Skokie Theatre Music Foundation Presents LOVE LETTERS, 1/10

Skokie Theatre Music Foundation is proud to present "Love Letters", with performances on January 10th and January 24th, 2010. Proceeds will help the Skokie Theatre Music Foundation educate aspiring artists in the business of music and to provide a state-of-the-art venue for their talents. On January 10th, Jan Ellen Graves will perform with Illinois State Representative Louis I Lang, and on January 24th, Graves will perform with the Honorable George Van Dusen.

"Love Letters" is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play by A. R. Gurney. The play centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards - in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats - that have passed between them throughout their separated lives.

"Love Letters" will be at the Skokie Theatre Music Foundation on Sunday, January 10th and Sunday, January 24th. Both performances will be at 2pm. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at http://skokietheatre.com or over the phone at 847-677-7761. Skokie Theatre Music Foundation is located on 7924 N. Lincoln in Skokie, IL.

About Skokie Theatre

The Skokie Theatre Music Foundation is a not for profit entity organized around its mission of providing support to creative and aspiring musicians. The Foundation is delighted to have acquired the Skokie Theatre, a landmark building in the Chicago Metropolitan area. Renovated to the tune of 1.5 million dollars, this 140 seat venue will help serve the foundation's goals by offering a world class performance environment for musicians and providing a home for educational workshops, music business education seminars and professional clinics.

About Jan Ellen Graves

Jan Ellen Graves is the Media Director for Redtwist overseeing the website, printing, and general communications. She began her association with AWT in 2001. She was the project manager for the buildout of the AWT space and the Redtwist Grand Reopening renovations, designed and built the sets for all the productions from 2003 to 2005. She also directed the Jeff Recommended Aura, the critically-acclaimed The American Clock and has appeared in many shows including All My Sons, Equus, Three Hotels, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Doubt, and Marvin's Room

About Lou Lang

Illinois State Representative Lou Lang has been serving in the state house since 1987 and is the Assistant Majority Leader. He is a chairperson on the Gaming Committee and also serves on the Committee of the Whole, Adoption Reform Committee, and Special Committee.

About George Van Dusen

The Honorable George van Dusen, Mayor of Skokie, is on top of his political duties a historian and teacher. He has been called the Renaissance Mayor for his integration of the arts and humanities into municipal activities. As a Village Trustee, and later as Mayor, Van Dusen was a driving force in the establishment of such cultural institutions as the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie and the Skokie Sculpture Park. He has been active in supporting the Skokie Public Library, which has one of the largest collections in the state, as well as working to secure the siting of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie.