MASTERCLASS: The ANNIE Audition Experience
The Raue Center School for the Arts proudly presents the next in our Masterclass series – The ANNIE Audition Experience, featuring, guest artists Ellie Rose Pulsifer (Annie) and Harrison Drake (Drake) from the current National Tour of ANNIE appearing at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre. Our guest artists guide participants step-by-step through a professional audition and casting process and teach a dance combination from the Audition! Find out from ANNIE herself how young artists live on tour! Join us for this wildly fun and unique experience.GUEST ARTIST BIOSEllie Rose Pulsifer 12-year-old actor, singer, and dancer. Ellie is currently Annie on the Broadway National Tour, other roles include: Regional Theater, Matilda (Amanda Thripp), The Jungle Book (Mowgli), Shrek (Young Fiona), Gypsy, Balloon Girl (Baby June| Young Louise U|S), Cat in the Hat (Sally) Local Theater, Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Annie (Molly), Matilda, (Matilda). In addition to her theater training, she has 10 years of ballet, jazz, and tap, under her belt. Fun fact about Ellie…she’s a practicing ventriloquist! Follow her Annie tour journey Instagram: @ellie_rose_actorHarrison Drake is a New York based actor currently playing Drake the butler, and also understudies F.D.R. and Oliver Warbucks in the National Tour of Annie. His previous National Tour credits include Anastasia and A Bronx Tale. Other regional credits include Fables (Lincoln Center), Annie (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Little Night Music and Les Misérables (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). Harrison has also performed internationally with Princess Cruises as a production show vocalist. He is currently the interim dance captain for the show.Raue Center’s Master Classes are taught by professional artists from across the country, focusing on a variety of disciplines and specialties throughout the year. Depending on the class, attendees may be asked to join as either a participant or spectator- joining our experts on stage for exercises or practice modules. Spectators are encouraged to observe the process and are welcome to participate in the question and answer sessions following the workshop.
MASTERCLASS: A MELODIC APPROACH TO IMPROVISATION with ERNIE WATTS
Tickets: $20 | RaueNOW Members: $15* Join two-time Grammy Winner Ernie Watts as he discusses his musical process and regales us with stories. Watts discusses how to create musical freedom through discipline and shares stories from his life lived in music for over 60 years followed by a Q&A. BIOTwo-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players in music. Watts has been playing professionally for over 50 years. He has been featured on over 500 recordings and became “first call” for all the reed instruments for films, TV, and recordings with pop icons such as Marvin Gaye, Steely Dan, Carole King, Frank Zappa, all the Motown artists, and many others. Watts played for 20 years in Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show band, always exhibiting his unforgettable trademark sound. In 2014, Watts received the prestigious Frankfurt Music Prize given by the city of Frankfurt, Germany. It is presented to both classical and non-classical musicians. Of the 32 current winners, only 6 have been jazz musicians. Per the Frankfurt Music Prize Foundation, Watts was “selected for his strikingly melodic saxophone style and his original tone language, with which he has already enriched several generations of musicians. Previous jazz honorees include Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, and John McLaughlin. www.ErnieWatts.comRaue Center’s Master Classes are taught by professional artists from across the country, focusing on a variety of disciplines and specialties throughout the year. Depending on the class, attendees may be asked to join as either participants or spectators- joining our experts on stage for exercises or practice modules. Spectators are encouraged to observe the process and are welcome to participate in the question-and-answer sessions following the workshop.
DAVID SEDARIS | Friday, November 4, 2022 | 8:00 PM
DAVID SEDARISFriday, November 4, 2022 @ 8:00 PMTICKETS:RaueNOW Adult: $35-$53.20Standard Adult: $50-$76—–Best-selling author David Sedaris returns to Raue Center! David Sedaris is the bestselling author of the books Calypso, Theft By Finding, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. His latest collection of essays, Happily-Go-Lucky is out now!With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.David Sedaris will deliver a 60-minute reading followed by 20-30 minutes of audience questions. There will be a book signing in the lobby area before & following the eventNo photography or videography of any kind will be permitted. There will be no beverage service during this event. —— Don’t forget to become a RaueNow Member to save up to 30% on 2 of your tickets! Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Etix, our ticketing agent, charges a $3 per ticket fee to process the ticket purchase in their system. The $6 facility fee is a per-order fee that supports the maintenance of Raue Center’s historical venue. Raue Center is recognized by the League of Historic American Theatres and the facility fee helps support the upkeep of the theater, and provides for various free events and initiatives in our community like our Veterans program which allows veterans to see shows for free throughout the year! For more information, please visit rauecenter.org. Updated safety policy 5.23.22: Masks are no longer required for most shows, but are recommended. Some protocols may vary by event. Please visit https://www.rauecenter.org/covid/ for details. Questions? Please contact our Box Office at 815-356-9212; boxoffice@rauecenter.org. Raue Center for the Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of all through the arts.
RICH BENJAMIN | The Divided States of America: Big National Transformations, Small Towns | Friday, October 14, 2022 | 7:00 PM
RICH BENJAMINThe Divided States of America: Big National Transformations, Small TownsFriday, October 14, 2022 | 7:00 PMTICKETS:STANDARD ADULT: $20RAUENOW ADULT: $14COLLEGE STUDENT: $15STUDENT (18 & under): $8Celebrated author, speaker, and cultural anthropologist, Rich Benjamin, joins Raue Center for a special presentation and moderated Q&A discussing his personal experiences engaging with communities in small-town America and his deft observations of modern society, culture, and politics with a goal toward building understanding and openness.”I believe that adaptation requires openness. It requires a willingness to understand others, a willingness to understand oneself. And I believe in that willingness comes an openness to change.” – Rich BenjaminDon’t miss this timely discussion with one of America’s finest scholars. Moderated by James Knight. —–BIOGRAPHYRich Benjamin is a political analyst, a cultural anthropologist, a speaker, an author. Benjamin’s cultural and political analysis appears regularly in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times Sunday Book Review, and National Public Radio (NPR). His scholarly research has received support from Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, Brown University, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Benjamin was recently a Fellow in the literary arts at the Bellagio Center (Italia), Rockefeller Foundation. Rich has a BA in English and political science from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Authors Guild, the national union of writers that has been protecting authors’ rights and free speech since 1912. —— Become a RaueNow Member to save up to 30% on 2 of your tickets! Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Etix, our ticketing agent, charges a $3 per ticket fee to process the ticket purchase in their system. The $6 facility fee is a per-order fee that supports the maintenance of Raue Center’s historical venue and provides for various free events and initiatives in our community like our Veterans program which allows veterans to see shows for free throughout the year! For more information please visit rauecenter.org Raue Center recommends wearing Masks but it is not required. Please visit https://www.rauecenter.org/covid/ for details. Questions? Please contact our Box Office at 815-356-9212. boxoffice@rauecenter.org Raue Center For The Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of all through the arts.
