Lightwire: The Show to Light Up Dubuque
Jan 17, 2019
DUBUQUE, Iowa – University of Dubuque Heritage Center continues its sixth season of Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series with Lightwire Theater, of Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in John and Alice Butler Hall. Lightwire: The Show replaces the formerly scheduled LUMA: Art in Darkness performance originally scheduled for the same date. LUMA cancelled its winter tour of the upper Midwest region.
WHAT: Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series – Lightwire Theaterpresents Lightwire: The Show
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 14 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque
TICKETS: Adult $29-$34 advance/$34-$39 day of show; Alumni $24 advance/$29 day of show; Child/Student $15 advance/$20 day of show
Lightwire Theaterhas been featured as semi-finalists on NBC's America’s Got Talent and winners of Tru TV's Fake Off. The company combines theater and technology to bring stories to life in complete darkness and are internationally recognized for their signature brand of electroluminescent artistry. Creatures light up the stage in a visually stimulating performance.
In this epic adventure for the whole family, birds grow 16 feet tall, cats fight with light sabers, and 60 electroluminescent creatures light up the stage. The story begins with an outcast young bird trying to come to terms with a strange new power he's been given. Banished from his tribe for being different, he wanders his planet where danger lurks everywhere. A chance encounter with a warrior cat creates an unlikely friendship and together they save their world from an alien species seeking to destroy it. Lightwire: The Show is 80 minutes in duration plus intermission.
Tickets for Lightwire: The Show can be purchased Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Farber Box Office, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque, 2255 Bennett Street; by phone at 563.585.SHOW; or online at www.dbq.edu/heritagecenter.
