Events in March 2023
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March 3, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE 
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
March 4, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
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March 10, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
March 11, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
March 12, 2023(1 event)
2:00 pm: CAMILLE2:00 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
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March 17, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
March 18, 2023(1 event)
7:30 pm: CAMILLE7:30 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
March 19, 2023(1 event)
2:00 pm: CAMILLE2:00 pm: CAMILLE
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the 19th Century French playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. In essence, this play proves that true love can triumph over what seems to be totally insurmountable odds. It is the best known play written by Dumas fils, adapted from his novel of the same title, and many critics consider it to be the greatest love story in dramatic literature. It will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, In the Professional Building, 164 Division Street (8th floor), downtown Elgin for three weekends—March 3-18, 2023. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, at 7:30 PM and Sundays, March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM |
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All PERFORMANCES AT THE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING 164 Division St.
“CAMILLE” by Alexandre Dumas fils, the Greatest Dramatic Love Story
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS opened its 2022-2023 Season in September with TWO ROOMS, a very serious political drama concerning the kidnapping of Americans by terrorists in Beirut by the contemporary American playwright Lee Blessing. In March, IP is presenting what it considers the perfect antidote–Camille (“The Lady of the Camillias”) by the…
TWO ROOMS
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS presents Lee Blessing’s TWO ROOMS The wife of an American kidnapped by Hezbollah in Beirut in the 1980s struggles to get him freed. With no help or commitment from her own government, she returns home and forges an imaginary link with him in the room she presumes he…
Mistaken Identity Russian Style: Gogol Satirizes Soviet Life
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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
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Waiting For Godot
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Mistaken Identity Russian Style: Gogol Satirizes Soviet Life
*Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the cdc has requested we cancel our shows for the time being * What happens when an unlucky nobody is mistaken for a powerful Russian government official by a group of corrupt small town officials? Find out when INDEPENDENT PLAYERS presents Nikolai Gogol’s The Government…