Services set for Palatine theater founder
A memorial service has been set for Susannah Kist, the 47-year-old founder of a prominent Palatine theater company.
Services for the acting coach and music teacher to countless local youth will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at First United Methodist Church of Palatine, 123 N. Plum Grove Road.
Kist died Dec. 4 after a yearlong battle with breast cancer.
Kist and her partner, Glen Jackson, founded the Wood Street Theater Company in 2001 with their original production of "Mrs. Scrooge," a show that has become a local tradition.
Kist also taught acting for the Palatine Park District, overseeing two plays a year for "Acting Up" classes of 6-9 year olds, and two more for fifth- through eighth-graders, as well as a summer musical for teens.
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