YOU SHOULD BE IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE!

Our very own Steve Mosqueda is hosting a television special on WTTW Channel 11. Arts Across Illinois: CenterStage features performers from all over the state...Theater Artists, Musicians, Dancers. It's Hot. AND YOU SHOULD BE IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE. YOU CAN HECKLE STEVE DURING THE COMMERCIALS! (what commercials? It's PBS)

CALL NOW!
773-509-5614 TO RESERVE A SEAT FOR THURSDAY JUNE 12TH AT 8PM AT WTTW TELEVISION STUDIOS!


Performers include:


• One of the oldest dance companies in Illinois, The Springfield Ballet’s 30-member civic ballet troupe is dedicated to bringing the art of dance to central Illinois audiences and performers.

• Barrel of Monkeys is a group of actor-educators providing writing residencies in the Chicago Public Elementary Schools, after which they adapt the stories for the stage. The results get kids excited about writing while also inspiring audiences -– young and old.

• Jazz vocalist and Galesburg resident Semenya McCord has received awards from the City of Boston and, along with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, received the 1997 “Artist” Commonwealth Award from the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences & Humanities.

• Blair Thomas & Co. is an award-winning Chicago-based touring company that uses various styles of puppetry and live music to emphasize intimacy, nuance and the highest level of craftsmanship.

• Sherri Farley of Sandwich, Illinois was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Master Apprentice grant to study the unique bluegrass style and obscure tuning method of the hammered dulcimer.

• Muntu Dance Theatre is a Chicago-based ensemble highly regarded for its innovative repertoire, preserving traditional African dance while creating new works that build on African, Caribbean, and African-American cultural traditions.

• The high-energy Carol Stream ensemble Ann Stewart and the Banjo Buddies Dixieland Band is led by Ann Stewart, one of the country’s leading jazz banjo and vocal talents. The group has been performing nationwide for more than three decades.

• Marvin Tate’s voyage into spoken word and performance started in the Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s West Side. He has since been heard on National Public Radio’s This American Life, and HBO’s Def Poetry.

• Hector Silveira y Su Orquesta blends Cuban dance music and folkloric rhythm into a unique sound. Originally from Camaguey, Cuba and now a Chicago resident, Hector Silveira has quickly established himself as the “young voice of Cuban music.”

If you would like to be a part of the studio audience call the CenterStage reservation line at 773-509-5614! WTTW is located at 5400 N. Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625