INCOMING: Upright Citizens Brigade at ECC Arts Nov 15th #improv #comedy

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANY  BRINGS THEIR SIGNATURE LONG FORM OF IMPROV TO  ECC ARTS CENTER SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 7:30 P.M.

 
The ECC Arts Center Takes Pre-Show Dining Alfresco with First-Ever Food Truck Night

Here at ChiIL Live Shows we've been fans of Upright Citizens Brigade forever. I came from an improv background myself, founding the long running, award winning Miami University improv group, Tower Players back in the mid 80's. I've been a sucker for the genre since my first high school improv class way back in the day. Come check out UCB. You'll be glad you did!

The critically acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Touring Company comes to ECC Arts Center, located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Saturday, Nov.15th, 7:30 p.m. Known for their long form improv episodes inspired from a single suggestion, improvisers from UCB will create a hilarious, 90-minute show guaranteed to leave the audience laughing.

The ECC Art Center offers a special pre-show dining opportunity for this performance…Food truck Night! The Calle Wagon, a gourmet Mexican/Mediterranean mobile eatery, will be arriving at the Arts Center one hour before the show. Advance reservations are not required but audience members are encouraged to arrive early and enjoy food truck fare in front of the Arts Center. For more information visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The UCB New York-based four-person cast scheduled to appear at the ECC Arts Center includes Yoni Lotan, Morgan Miller, Kim Parker and Keaton Patti. UCB has established the reputation of being a place to see the next generation of rising comedy stars and sports an impressive alum list featuring performers/writers from “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show.” SPIN Magazine hails UCB as "New York City's only relevant live comedy troupe;" New York Magazine calls them, "New York's hardest-working sketch comics" and The Onion and Entertainment Weekly calls UCB "twisted and uproarious." 

In the 1990s, Chicago’s own Matt Besser ("Comedy Bang! Bang!") and native New Yorker Ian Roberts (Exec. Producer, Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele”), along with Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”) and Chicago-born Matt Walsh (“Veep”) of Chicago’s improv community, formed the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe. The foursome went on to create their own Comedy Central series and later opened the affiliated Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Los Angeles. Both theaters have become well-known hotspots for watching live alternative comedy and improv shows, and in recent years, have helped launch the careers of many of today's most popular comedians. Chicagoan’s had an opportunity to see UCB in action this past spring when they headlined the 2014 Chicago Improv Festival.

Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Touring Company comes to the ECC Arts Center located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $27. For tickets or more information visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300.

The ECC Arts Center, located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, presents amazing artists in intimate theater settings. Delicious dinners prepared through a partnership with the ECC's award-winning culinary arts program often accompany events. Parking is plentiful and free.

For more information about the ECC Arts Center, visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300. The arts center also can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com/ECCArtsCenter. Become a fan of the arts center on Facebook at facebook.com/ECCArtsCenter.

Dino Themed Dinner at Colonial Cafe & Discount Code for Erth’s DINOSAUR ZOO Live at ECC Arts Center

If folks can’t catch Erth’s DINOSAUR ZOO Live at Watertower, you have two more chances to catch the show at the ECC Arts Center April 1 at 7 p.m. and April 2 at 9:45 a.m. The ECC Arts Center located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Tickets are $24 for adults and $15 for children age 12 and under. Parking is free.  Click here for ChiIL Mama's prior Dinosaur Zoo coverage including show video & photos.

ChiIL out with a special family discount for Dinosaur Zoo Live

FAMILY FOUR PACK

Get four tickets to this interactive dinosaur experience for $60 ($15 per ticket)! To redeem, visit tickets.elgin.edu and use the code FAMILY4 or call the ECC Arts Center at 847-622-0300.

ERTH’s Dinosaur Zoo Live

Tuesday, April 1 at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 at 9:45 a.m.

ERTH's DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE takes your family on a tour through prehistoric Australia by bringing an eye-popping array of ancient creatures to life on stage. Observe and interact with extraordinarily life-like creatures that are just like those that inhabited the Southern Hemisphere millions of years ago. From the sweetly curious baby Dryosaur, to the peaceful hulk Titanosaur, and even the teeth-gnashing T-Rex, this unique interactive theatrical performance stimulates children's imaginations and connects them to the world of dinosaurs. www.dinosaurzoolive.us

Tickets may be purchased by phone by calling 847-622-0300 (All major credit cards are accepted) or online at tickets.elgin.edu or at the ECC box office located in the Arts Center. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. NOTE: to accommodate the early performance on April 2, the box office will open at 8:15 a.m.

