So now that 2011 is over, and we’re headed into 2012, it’s time to reflect on the awesome we left behind, and look forward to the awesome yet to come! And there will be plenty, my friends. Here is a (somewhat) comprehensive list of (almost) everything happening on campus in theater and literature in 2012.
Theater
Plays at Krannert Center, UIUC dept of theater: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Feb 2-12); Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play (March 29-April 7); Our Town (April 12-22)
Opera at Krannert Center, UIUC dept of music: The Barber of Seville (March 1-4); Paradises Lost (April 26-29)
Broadway Series at Assembly Hall: Fiddler on the Roof (March 18); Shrek (April 26); In The Heights (May 6)
The What You Will Shakespeare Company: The Spanish Tragedy; Troilus and Cressida; The Merchant of Venice
The Penny Dreaful Players: Doubt: A Parable; TBA
The New Revels Players: TBA
Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company: The Producers (March 15-25)
The Station Theater: Gruesome Playground Injuries (Jan 5-21); Company (Feb 2-18); Becky Shaw (March 1-17); Red (April 12-28)
Illini Union Board Musical: Chicago (April 20-21)
Literature
There isn’t much news announced yet on the literature side of things; no visiting authors to the university have been announced yet. However, there are a few things happening that I do know about, icluding two author visits to the local city libraries:
Champaign Public Library: Young adult author Julie Cross for her first book, Tempest on Jan 21
Urbana Free Library: Poet, author, and UIUC prof, Janice Harrington does a poetry reading on Feb 8
Also, if you know about the university’s One Book, One Campus program (see my post), and would like to have some say in to next year’s choice, visit this website to recommend your favorite book for next school year!
Happy 2012, everybody!
