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All event staff at assigned stations Doors open Actors acting as paparazzi at red carpet entering hallway from Marriott Lobby. There will be stanchions with velvet ropes. Two portrait lights, actor with prop mic, actors with prop cameras (but making it clear that were not actually taking pictures). w/ secondary welcoming placement at north entrance (just one actor). Other actors or Madrigals in the hallway welcoming and collecting data for data visualization. Six design exhibits in the hallway Another red carpet with velvet ropes at North Entrance. There, one actor welcomes people while holding aside the rope, so they can enter. Two tables to input data for Arts Tech project (one in hallway, one by north doors) Table by north door becomes Art purchasing table as well. Check-in at Northeast check-in desk, coat check Large circular bar open in North center section of ballroom Mack Glass display in northwest corner of ballroom (roughly 5 by 6 by 6 tall) String Quartet playing in northwest corner of ballroom (in front of piano and jazz band equipment) Art centerpieces on tables, Art on walls behind stages. Arts Technology visualization playing on screen. At 6:50, actors and staff start encouraging people to take their seats Lights: Faculty Brass Quintet plays fanfare from South End Sound: Mic #2 on Marketta on mic: Welcome to the 2010 Illinois State University Gala. Dinner is about to start. Please take your seats. Actors and Madrigals direct people to their seats Faculty Brass Quintet plays second fanfare Lights: Sound: Mic Stand Up (Mic #1) A Madrigal Singer starts making sound on champagne glass from East Stage at mic stand. Lights: Sound/Computer: champagne glass hymn Champagne Glass Towers: Lights Up Madrigals standing by each tower pretend to play as University Hymn plays in reverberated tones throughout the ballroom. Sound: Mic Stand out

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Lights: Salads served. A few moments of unaccompanied bustle. Lights: Sound: East Stage Amplification on Video: Switch to East Stage video. Angelo Favis, guitar on East Stage Lights: Sound: Mic Stand up; East Stage Amplification off. Jim Major, on East Stage at mic stand Thank you, Angelo Favis. Welcome home. My name is Jim Major and as Dean of the College of Fine Arts, I have the special honor of welcoming you home tonight, as part of this special Homecoming week. This is a particularly exciting time for me as the College celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Visionaries in the arts at Illinois State University came together and said lets build a professional training program in the cornfields of Central Illinois that will rival the top schools in Chicago and New York and they did it. A new Department of Theatre was created, and it joined with the Departments of Art and Music to form a new college under the leadership of Dean Charles Bolen. We still feel his spirit. And every day, the spirit and creativity and power of the arts flows through this institution as our talented students and faculty work together and create something magical. Its a joy coming to work. Right now, Id like to introduce your guide. Marketta Wilder is one of our most recent alums. Last year, she was nominated for an Irene Ryan acting competition award and was one of only 16 actors in the entire country selected to perform at the National Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

I am proud to introduce Marketta Wilder. Lights: Sound: Marketta Mic On (Mic #2); Mic Stand Out Video: Switch to Visualization Marketta Wilder in center aisle: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Weve had fun putting together some artistic treats for you this evening. We decided to keep it all a bit of a surprise, so were not going to give you a printed program yet. Well give you one when you leave.

