Bowen Park Theater

Bowen Park Theater

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39 Jack Benny Dr, Waukegan, IL 60087, USA

About Bowen Park Theater

Dr. Lynn Schornick and Ken Smouse founded Bowen Park Theatre Company in the spring of 1987 at approximately the same time as Bowen Park Opera. The Company’s objective was to produce mostly classical drama and comedies, avoiding musicals and the repertory of neighboring theatre groups. Within three years, Bowen Park Theatre became a fully professional, non-equity theatre, joining the professional ranks of only two other companies in Lake County. Jason Clark is currently the artistic director for the Bowen Park Theatre.

Bowen Park Opera Company has its roots to the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra performances in the mid-1980s. In 1987, the new Jack Benny Center for the Arts facility was completed in Bowen Park. Dr. Lynn Schornick and Ken Smouse founded Bowen Park Opera Company to perform in Goodfellow Hall. Its first production was a double bill in the spring of 1987 of Holst’s The Wandering Scholar and Mozart’s The Impresario. Bowen Park Opera Company was last under the capable direction of Kathryn Kamp (Stage Director) and Chris Richards (Music Director).

In December 10, 2003, the Waukegan Park District and the Jack Benny Center for the Arts renamed the theatre in Goodfellow Hall, the Dr. Lynn Schornick Theatre, to honor the man who had brought so much to Waukegan and the arts community.

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Denise Hoeflich

Performer, Actor

  Chicago, Illinois

1 production