Glenbard North Theatre to present ‘Mustardseed,’ a play within a play
Glenbard North Theatre will present its spring studio production, “Mustardseed” by Doug Cooney.
Performances will be at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, and 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Little Theatre at Glenbard North High School, 990 N. Kuhn Road in Carol Stream.
As stated in a synopsis from Dramatic Publishing, “Thrilled to be cast in a current production of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Mustardseed buckles down to read the play and memorize her lines — all four of them! But she couldn’t prepare for the backstage comedy that unfolds with the other three teenage girls cast as fairies. There’s Moth, the seasoned ringleader; Cobweb, her wisecracking sidekick; and Peaseblossom, the boy-crazy pretty one. Ignoring Mustardseed’s insistence that they should read the play, these fairies prefer to hang out in costume in the green room, playing cards, reading tabloids and gossiping about Bottom, Puck, Titania and other grown-up actors. As the run of ‘Midsummer’ progresses, the action jumps between their comical antics backstage to well-rehearsed Shakespeare in the ‘forest outside Athens.’ Although they never buckle down to read the play, each character experiences a real-life coming-of-age moment in a young girl’s journey through high school that is underscored and illuminated by the themes in Shakespeare’s text.”
Tickets are $5 and available at the door, by calling (630) 653-7000 ext. 3820, or at glenbardnorthhs.seatyourself.biz.
The cast includes Emma Sidor, Megan Lamendola, Emma Glinkowski and Emily Sabin.
The technical crew includes Milo Luczak, Aidan Berg, Sophia Nicolaidis, Syrina Berrios, Nyomi Arana, Kris Silva, Benji Christie and John Luu.
Student leaders include Roman Wolfe, Connor Borbas, Milo Luczak, Ronin Hill, Paulina Dickow, Aidan Berg, Michelle Mann, John Luu, Sophia Nicolaidis, Dede Dallas, Sam Housour, Addison Gwaltney, Alyssa Passero and Kate Orozco.
The director is Madison Gillis with technical director Nathan King and costumes director Megan Smith.