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The Bengt Sjostrom Theatre (usually referred to as Starlight Theatre by local residents) is an outdoor community theater located on the Rock Valley College campus in Rockford, Illinois. It houses the Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre , one of two theatres operated by the college (the other being the indoor Rock Valley College Studio Theatre ).
Alton Little Theater, founded in 1933, is a non-profit community theater located in Alton, Illinois. Dorothy Colonius, a local English teacher, along with other educators and their students worked to create a community theater in Alton. Dorothy became the permanent artistic director and pushed for a permanent home for the theater.
The Grand Theatre showed movies throughout the year, except during the summer months. [2] It was in 1957 that Guy S. Little, Jr. came up with the idea of renting out the theater for the summer months to present plays. Renting the theater allowed him to begin fulfilling his lifelong dream of owning and operating a professional theater.
Bengt Sjostrom Theatre; Cutting Hall; Hoogland Center for the Arts; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; The Little Theatre on the Square; Muddy River Opera Company; Orpheum Theater (Galesburg) Peoria Civic Center; Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre; Rock Valley College Studio Theatre; Sesser Opera House; Station Theatre (Urbana) Theatre ...
This theater is equipped with a Sennheiser Audio System, computerized lighting control, sound reinforcement and recording capability. It has become a tradition for the local Champaign-Urbana Ballet and the Sinfonia da Camera to perform The Nutcracker in the Festival theatre every December. A unique feature of the theatre, designed to support ...
Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
Performances are held in the outdoor Bengt Sjostrom Theatre. Operations of Rock Valley College Studio Theatre, an indoor black box theatre, were suspended in 2016. [1] Starlight Theatre also has an award-winning structure designed by Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang Architects [2] that features a unique, one-of-a-kind movable roof, which was added ...
The Springfield community responded with such enthusiasm that the Muni was able to rebuild its facility and return to the lake site theater in 1965. That year, over 6,000 patrons saw The Music Man and South Pacific. In 1967, the Muni produced three shows; Brigadoon, Guys and Dolls and Camelot and attendance grew to 14,375.