Mundelein High winter play features 10 shorts about love
For their winter play offering, Mundelein Theatre is presenting "Love/Sick" by John Cariani. The play is described as a collection of 10 slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays that explore the pain and joy that comes with being in love.
The play will be streamed online Feb. 26, 27 and 28. The shows Feb. 26 and 27 are scheduled content, which means they will play once at 7 p.m. on those dates.
The show on Feb. 28 will be video on demand, which means those purchasing tickets can watch the show starting at 2 p.m. and can view it as often as they want for a 48-hour period.
Tickets can be purchased at www.d120.org. Some of the plays contain mature content.
"This was the perfect piece for creating theater during a pandemic," said Jeff Harding, co-director of the show. "Each play features two actors, so we were able to give plenty of students the opportunity to perform, while keeping the rehearsal process safe."
"This collection of stories follows a relationship arc," co-director Jonathan Meier said. "There are plays about falling in love, getting married, discussing children, raising children, infidelity and divorce. It will be a really compelling night of streaming theater."
The plays were all filmed on the Mundelein High School stage, with students manning the cameras and storyboarding the shots.
"Planning and executing the filming of the plays has given our tech theater students a valuable experience this year," said Sara Gunther, Mundelein Theatre staff member in charge of lighting and filming. "It is something that they were able to add to their skill-sets."
The student production managers are Sarah Larson, Meghan Matthys, Chris Moyer, Zoe Trahan and Marley Wilkins. The assistant director is Megan Saunders.
The actors all wear transparent masks during the filming of the plays.
The plays and the actors are "Obsessive Impulsive" with Tori Collins and Leandro Ocampo; "The Singing Telegram" with Grace Sciortino and Addison Salski; "What?!?" with Maximus Watson and Will Gonzalez; "The Answer" with Taylor Gates and Max Dunlap; "Uh-Oh" with Mary McMurray and Kailib Keblys; "Lunch and Dinner" with Joslyn Ganges and Matthew Callas; "Chicken" with Chris Nacion and Bella Buono; "Forgot" with Dean Hahn and Katie Myrant; "Where Was I?" with Julia Myrant and Hailey Lindenbaum; and "Destiny" with Eli Walter and Haydn Nuttall.