Colonial Café will be offering a dinosaur-themed menu 

on April 1 & 2. 

Menu will include Prehistoric Punch, Pterodactyl Tenders, Brontosaurus Burgers, and a Swamp Sundae. All of these items will be on a special menu with coloring sheet. They'll be offering the menu from 4-10p.m. on Tuesday, April 1 and at request for lunch on Wednesday, April 2. It will be offered at both the McLean restaurant which is located at the corner of McLean Blvd. and Spartan Drive (600 S McLean Blvd, Elgin, IL 60123 ) right next to the main entrance of the college and at the St. Charles-West restaurant located on Randall Rd. (552 S Randall Rd., Saint Charles, IL 60174. For more info, visit the Colonial Café's website: http://www.colonialcafe.com/. 

ACT OUT: Gravity Defying LEO For Ages 8+

THE GRAVITY DEFYING ONE-MAN SHOW "LEO" MAKES ITS CHICAGO AREA PREMIERE AT THE ECC ARTS CENTER OCT. 26-27

Tickets for This Internationally Acclaimed, Best of the Edinburgh Festival Winner Are Now On Sale to the General Public

Elgin Community College (ECC) Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, Ill. presents the Chicago area premiere of the internationally renowned Circle of Eleven's critically-acclaimed one-man gravity defying show "LEO," Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

"LEO," starring the multi-talented performer Tobias Wegner is a surprising, hilarious, and moving show sure to be a hit with audiences age 8 to 80. Based on an original idea by and performed by Wegner and directed by Daniel Brière, "LEO" uses an ingenious combination of stage design and video projections to create an unexpected environment for extraordinary feats of acrobatic theater in which "our hero" literally loses his sense of gravity and departs on a logic-defying adventure. .

"LEO" is the newest creation of the Berlin-based production company Circle of Eleven. Directed by the Montréal-based actor and director Daniel Brière, it won several major awards at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe festival including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the Three Weeks Editors Award and The Scotsman Fringe First Award. When "LEO" made its U.S. debut in New York City this past January Time Out New York called it “an eye-teasing, grin-inducing, deeply impressive work of sustained absurdist magic”

and The New York Post raved, "Alternately funny and poetic... 'LEO' soars."

The ECC Arts Center engagement is the only Chicago area site currently scheduled for the "LEO" fall 2012 North American Tour.

Tobias Wegner (performer/creator) completed his acrobatic training at the Belgium University of Contemporary Circus Arts (E.S.A.C.) in Brussels. His professional career has taken him to, among other places, Brazil, Spain, and India. He has also performed at the Southbank Centre (London), the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris), the Schauspiel Frankfurt, and the Staatsoper unter den Linden (Berlin). In 2008, Tobias won the European competition "Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe" with the project AIUAIO and his own company of the same name.

Daniel Brière (director) is co-artistic director of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental in Montreal, where he has created new work since 2003. He has directed more than 20 theater productions, including "LÉO," which was created in Berlin, won three awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and has since toured to New York, New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, and elsewhere. As an actor, Brière has appeared in film and played a variety of roles in Quebec and overseas. His television include the popular TV comedy "The Parent Family," for which he was awarded the 2011 Artis Prize for a male lead.

The design team includes Flavia Hevia (set and lighting design), Heiko Kalmbach (video design); Ingo Panke (animation); and Heather McCrimmon (costume design). Creative Producer is Gregg Parks.

Tickets may be purchased online by clicking here or at the ECC box office located in the arts center. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone, call 847-622-0300. All major credit cards are accepted.

For more information about the ECC Arts Center, visit elgin.edu/arts. Video clips of upcoming artists and events can be found at youtube.com/ECCArtsCenter. Connect and talk to the arts center on Standing Room Only, a blog at eccartscenter.com. The arts center also can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com/ECCArtsCenter. Become a fan of the arts center on Facebook at facebook.com/ECCArtsCenter.

"LEO" makes its Chicago area premiere at the ECC Arts Center 

1700 Spartan Dr,

Elgin, Ill. 

Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. 

"LEO" is appropriate for theatre goers of all ages and recommended for those 8 and up. 

Tickets are $33 for adults / $20 for children 12 and under and on sale now to the general public.