EIU’s Doudna Fine Arts Center offers an array of events in November
Nov-12-2019
[CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR: MORGAN AUSTIN]
(Charleston, IL) – Eastern Illinois University’s Doudna Fine Arts Center will host several musical and theatre performances throughout the month of November. Some highlights include The Vienna Boys Choir and performances of the beloved Victorian play The Secret Garden.
Remaining Doudna performances in November include:
Thursday, November 14
- 7:30 p.m.—The Vienna Boys Choir
Dvorak Concert Hall
$20 – General Admission
$15 – EIU Employees/Seniors
$10 – Students
The Vienna Boys Choir consists of 100 boys between the ages of 10 and 14, from dozens of nations, divided into four touring groups. Each group spends nine to 11 weeks of the school year on tour. Between them, the four choirs give 300 performances each year to nearly half a million people. They visit virtually all European countries, and are frequent guests in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
Thursday, November 14 – Sunday, November 17
- 7:30 p.m.—The Secret Garden
The Theatre
$20 – General Admission
$15 – EIU Employees/Seniors
$10 – Students
This beloved Victorian classic by author Frances Hodgson Burnett comes to life through this beautifully haunting score by Lucy Simon and book by Marsha Norman. Mary Lennox, losing her parents due to a plague in India, moves to a secluded British manor to live with her uncle Archibald Craven and his sickly son Colin. The manor, haunted by spirits and guilt, lives in the shadows of the past and the cries of the present. Mary, with the help of her new friends Martha, Dickon, Ben, and a key to a garden, begins to unlock the secrets of the house, helping all things grow. Winner of 3 Tony and 4 Drama Desk awards.
Monday, November 18
- 7:30 p.m.—Composers’ Forum
Dvorak Concert Hall
Free – All seats
Tuesday, November 19
- 7:30 p.m.—Concert Band & Eastern Symphonic Band Concert
Dvorak Concert Hall
$6 – General Admission/EIU Employees/Seniors
$5 – Students
Thursday, November 21
- EIU Jazz Ensemble
The Theatre
$6 – General Admission/EIU Employees/Seniors
$5 – Students
To purchase tickets or for more information on any of these performances, visit www.eiu.edu/doudna.
For more information about EIU, or to learn more about its growing assortment of programs and services, visit the university’s website at www.eiu.edu, or call EIU’s public information office at (217) 581-7400.
