Prairie Fire Theatre

Prairie Fire Theatre is a unique musical experience. Founded by local artist Robert Mangialardi,
Prairie Fire is a theatrical group dedicated to bringing professional, first-rate musical theatre and
light opera to the local community. Prairie Fire has staged three to four musical theatre events
each year since incorporating in 1998, and has produced the works of such composers and
librettists as Gilbert and Sullivan, George and Ira Gershwin, and Irving Berlin.
All Prairie Fire events are performed and directed by local talent, drawing from a largely
untapped but highly skilled pool of professional artists many of whom are affiliated with Illinois
Wesleyan University and Illinois State University. The majority of Prairie Fire Theatre's
performances are held on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University, but the company takes
pride in taking musical theatre to non-traditional community settings.