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Student-Directed One-Acts
Performances:
September 10 & 11 at 7:30 pm
Synopsis:
Seven one-act plays selected, cast and directed by Mundelein Theatre seniors. All plays will run at each performance.
* Some of these plays have content that is roughly the equivalent of a PG-13 rating
CaST lIST Crew List
Diamondbacks and Diamondbacks in the Sky by Jill Pertler
October 24 at 3:45 p.m.
October 26 & 27 at 7:30 p.m.
What do you get when you combine a wedding with the end of the world? The Carter family is about to find out. What starts as a simple tale of a wedding grows into a story about the complexities of love, with a dash and a half of humor thrown in on the side. This Mundelein Theatre New Faces production features our youngest theatre artists.
The Diviners
by Jim Leonard, Jr;
November 15, 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm
November 16 at 3:45 pm
This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s.
John Lennon And Me by Cherie Bennett
January 31 at 3:45 & 7:30 p.m.
February 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Understudy Performance: February 2 at 2:00 p.m.
The winner of many national awards, this uproarious play about life, death, power and first boyfriends was adapted by the author from her popular book, Good- bye, Best Friend. Hollywood-wannabe Star, the ultimate Beatles fan, has her path stymied by cystic fibrosis. She spends most of her time in the hospital, where she confronts fate with imagination. This is a powerful play about living life to the fullest.
I KILL GIANTS
IHSA Sectional Competition: Saturday, March 16
Public Performances: March 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm
Barbara Thorson, a girl battling monsters both real and imagined, kicks butt, takes names, and faces her greatest fear in this bittersweet, coming-of-age story. I Kill Monsters is the Mundelein Theatre entry for the 2019 Group Interpretation completion.
Sister Act - A Divine Musical Comedy
April 25, 26 & 27 at 7:30 p.m.
April 27 at 2:00 p.m.
Sister Act is a feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit film about a woman hiding in a convent who helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she rediscovers her own. This uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.