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But for now, let me fill you in on whats been surrounding you As you came in tonight, you may have noticed the costume and set designs in the hallway from School of Theatre productions. The Faculty String Quartet and the Faculty Brass Quintet greeted you. Hanging over our two stages are works of art created by Illinois State alumni and faculty artists. And on the screens, you can see a new work of art that you actually created this is an arts technology class project that takes the data from questions that we asked people as they arrived, and turns it into an artistic visualization. See if you can find yourself in that painting. On some of the tables, the centerpieces are actually works of art created by students or faculty. If you wish to purchase one from the artist, simply be the first to take the card that has the price on it and its yours. You can pay at the table near the entrance, and take it home tonight. Thats also true for the large glass sculpture created by Art alum Jason Mack. But now, while you can buy the art, there are some things you cant buy. Lights: Sound: South Stage Amplification on; Marketta Mic off. Video: Switch to South Stage Video Madrigal Singers on South Stage o Cant buy me Love (3 minutes) o It Was a Lover and His Lass (2:30 minutes) o (possible additional number for time) Lights: Video: Switch to Visualization Sound: South Stage Amplification Off; Piano amplification on. Dinner is served Kelsey Sharp plays piano in northwest corner of ballroom Lights: Sound: Marketta Mic On; Piano amplification off Marquetta in Center Aisle That was music student Kelsey Sharp playing the piano, and before her, you heard the Illinois State University Madrigal Singers. This year, the Madrigal Singers are having a little celebration of their own. The 55th annual Madrigal Dinners, which will be taking place December 8-11 at the Alumni Center. This is the longest-running event of its kind in the entire country. Homecoming Weekend affords us the opportunity to recognize our notable alumni. Yesterday, distinguished graduates of the College of Fine Arts were inducted into our inaugural Hall of Fame. I would like to ask these honored alumni, along with other Illinois State graduates in attendance who were recognized by their respective colleges or departments this weekend to please stand. Would you join me in a round of applause? Video: Black; Prepare to cue up Alumni clips Marquetta continues: (Couple of lines of to-be-scripted banter with John Kirk. She gives him the mic.) Lights: Sound: Mics 1, 2 and 3 on; East stage amplification on; South stage amplification on 3

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John Kirk kicks off actor one-liners scattered throughout the space.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. (Oscar Wilde) You need three things in the theatre the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something. I want to give the audience a hint of the scene. No more that that. Give them too much and they wont contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. Thats what gives the theatre meaning: when it becomes a social act. (Orson Wells) Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. (Alfred Hitchcock) Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. (Peter Ustinov) From the point of view of the playwright, the essence of a tragedy is that spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero. (Maxwell Anderson) Comedy is tragedy plus time. (Carol Burnett) Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. Many plays, certainly mine are like blank cheques. The actors, directors and designers put their own signatures on them. (Thornton Wilder) Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly. (Rosalind Russell) The whole motivation for any performer is Look at me, Ma. (Lenny Bruce) The best actors do not let the wheels show. (Henry Fonda) Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking I the more difficult of the two. (Oscar Wilde) Every actor who plays Hamlet differs from every other Hamlet by virtue of his very being. (Sharon Carnicke) To be, or not to be? That is the question To be, or not to be? That is the question Hamlet is the tragedy of tackling a family problem too soon after college. To be, or not to be? That is the question To be, or not to be? That is the question You cant automate in the arts. Since the 16th century there has been no change in the number of people necessary to produce Hamlet.(William T. Wylie) Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down unless youre a king. (Josephine Hull) (Tom Masson)

The Stories are centuries old. They shout of discovered love and lost hope, of humor and anguish, of mystery and maidens and tragic farewells. Within 3 plain walls and a curtain lies a world in which weve never lived. A world we think we know.

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The performing arts are beacons of the times. They reflect the best of us and the worst of us. As they tell their tales, on a stage, shining in the light. But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.. To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow! I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person. To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Because it is my name. Because I cannot have another in my life! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul, leave me my name! A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! I think the world may be going through a phase, the way I was with mother. It'll pass. Maybe not for hundreds of years, but someday. - I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart. I been right here with you, TroyI took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams. . . and I buried them inside you. And it didnt take me no eighteen years to find out the soil was hard and rocky and it wasnt never gonna bloom. But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter. There are no Angels in America. "Good-by to clocks ticking and my butternut tree! And Mamas sunflowers and food and coffee and new-ironed dresses and hot baths and sleeping and waking up! Oh earth, youre too wonderful for anyone to realize you! Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?every, every minute?" Whoever you are I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there . . . . I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say good night till it be morrow

Video: Switch to computer video Lights: Sound: Sound from computer on. All mics off. Computer: Play Video collage of alums in films. (10 min.) Lights: Video: Switch to black. Computer: cue up and start dance soundtrack Sound: No change: Keep sound from computer on. Semonis Dance Piece starts at north end from behind bar and proceeds down center aisle (rhythmic and powerful drumming sounds) At end of piece, dancers run away splitting north and south. 5

