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David Davis Mansion celebrates Abraham Lincoln's 214th birthday in high style, plus a poignant play at Heartland Theatre and activities at the zoo.
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This time-bending love story at Heartland Theatre Company follows two star-crossed 20-somethings who spent a single day in Dublin together — and the regret they carried for decades.
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Local theater companies aren't suffering as badly as the nationwide trends, but without more financial support, they can't afford to go pro.
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The second annual Further Jazz Festival includes an 8-piece band playing Oliver Nelson's 1961 landmark album, "Blues and the Abstract Truth," led by Oliver Nelson, Jr.
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The 2023-24 season at Heartland Theatre Company begins with a modern comedy compared to those by American playwright Neil Simon. After a break, retired Illinois State theater professor Cyndee Brown couldn't say no to directing "Grand Horizons."
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An international pool of 650 applicants submitted their bite-sized plays for Heartland Theatre's 2023 10-Minute Play Festival. The rules are simple: Plays must be 10-minutes long, with no more than four characters, and stick to this year's "Waiting Room" theme.
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Veteran Twin City director Don LaCasse leads the Heartland Theatre Company in a new production of "Tiny Beautiful Things." The play follows advice columnist "Sugar" as she navigates various letter writers' traumas — and her own.
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Director Tom Dzurison debuts "The Lifespan of a Fact" at Heartland Theatre Company on Feb. 2. The play, based on a 2012 book of the same name, is about an overzealous "essayist" and the fact-checker of a struggling publication assigned to review his not-quite-true article.
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Heartland Theatre Company's latest production tells the story of four women who made waves during the French Revolution — and paid the ultimate price. Lauren Gunderson's dark comedy, "The Revolutionists," is being performed through Nov. 19 in Normal.
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Director Tom Mitchell makes his Heartland Theatre debut with 'Suddenly Last Summer,' the Normal troupe's season opener. Mitchell finds relevance in Tennessee Williams' timelessly salient themes — and encourages newcomers to avoid dated interpretations cemented on film.