Big Noise opens season with ‘How to Succeed’

Big Noise Theatre is proud to announce the schedule for the upcoming 2011–2012 season, celebrating our 10th anniversary performing at Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines.

Ÿ “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,” our fall musical production, is a satire of big business and office politics, and is currently a hit revival on Broadway. “How To Succeed” runs Sept. 23-Oct. 16, with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There will be no performance on Friday, Oct. 7.

Ÿ “Butterflies are Free,” our winter play, is the story of a blind young man’s maturation as he escapes his overprotective mother and moves into his own apartment. A free-spirited neighbor shows him a world beyond his experience and he in turn teaches her what growing up and being free is all about. This show runs Jan. 13-Feb. 5, 2012, with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Ÿ “Leader of the Pack,” our spring musical, is the biographical story of famed ’60s songwriter, Ellie Greenwich. This show is a flashback of her life through her many famous hit songs, including “Leader of the Pack,” “Chapel of Love,” “Be My Baby,” “Da Do Ron Ron,” “Hanky Panky” and more. The show runs April 27-May 13, 2012, with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are available at www.bignoisetheatre.org or at the box office, (847) 604-0275. Season subscriptions for all three shows are now available at $60; or $55 for seniors. Individual show ticket prices are $24 each; $22 for seniors or students with I.D.; $16 for children under 12.

All performances are at Prairie Lakes Theatre, 515 E. Thacker St., Des Plaines. Big Noise Theatre is headquartered at 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka; (847) 604-0275.