Three Chicks & a Stage’s 10th annual (and final) Memorial Day show, “Play It Again, Uncle Sam,” will be presented at 3:00pm on Memorial Day, May 28, at the Effingham Performance Center. Because this is Three Chicks’ last Memorial Day show, we are highlighting moments from the past nine shows, including music, interviews, and letters. Local musicians, vocalists and the Altamont Choir will perform music from the Civil War through present day. The audience will also enjoy many traditional favorites, including “God Bless America,” “The Ballad of the Green Beret” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”
A new addition this year is the Coles County Barbershop Chorus to perform some wartime songs. Once again, the Mattoon High School JROTC Gladiators Drill Team will bring their precision drill to the stage. In the lobby before and after the performance, and during intermission, the Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum Association will host a display of local military history.
The lobby doors open at 2:00pm and auditorium doors open at 2:30pm. Tickets for the show are currently on sale and are $14 for adults and $8 for children 12 and younger. VETERANS TICKETS ARE FREE! To purchase tickets, call the Effingham Performance Center at 217-540-2788 or visit the box office at 1325 Outer Belt West during box office hours. Tickets will also be available at the door beginning at 10:00 am on Memorial Day.
For more information about the show visit www.the-epc.org/localEvents.
Three Chicks and a Stage Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theatre group in residence at the Effingham Performance Center. The “Chicks” annually produce the Memorial Day show, a Fall play and a Christmas show. Founder Monique Hortenstine and members Rich Jorn, Lydia Sanchez-Hatfill, Marylynne Toliver, Gratton Toliver, Gary Stanfield, Charlie Niehaus enjoy the collaboration of many talented locals and the wonderful staff at the EPC who make their performances successful. The mission of Three Chicks is to create entertaining productions with local talent and to give back to the community. They will donate a portion of their proceeds to the Effingham County Veterans Memorial Fund and ECCCMA.
Effingham Performance Center is operated by Arts Connection of Central Illinois, a not-for-profit organization, that has been established for the citizens of Effingham County and beyond to showcase arts and entertainment, to encourage interaction with and appreciation of live performance, to endorse the educational process and to enhance the quality of life and cultural vitality of the region.
Conveniently located at the cross-section of Interstates 57 and 70, Exit 160, Effingham Performance Center presents events that appeal to all genres and generations. More information about the Center and Arts Connection of Illinois may be found at www.theEPC.org or by phone at (217) 540-2788.
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