@ RAUE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Friday, Febryary 28, 2025 @ 8P
From the same production team that has brought you Think Floyd USA, now comes SPIES OF THE WORLD – GRATEFUL DEAD EXPERIENCE. A high-energy, full-production, live concert experience.
Spies of the World: Grateful Dead Experience, a Grateful Dead tribute band features some of the best musicians from across the United States. With over 150 years of combined professional experience and more than 1000 Grateful Dead concerts attended, this group is full of talent you won’t want to miss. It’s a show every Deadhead will want to attend.
SOTW includes some of the most respected session musicians in the Midwest who have been associated with, worked with, or performed with bands such as The Schwag, Jerry Garcia Band, Dwight Yoakim, Dickey and Duane Betts, Jefferson Airplane, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Greg Kihn, and many more.
SOTW features co-founders Mike Spieser, and Jon Buschner on guitars and vocals, as well as Jeremy Scott and Mark Worthley on drums/ percussion and vocals, Kyle Stong on keyboards, Pocock on bass, and Nicky Von Kondrat on additional vocals. Combined, they are SPIES OF THE WORLD, a total Grateful Dead experience.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tim Paul
Board President
John Jacobsen
Vice President
Jerry Trachsler
Treasurer
Luanne Flavin
Secretary
John Green
Mike H. Johnson
Richard Kuranda
Jack Minsley
Rich Naponelli
Michelle Nowland
Sandra Pierce
Regan Shepley
Steven Szalaj
Stacey McInerney
RAUE CENTER STAFF
Richard Kuranda
Raue Center CEO & Founding Artistic Director of Williams Street Repertory
Justin Wellington
Managing Director
Jenna Klaproth
Operations Manager
Meredith Flowers
Director of Marketing &
Institutional Advancement
Michele V. Knight
Marketing Manager
James Knight
Economic Development Manager
Rob Scharlow
Raue Center School for the Arts
Director of Education
James Mablin
Resident Music Director
Maribeth Ling
Front of House Manager
Chris Tumblin
Raue Center Director of Production
Ryan Meadow
Raue Center Production Manager
Box Office Staff
Naomi Unverzagt
Max Powers
About Raue Center For The Arts
Raue Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of all through the arts. For 20 years, they have provided quality programming – striving to make it pertinent, available, and affordable to all. As a painstakingly restored, 1920s regional showcase theatre named for its benefactor—Lucile Raue—Raue Center has attracted the finest stars, Broadway shows, musicians and artists. Named on the League of Historic American Theatres, Raue Center is one of the finest examples of restored art and decor in the nation. The 750-seat theatre, located in historic downtown Crystal Lake, Illinois, is a gathering place for our region’s citizens and has become a true destination.
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