North and South High Schools Present Weekend Plays

Downers Grove parents and residents have several chances to catch student plays by North High School and South High School.

North High students put on it’s first showing on “New Faces Studio Show” on Thursday, and two more performances will take place at the school’s Studio Theatre. “New Faces Studio” will run Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $ and available at the door of the Studio Theatre on the second floor.

South High students will perform the fall play, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Productions will take place Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the South High auditorium. Tickets are $5, available at the door.

Below is additional information about each play, courtesy of Community High School District 99.

North High’s New Faces Play: LIFE, LOVE & ZOMBIES

Question: What do Life, Death, a pair of insects, and zombies have in common?
Answer: They are all a part of this year’s New Faces Plays, LIFE, LOVE & ZOMBIES!

Come see an evening of one-act plays directed by seniors Michael Surles, Michele Manzo, and Jonathon Keaton Hellman, which feature some of North High’s newly discovered talent. The show runs TONIGHT at 5 p.m. as well as Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., upstairs in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. You won’t want to miss LIFE, LOVE & ZOMBIES this week and this week only.

Above photo: “New Faces Play” courtesy of Community High School District 99.

South High’s Fall Play: The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde
Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 at 7 p.m.
South High Auditorium

Synopsis: Gwendolyn loves Ernest, and he loves her. Cecily loves Ernest too, though he’s only just finding that out, and he loves her back. Is it a lover’s triangle, or is there room for two happy couples in Oscar Wilde’s madcap romance—and just what will fearsome Aunt Augusta have to say about it?

The quintessential comedy of proper manners, by the quintessential bad boy of his day—what Wilde teasingly called his “trivial comedy for serious people.” Mislaid babies, mistaken identities, secret engagements, baffled suitors, and some of the wittiest wordplay ever volleyed over cucumber sandwiches. Can they really untangle the plot twists and get it all sorted out before tea?

Cast:

Jack Worthing - Sean Boyd
Algernon Moncrieff - Patrick Mitchell
Dr. Chasuble - Josh DuBois
Lane - Jonathan Osei
Merriman - Mike Arnashus
Gwendolen Fairfax - Vanessa Copeland
Cecily Cardew - Stephanie Stewart
Lady Bracknell - Hamdan Suhail
Miss Prism - Beatrice Beirne

Director: Tiffany Rubin
Technical Director: Hunter Evans
Student Directors: Brett Cohen and Tori Burr