Lincoln-Way West Set to Lift the Curtain on Fall Play

The Lincoln-Way West drama group will take to the stage in its fall play, The Time Machine to be held Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Lincoln-Way West Fine Arts Performing Center.

“Students have been practicing and preparing for several months, they are ready to go, and excited to present this play for their fellow students and the public,” said Beth Schnura, director and faculty sponsor of the play.

The play is based on the H.G. Wells classic and adapted by Tim Kelly. Tickets are $5 each. A portion of all ticket sales goes towards the Lincoln-Way West Theatre Scholarship Fund.

The play is about Young Filby, an inventor, who invites some scientists to his home to hear about his latest invention, a machine that travels through time.

Adventure breaks out when he and Mrs. Watchett, the cook, climb aboard the machine and are propelled into the future! Our visitors from the past meet the Eloi, a strange race of young people, and the Morlock, a brutal race living beneath the earth’s surface. The thrills begin when the Morlock steal the Time Machine, and Mrs. Watchett and Filby have to get it back!

“Come see what happens when the travelers return home and confront the skeptics,” stated Schnura.

Schnura is assisted by student stage manager Elizabeth Kritikos.

Student cast members include: Abbi Chacon, Allison Kurth, Alyssa Gancarek, Amy Coddington, Anastasia Karnezis, Andrea Skinner, Ashley Abner, Breanna Bembenek, Brianna Gray, Christian Spalla, Collin Tompulis, Dan Puig, Erik Knutsen, Gage Frederiksen, Hanna Loichinger, Hannah Galemb, Hannah Murphy, Hazel Lopez, and Jack Shiley.

Additional West fall play cast members are: Jake Bell, Jared Clutter, Jeremy Mrazek, Johnathan Folino, Julia Stinnett, Kaelen Evon, Kailey Kurth, Katia Dabrowski, Katie Finlon, Laura Bechtel, Luke Bailey, Maggie Miller, Micha Hagen, Michael Day, Mira Kafka, Morgan Alcoser, Morgan Austin, Rachel Maisonneuve, Sam Stukel, Sarah Richardson, Sarah Stamborski, Sebastian Kopec, Taylor Wollek, Trisha Golec, and Zenon Zamora.

Please note there will be no Friday performance due to the L-W West versus Lincoln-Way Central football game at Lincoln-Way Central.