Please join us at the Illinois Theatre Association's 2024 ITA Awards of Excellence Celebration and Annual Members' Meeting.
Program:
9:00 am - Check-in and Mixer (one mimosa per registration)
10:00 am - 10:30 am - Keynote Speaker
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Awards of Excellence Celebration Brunch
12:00 am - 1:00 pm Annual Members' Meeting
2:00 pm - (optional) Peter and the Starcatcher at Paramount -
A limited number of tickets can be purchased here for an additional $50.50.
Copley Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd.
Aurora, IL 60506
Early Bird rate ends 6/30/2024. Tickets will increase to $65 per ticket.
The Two Brothers Roundhouse has limited capacity, so get your tickets today!
Keynote Speaker
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Gene Weygandt is an actor. Film: Mea Culpa, The Birdcage, The Babe, Television: Home Improvement, Cybil, Murphy Brown, Chicago Fire, Empire, Chicago Med, Boss, Ellen, Coach, USA High. Broadway: big: The Musical, Wicked, Come From Away
Regional: Guys and Dolls, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 42nd Street, Rock of Ages, A Christmas Story, The Light In the Piazza, Lend me A Tenor, Old Jews Telling Jokes, The Music Man, Me And My Girl, Little Shop of Horrors, Working, Annie, Inspecting Carol and others.
2024 Awards of Excellence:
Creative Drama/Theatre for Young Audiences:
The Children's Theatre of Elgin and Fox Valley Theatre Company
Accepting the Award is Veronica Comings, President
Secondary School Theatre:
J.R. Willard-Rose (Homewood- Flossmoor HS)
College/University Theatre:
Kevin Long (Harper College, Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Community Theatre:
Joseph Ennenbach (Stage 212, Morris Theater Guild, Streator Engle Lane, and Princeton's Festival 56)
Professional Theatre:
James Calitri (Artistic Director, Festival 56)
2024 Awards of Honor, ITA Non-Member:
John Collins (Executive Director, Goodman Theatre)
2024 Awards of Honor, ITA Member:
Richard Arnold, Jr. (Production Coordinator, College of DuPage)
Anne Thurman Mentorship Award:
Patricia Haynes, 1950-2024 (Mother McAuley HS, founder of 99th Street Summer Theatre)
Accepting the Award is Erin Fitzpatrick