SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
7:30 p.m.
JLC Mainstage
W
elcome to the JLC!
Thank you for joining us for our 2022-23 season-opener. I am thrilled to serve as the new Executive Director of the James Lumber Center for Performing Arts (JLC). As a longtime presenter of arts and culture, I’m excited for the opportunity to share with you my joy for the performing arts, which bring so much to our world. Through the arts, we create community, express ourselves in new ways, challenge our thinking about society, and escape reality to laugh and be entertained.
Like the rest of the world, the performing arts were greatly impacted by the pandemic, and we are still in recovery. At this time, the JLC is at 75% capacity. We appreciate your flexibility as we navigate new guidelines and changes. We will do everything we can to make the journey as safe and comfortable as possible for everyone.
Since you’re here, you know what a hidden gem the JLC is, bringing world class performances to Lake County. Please help us spread the word by inviting your friends, colleagues and neighbors to a show! There are many wonderful performances, from national touring acts to showcases featuring our very own students. We believe there's something for everyone at the JLC, and we hope you do, too.
I look forward to meeting with you and laughing along as we welcome legendary fan favorite, The Second City, back to our stage. Enjoy the show!
Warm regards,
Alisa Baum, Executive Director
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
College of Lake County
Second City
IT ALL STARTED WITH CHILDREN’S GAMES.
Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, launched the theater into the international spotlight.
In 1976, Second City launched “SCTV,” which has been hailed as one of the greatest sketch comedy series of all time. The two-time Emmy winner featured an all-star cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, and Rick Moranis.
Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing to produce premier talent in all three of its locations--Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood--and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond.
In addition to its stages, Second City Touring Companies perform electrifying revues and original productions across North America and abroad. Our creative collaborations have produced thrilling and critically acclaimed work in partnership with organizations like the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Cruise Line, the New York Comedy Festival and the Chicago Bulls.
Second City Training Centers in Chicago, Toronto, Hollywood, and online teach thousands of students a year, and the opening of the Harold Ramis Film School in 2016 gave the world the first film school dedicated to comedy. Finally, Second City Works is an industry leader in bringing improv-based methodologies to businesses and organizations of all types.
We hope you enjoy the show ... after all, it’s been almost 60 years in the making.
Upcoming Events
Lions in Illyria CLC Theatre
Friday, September 30 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 1 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 2 @ 2 p.m.
Fall Jazz Ensembles Concert CLC Music
Sunday, October 9 @ 4 p.m.
Fall Wind Ensembles Concert CLC Music
Sunday, October 16 @ 4 p.m.
Fall Choral Concert CLC Music
Saturday, October 22 @ 4 p.m.
Lisa Rock in Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters
Sunday, October 23 @ 4 p.m.
The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Brass Band
Saturday, November 12 @ 8 p.m.
Be sure to check our website: jlcenter.clcillinois.edu
We hope to see you at a future event!
Email for questions: clcboxoffice@clcillinois.edu
Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Masks are optional in public spaces.
We will continue enhanced cleaning procedures in the theatre, restrooms and common touch points.
The JLC reserves the right to make changes based on health, safety and the ongoing pandemic.
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College of Lake County
Board of Trustees
Amanda D. Howland, J.D., Chair
Julie B. Shroka, M.A., Vice Chair
Torrie Mark Newsome, J.D., Secretary
Gerri Songer, M.A.
Matthew J. Stanton, J.D.
Robert J. Tomei, Jr., J.D.
Paul G. Virgilio, B.S., S.E., P.E.
Daniel Blaine, Student Trustee
German Juárez, Student Trustee
Lori Suddick, Ed.D., President
Trustees Emeriti
Richard A. Anderson, J.D.
William M. Griffin, Ed.D.
Patricia Jones, M.Ed.
Barbara D. Oilschlager, M.Ed.
We respectfully acknowledge that the College of Lake County is on the ancestral homelands of the Kickapoo, Peoria, Potawatomi, and other native peoples. We recognize the longstanding significance of these lands for indigenous peoples past, present and future. Historical awareness of indigenous exclusion and erasure is critically important to preventing further atrocities. The College of Lake County pledges to acknowledge the grave injustices of the past and pledges to create awareness and advance education that invites truth.
Alisa Baum
Executive Director
J. J. Avers
Office Manager
Leslie Baraboo
Marketing and Communications Analyst
Kim Dizzonne
Accounting Associate
Jeremy Eiden
Technical Coordinator
Peter Hansen
Technical Production Assistant
Judie Katz
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Matt McNabb
Patron Services Coordinator
Jianni Newsome
Box Office Assistant