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LTHS to present "Freedom of the City"
LTHS Theatre Board presents "Freedom of the City" March 15th-17th.
The Lyons Township High School Theatre Board proudly presents “Freedom of the City” by Brian Friel. Faculty member Ann Dudek is the director and junior Becky Valek, of LaGrange Highlands, is the assistant director.
Freedom of the City, by Brian Friel, explores “The Troubles,” the long-growing and often violent conflict between the Irish and English over territory and authority in Northern Ireland. While Friel began writing the play before the events now known as “Bloody Sunday,” he finished the play after that influential and tragic day in history. The play sets the events for February 10, 1970, in the town of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A forbidden peaceful protest march ends with heavy military action. Three protestors find unexpected refuge in a normally guarded Mayor’s Office in the Guildhall building. Tensions escalate as rumors about the occupants grow; an ultimatum is issued, and a surrender is attempted. The end result is three executions. The play moves swiftly between the events of the day and the subsequent “tribunal of inquiry” into those events.
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Please note: Performances dates previously listed on school calendars are not correct due to scheduling issues. Correct dates are listed below.
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Performance dates are Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at 7pm and Sunday, March 17, at 3pm in the North Campus Reber Center, 100 S. Brainard Ave., LaGrange. Tickets are $10 each, $5 for children and senior citizens, and free with an LTHS student ID. Tickets may be purchased in the box office before the show. The theatre opens thirty minutes before curtain and the show starts promptly.
Cast List
NAME
YEAR IN SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Emily Swanson
Senior
LaGrange Park
Stephen Longo
Senior
LaGrange Park
Owen Post
Freshman
LaGrange
Mary Wood
Sophomore
Western Springs
Sean McCrohan
Junior
LaGrange
Monica Donnelly
Junior
Western Springs
Evan Boyd
Senior
LaGrange Park
Louis Hackett
Senior
LaGrange Park
Audrey McGee
Sophomore
Western Springs
Gillian Dunlop
Sophomore
Western Springs
Kip Andreoni
Sophomore
LaGrange
Dan Devine
Sophomore
LaGrange
Riley Carroll
Sophomore
LaGrange
Kayla Devereux
Freshman
LaGrange Park
Owen Swanson
Freshman
LaGrange Park
Maddy Brennan
Sophomore
Western Springs
Liz Peterson
Sophomore
Western Springs
Emma Bergman
Freshman
LaGrange Park
Ellie Baird
Freshman
LaGrange
Katie Burke
Freshman
LaGrange
