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Wisconsin Performing Arts Centers To Provide Scholarships In DEAR EVAN HANSEN Essay Contest
This challenge also includes the opportunity to receive a $10,000 college scholarship at the national level.by BWW News Desk
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Overture Center for the Arts are teaming up with Rogers Behavioral Health to provide five $1,000 scholarships to Wisconsin participants in the recently announced national Dear Evan Hansen You Will Be Found College Essay Writing Challenge. Designed for current high school juniors and seniors, and to align with the Common Application for college admissions, this challenge also includes the opportunity to receive a $10,000 college scholarship at the national level, funded by Dear Evan Hansen lead producer Stacey Mindich.
On Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m., leaders from Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton and Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee will join Madison s Overture Center in an Overture Forum to discuss how they are working together to address issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and extended closures, coordinate digital programming and promote the value of the arts statewide. As the extended intermission of the live performing arts continues, our partnerships in the industry remain critical in planning for the future, including preparing to welcome audiences back safely in the fall, said Fox Cities P.A.C. President Maria Van Laanen.
By Robert Kennedy
Jan 26, 2021 3:36 AM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) Broadway shows are expected to return to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Oct. 27 with “Wicked” while the center hopes to resume in-person shows in August.
The PAC has been dark since the March 12 performance of “Baby Shark Live!” And while the center hoped the 2020-21 season could take place, it’s now clear that touring shows won’t resume until fall, according to PAC president Maria Van Laanen.
“As we are looking at the rollout of the vaccine and the continued high-level of spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s becoming very obvious that the touring industry is not going to be able to start this spring as we had hoped. So, we are now moving our calendar and looking ahead to the fall as a time when we think the nation will be much better prepared to have shows that are touring across the country and welcoming people back inside to live theatre performances.”
Allison Garfield, Wausau Daily Herald
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12:41 pm UTC Jan. 21, 2021
Allison Garfield, Wausau Daily Herald
Published
12:41 pm UTC Jan. 21, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a host of problems for many businesses, but almost none more than the live-performance industry. With large gatherings limited or prohibited for the last 10 months and no end in sight, theater venues across Wisconsin have relied heavily on donor support and state and federal funds to survive.
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The pandemic has brought the theater industry to the brink of closure, with venues in the state reporting lost revenue and ticket sales in the millions of dollars.