North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Michael Paukin
Michael Pauken, Director of the Due north Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie (this motion-picture show is from 2014)
Michael Pauken, a long time friend of the Rotary Society of Skokie Valley was the guest speaker at our zoom coming together of July 14, 2020. He spoke about the hardship the N Shore Centre is going through during these COVID-19 though fourth dimension. Regardless, Michael remains positive and confident that with the appropriate modifications and community back up all will be well.
Michael Pauken joined the N Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie every bit general manager in 2002. Prior to joining the North Shore Center, Michael managed numerous theatrical productions including the long-runningForever Plaid in Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle. Other Chicago credits includeCatch! with the Flight Karamazov Brothers,Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,Fully Committed,andART all at the Imperial George Theatre,The Vagina Monologues starring Eve Ensler at the Apollo Theater, and the award-winningThe Flop-itty of Errors at both Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier and at the Royal George Theatre. Michael too produced the Chicago premiere of the musicalWhoop-Dee-Doo! and booked and managed the popularSing-a-Long Sound of Music in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. Michael spent five years with the League of Chicago Theatres in various capacities including acting executive director, director of marketing and manager of the popular Hot Tix one-half-price ticket program. He has also worked for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Michael managed theatres and produced shows there also equally held jobs at the Columbus Arts Quango and the Columbus Bedchamber of Commerce. Michael has served on the lath of Chicago'due south Due north Shore Convention and Company'southward Bureau since 2002 and was chair of that arrangement from 2004 to 2006 and again in 2016-2017. He is a by member of the board of directors for the Skokie Bedroom of Commerce and a fellow member of the Skokie Valley Kiwanis.
History of The North Shore Heart for the Performing Arts
The unique, Award-Winning, Country-of-the-Fine art functioning venue designed by Boston based architect/developer Graham Gund opened in Nov 1996. In 1998 the Northward Shore Centre was presented with the National Commercial Builder'due south Award of Excellence Merit Award, Sectionalisation Four. Capable of hosting a wide variety of performing arts, corporate and special events, the Due north shore Center is a multi-purpose, modern, efficient theatre facility with 68,000 foursquare feet of space. World famous performers, tradeshows, and local productions are every bit at home.
The facility was conceived in the mid 1980's when Dorothy Litwin (former Executive Director of Centre East) applied to the Land of Illinois for funding nether the "Build Illinois Program". The Village of Skokie supported the projection as an economical stimulus to the expanse and as a cultural asset to the community. The Heart Due east Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Edifice Authority was and so created by the Country of Illinois as the owner of the new performing arts center. The Village of Skokie appoints six of the nine members of the Say-so aboard and Niles Township appoints iii members. Professional Facilities Direction (PFM) has managed the North Shore Centre since its opening.
The Northward Shore Centre was synthetic at a price of $18 million. The Country of Illinois contributed $13.2 million and the Hamlet of Skokie $three.iv million. The remaining construction funds were contributed past the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation and other individual donors. Northlight Theatre raised boosted dollars for the build-out of its namesake theatre.
Shortly after it opened, the North Shore Center hosted the pre-Broadway tryout of the musical You're A Good Human being, Charlie Dark-brown starring Kristen Chenoweth and Anthony Rapp. The North Shore Eye has been the domicile to the Chicago Theatre Community's annual Joseph Jefferson Awards seven times. Among the stars that have performed on the North Shore Center stages are Bob Newhart, Kathy Griffin, Queen Latifah, Bill Maher, Rita Moreno, Paula Poundstone, Neil Sedaka, Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp Trip the light fantastic Visitor, The Capitol Steps, and many more.
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