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Lights: Video switch to visualization. East Stage Amplification on Secondary Dominance performs on East Stage (performing one or more of: o Halo- Beyonce o Summertime - from Porgy and Bess o Kaleidoscope Heart- Sara Bareilles (When they leave, one replaces the mic stand, set with Mic #1) Lights: Sound: East Stage Amplification off; Marketta Mic on Marketta in Center Aisle You just heard the student a capella group Secondary Dominance, and before that, a dance piece choreographed by Sara Semonis. This is the first time shes ever been asked to choreograph a piece for a stage 7 feet wide by 150 feet long. I am delighted to introduce to you our student speaker for this evening - the first recipient of the Illinois State University Alumni Association Scholarship. Philip Carter is a freshman from Collinsville, Illinois, majoring in music education. An Eagle Scout and member of multiple honor societies at his high school, Philip is already very involved at Illinois State University. He plays in the Big Red Marching Machine, the Symphonic Winds, and a brass quintet. He is joined tonight by his proud parents, Warren and Laurie Carter, and his younger sister, Lauren. Please help me welcome Philip Carter. Lights: Video: Switch to East stage video Sound: Marketta Mic off, Mic stand on. Philip Carter speaks at mic stand (approx. 3 minutes). When finished, he will introduce President Bowman President Bowman speaks on East Stage (approx 4-5 minutes). Ends with And now, I have just one word to describe our next presentation and that word is swashbuckling! Lights: Sound: Mic Stand Off Video: Switch to Black; prepare to switch to South Stage at end of combat piece Two combatants with swords emerge from behind bar and move down center aisle, ending up at South Stage Sound: South Stage Amplification up Switch to South Stage Video Fight ends with a death. And then its time for dessert. Lights: Sound: South Stage Amplification Off Video: Switch to Visualization Dessert is served A few minutes of bustle Lights: Sound: East Stage Amplification Up Video: Switch to East Stage as Adriana prepares to play. Switch to South stage on first note Merriman dance piece on South Stage accompanied by cello on East Stage Video: Possible switches throughout dance, between cello and dance piece, but most will be on the dancers. 6

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Lights: Video: Switch to Visualization Sound: East Stage Amplification Off; Marketta Mic On Marketta in center aisle That was Adriana Ransom on the Cello accompanying a dance piece choreographed by Laurie Merriman. When you leave this evening, remember to pick up a copy of the program from one of our staff. Id like to remind you about the artworks on the tables. If you decide to purchase one, simply take the tag with the price to the table in the north hallway. You know, weve been celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the College of Fine Arts, but the arts have always been an essential part of the life and fabric of Illinois State University, dating clear back to 1857. One of the first faculty members at Illinois State was Chauncy Cady, conductor of the Chicago Music Union, hired as a part-time music teacher. Art Appreciation and Art History were introduced into the curriculum in the 1890s. Dance was part of many celebrations, including Dancing on the Green for May Day. In 1892, the Dramatic Club presented Shakespeares Merchant of Venice. And the highlight of the 1897 Commencement Ceremony was a production of Gilbert and Sullivans H.M.S. Pinafore. And now, the Madrigal Singers perform Fair Robin, a piece composed by Illinois State University alum Dennis Tobenski. Lights: Video: Switch to South Stage Computer: Prepare Powerpoint presentation Sound: South Stage Amplification on; Marketta mic off Madrigal Singers on South Stage o Fair Robin (4 minutes) SM cues drum line. On the applause from the song, they begin to play. Lights: Sound: All mics off. Video: Switch to black Big Red Marching Machine enters to drum line, and then plays Fight Song Lights: Sound: Marketta mic on Video: Switch to East Stage. Tight on Marketta. Marketta on East Stage: If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your voices, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends. Lights Champagne Tower lights on Video: Switch to Computer 7

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Computer: Powerpoint on with words to University Hymn Sound: South stage amplification on lightly All sing University Hymn, including Madrigals on South Stage. Sound: All mics off Lights: Drum Line Marches the band off Computer: Advance powerpoint to closing slides and credits Lights: Faculty Jazz Ensemble plays in the Northeast corner of the ballroom Waiters clear tables, People leave, get programs, purchase art, etc.

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