My Fair Lady

L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O

Facilities and Services

Tickets: Buy tickets online any time via Lyric’s website: www.lyricopera.org Consessions: To commemorate Lyric’s production of My Fair Lady , prior to each performance and during intermission the concessions will offer a special “Eliza Doolittle Cocktail” (Smirnoff Vodka, Sprite, a splash of orange juice, and lemon garnish, served in a Lyric cup you can take into the theater). Full bar offerings – liquor, wine, sparkling wine, beer, soda, and water – will be available for all performances. Snacks are available – cheese plates (pre-order for intermission), chocolate bars, popcorn, handmade turtles, cookies, nuts, and granola bars.

Welcome! Lyric Opera of Chicago welcomes you to this performance. We are very glad you are here. In order to ensure maxi- mum enjoyment for all guests during a performance, we ask for your compli- ance with some simple house rules: • Please remain silent during the performance. • As a gesture of respect for other audience members and the perform- ing artists, please remain seated until an act or the opera is completely over. If you need to leave the auditorium, you may not be readmitted while the performance is in progress. The usher staff will help you understand when you can be reseated. • Do note that the program and artists are subject to change without notice. • Please silence all electronic devices and double check that phones, pagers, watches, and other personal devices are switched off before the perfor- mance begins. • Please don’t use any device with a glowing screen at any time during a performance. It is always more disruptive and distracting than you think it is. • Noises from the lobby may disturb patrons in the auditorium during a performance. Your understanding and cooperation are appreciated. Please let any member of Lyric’s house staff know if you have any questions.

Attention, Box Seat Holders: Lyric encourages guests in box seats to share the front-of-box seating by switching seats within your box at an appropriate time during an intermission. You can make this plan, prior to the performance, if you know the others in your box. Please remember that you may need to adjust your seating plans to include patrons who do not regularly sit in your box and would be unaware of any previous seating arrangements. Please Note: The use of a ticket acknowledges that you have granted permission to appear in photographs, video capture, and capture by other media, in all of the public spaces in the house and theater to be used by Lyric for any promotional purpose. This blanket permission releases Lyric Opera of Chicago from liability resulting from the use of such images in any medium. First Aid: In case of illness or injury, please inform an usher, who will call the house manager and house EMT for assistance.

If you arrive late: Lyric has a tradition of starting

performances right on time, and the doors to the house are closed promptly at curtain time. We realize situations arise that can delay your arrival, and we will try to accommodate latecomers in an available section of the house or at a predetermined break, which may be intermission. A video screen is available in the lobby, so you won’t miss a moment of the performance. Please be aware that patrons who must leave their seats during a performance will not be readmitted until intermission or a suitable break.

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