Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed from early morning through 2:00 PM on Monday, February 6 so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performances of Pete the Cat’s Big Hollywood Adventure.
Thank you!
Carly Shank (she/her)
Artistic Programs Director
UIS Performing Arts Center
1 University Plaza, MS PAC 397
Springfield, IL 62703
Desk: 217-206-8286
Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed from early morning through 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 1 so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performances of Freedom Flight.
Thank you!
Carly Shank (she/her)
Artistic Programs Director
UIS Performing Arts Center
1 University Plaza, MS PAC 397
Springfield, IL 62703
Desk: 217-206-8286
Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed from early morning through 2:00 PM on Monday, January 23 so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performances of “Frindle”. Thank you!
Carly Shank (she/her)
Artistic Programs Director
UIS Performing Arts Center
One University Plaza, MS PAC 397
Springfield, IL 62703
Desk: 217-206-8286
In accordance with the UIS Policy on Weapons Screening at the UIS Performing Arts Center, we are once again implementing a weapons screening at the UIS Performing Arts Center in the Public Affairs Center (PAC) building. This screening will be on Sunday, Nov. 20, for the sold-out John Mulaney comedy show. The building lockdown and patron screening activity will occur from approximately 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In accordance with the UIS Policy on Weapons Screening at the UIS Performing Arts Center, the Joe Bonamassa concert being held at the UIS Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, will require weapons screening of all event attendees and other individuals desiring access to the Public Affairs Center (PAC).
The UIS Performing Arts Center has created a new program called Our Stage / Our Voices. Director of Artistic Programs Carly Shank and Artist in Residence Reggie Guyton spoke to Community Voices about the program and how it will help give a voice to under represented communities in the performing arts.
University of Illinois Springfield & Live Nation has announced that John Mulaney's From Scratch is coming to UIS Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
The following column was written by Carly Shank, artistic programs director of the University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center. It was featured in The State Journal-Register on April 10, 2022. The following are excerpts from the article.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
Emmy award-winning writer, actor and comedian John Mulaney will perform in Springfield this May.
Beginning in March 2022, Mulaney started touring with his newest hour, John Mulaney: From Scratch. His show at the University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
This story aired on WAND TV on April 4, 2022. Read the entire story online.
Bryan Rives, Director of Performing Arts Services at the University of Illinois Springfield, talks to WMAY radio about the upcoming performances at the UIS PAC and updated theatre policies following the COVID-19 pandemic.
This interview aired on WMAY on March 28, 2022. Listen here.