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D230 students selected for All-State TheaterFest show
Stagg High School selected as rehearsal space
Last night, the District 230 School Board honored students who have been selected for the Illinois TheaterFest All-State production of Rent.
The 2016 All-‐State Company (cast and crew) is comprised of top student performers,technicians and musicians from across the state of Illinois. More than 300 talentedstudents from 103 Illinois high schools auditioned/interviewed for this year’s production, and only 99 were selected for the final production company.
Representing Stagg High School will be Melanie Wilson, State Manager; Dennis Ptacek, Construction Crew; Lindsey O’Connor, Paint and Construction Crew.
Andrew High School’s participants include Juan Castillo, Actor; and Maria Szczasny, Actress.
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Sandburg High School will be represented by Joe Norwell, Technician; Christina Debabneh, Technician; and Helena Shaheen, Actor.
Stagg High School Performing Arts Center Director Brandon Lewis was selected at the Lighting Designer for the show, as well.
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Stagg High School has been selected as the set construction and rehearsal space for this year’s production. The 99 participants from across Illinois will be at Stagg High School during long-weekends throughout the school year to prepare for the show. This includes the weekends of October 9-11, November 27-29 and December 27-29 in preparation for the show that will be staged at Illinois State University January 7-9.
The Illinois High School Theatre festival is the largest state Theater Festival in the country. Every January, 4,000 students and teachers meet for three days at ISU or U of I Champaign/Urbana to perform, do workshops, audition for college programs and see the All-State Production. This year that production is the musical “Rent.” All actors and technicians for the show were selected by general auditions for the actors and interview/portfolio reviews for the technicians early this past summer.
Photo: School Board members Tony Serratore, Melissa Gracias, Kate Murphy-Peterson, Rick Nogal, Maria Szczasny (VJA), Juan Castillo (VLA), Lindsey O’Connor (AAS), Dennis Ptacek (AAS), Melanie Wilson (AAS), Joe Norwell (CS), Helena Shaheen (CS), Christina Dababneh (CS), Superintendent Dr. James M. Gay, Denis Ryan, back Brandon Lewis and Geoff Epperson.
