December 16, 2003

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Big hair and big laughs are guaranteed as the Chicago Bar Association brings its 80th annual "Christmas Spirits" revue to Oakton Community College on Saturday, Jan. 31. A portion of the proceeds are used to support the Charles N. Goodnow Chicago Bar Association Scholarship at Oakton Community College.

In this year's original production, "Hearsay" (a play on the Broadway hit, "Hairspray"), Chicago's best legal minds skewer a variety of overexposed celebrities and news events, from Martha Stewart and "American Idol," to President George Bush and the California recall election. The new smoking ban in Skokie is lampooned in "Second-Hand Smoke," a takeoff on the Barbra Streisand classic, "Second Hand Rose," and last spring's Glenbrook North High School hazing controversy is targeted through a parody of Cindy Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Featured are performances by local residents Bob Canel of Skokie (as Mayor Daley), Cliff Berman of Lincolnwood (as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld), Nathan G. Brenner Jr. of Morton Grove (as Bush advisor Karl Rove), and Joseph LaGioia Jr. of Niles.

The show begins at 8:30 p.m. in the Footlik Theater at Oakton's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road. A reception follows the performance. This event is hosted by Oakton's Educational Foundation, with proceeds benefiting student scholarships. Reserved seats are $50. To order tickets, call the Office of Resource Development at 847-635-1893.

Media Contact: Bill Paige (847) 635-1806

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