholarship fund:
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