At 2 a.m., after Krannert Center’s 25th anniversary celebration in 1994, Maureen Reagan was finally ready to go home. However, after hours of exhausting-but-exciting work, slumber would have to wait a bit longer.

“I dropped a Ziploc bag full of chili on the ticket office floor and had to clean it up,” Reagan recalls. “I was so tired, but colleague Rebecca McBride got me laughing and pitched in, which helped us have fun rather than frustration.”

Two iconic performing arts venues in Champaign-Urbana, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, will collaborate on two events this spring under the title “Krannert Center at The Virginia.” It is the first time the two venues have worked together this closely.