See Eliza turn into a lady in musical

When Eliza Doolittle can clearly enunciate "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" she's finally on the right path.

That path, of course, is a matter of debate in "My Fair Lady," a musical about the transformation of a woman from a street vendor to a member of cultured society.

Students at Glenbard South High School are presenting the play this week.

"I've wanted to do it for a long time," teacher Laura Samper said. "It's such a classic. The music is wonderful and everybody knows the songs."

There's also lots of chorus scenes, which means the cast includes about 100 students. At any one time, there may be 50 teenagers on stage.

The play centers on an arrogant professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, who takes a bet that he can transform any woman into one who speaks as a duchess. His unwitting charge is Doolittle, a flower vendor who does successfully make the transformation, albeit not without stumbling along the way.

If you go

What: "My Fair Lady"

When: 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday

Where: Glenbard South High School, 23W200 Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn

Cost: Tickets are $7 and all seats are reserved. Booster family passes are not valid for this production.

Details: (630) 942-6640

Cast

Emi Hayashi as Eliza Doolittle

Vincent McPherson as Freddy Eysford Hill

Grant Deliberto as Henry Higgins

Nivethan Sethupathi as Col. Pickering

C.J. Vana as Alfred P. Doolittle

Ainsley Klug as Mrs. Pearce

George Bouchard as Zoltan Karpathy

Linzi Johnston as Mrs. Eynsford Hill

Other cast members: Dan Alfonzo, Sydnie Brezak, James Brevoort, Jack Buckley, Keshena Cisneros-Watson, Samantha D'Adamo, Amanda Eaker, Jared Esguerra, Alexandra Elsesser, Liana Fedele, Alesia Fowlkes, Kellie Gregory, Olivia Heath, Stephanie Heilers, Courtney Hickman, Elle Janss, Meghan Kelly, Stephanie Kornatz, Kunal Kumar, Katy Lewis, Kim Loconsole, Dan Markwell, Rachael Markwell, Kristen McWilliams, Celinne Mencias, Rachel Michas, Ivan Mistele, Joe Moese, Elizabeth Murphy, Michael Norton, Jesssica Rochford, Allie Romano, Marcy Rudins, Caroline Stevens, Christina Tonissen, Brendan Trindl, Cathryn Volk, Katie Voves, Andrew Vu, Erika Wagner, Jerrielle Warren, and Pat Wood