Articles filed under Theater
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Metea Valley High's fall play tells the story of the 'Radium Girls'Oct 30, 2022 11:00 pm - Metea Valley High School continues its 2022-23 theater season with the fall play, "Radium Girls," inspired by the true story of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fight...
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'Swashbuckling adventure' await with St. Viator playOct 27, 2022 11:00 pm - Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan, but at Saint Viator High School, cast members in the fall play know what happened first. They are working to present "Peter and t...
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A persistent plague: The Gift Theatre's new thriller 'The Locusts' shows promiseOct 27, 2022 10:00 am - “The Locusts” - ★ ★ ★ In “The Locusts,” Jennifer Rumberger's grim thriller about a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a sheriff offers a 16-year-old girl some advice...
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Punk rock, black lights and sword fights in Aurora Central Catholic's 'Romeo and Juliet' adaptationOct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - With recorded punk rock music, black lights and sword fights, Aurora Central Catholic drama will stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare's iconic "Romeo and Juliet." ...
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Spotlight: TimeLine Theatre revives Alice Childress' landmark 1955 drama 'Trouble in Mind'Oct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - Jeeves returns First Folio Theatre commences its final season with a remount of "Jeeves Intervenes," which in 2008 was its first production of a Margaret Raether comedy ...
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Geneva High School to put on 'The Diary of Anne Frank' Nov. 4-6Oct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - The small cast of 10 actors hold their breath in anticipation of performing this year's fall play, a choice that is sure not to disappoint audiences. "The Diary of Anne ...
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Rosary and Marmion students put on 'Fiddler on the Roof' Nov. 3-6Oct 22, 2022 1:00 am - Join Tevye, Golde, their five daughters, and the villagers of Anatevka for "Fiddler on the Roof" Nov. 3-6 at Rosary High School in Aurora. Based on Sholem Alelchem's sto...
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Spotlight: Wheaton native John Gawlik helms Gift Theatre's premiere of “The Locusts”Oct 21, 2022 6:00 am - Odd couple Newly established Iambe Theatre Ensemble's season continues with "The Roommate," Jen Silverman's dark comedy about the unlikely friendship between a recently ...
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Goodman's superb 'Swing State' examines grief, loss in America's heartland while offering a glimmer of hopeOct 19, 2022 6:00 pm - "Swing State" - That Goodman Theatre's superb "Swing State" moves audiences from laughter to tears is no surprise. Plenty of plays do that. What is noteworthy ab...
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2021-2022 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award winnersOct 17, 2022 10:30 pm - The 54th Anniversary Joseph Jefferson Equity Award recipients are: • Production - Play (large) - The Dr. Harlan Haimes Award "Good Night, Oscar" - Goodman Theatre • Prod...