ITA Awards of Excellence and Annual Meeting

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

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