Glenbard News for Oct. 17, 2024

In this issue:

• South Theatre to present “Where the Wild Things Are” 
• West Theatre to present “The Addams Family” Musical Oct. 31 through Nov. 2
• North to honor academic achievement, good citizenship
• Reminders
• East Athletic Boosters craft fair on Oct. 26

South Theatre to present “Where the Wild Things Are”
Join Glenbard South for a performance of “Where the Wild Things Are” adapted by student Kaitlyn Urbanowicz, from the original children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Performances will be October 31 at 7:30 p.m., November 1 at 4:30 p.m. and November 2 at 2:00 p.m. 

This is a student written, produced, designed and directed show that is sure to delight fans of the book, as well as audience members new to the story of Max and the night he “wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another.”

“Where the Wild Things Are” will be presented in the Glenbard South Theatre. Please enter through Door 9 (Theatre Entrance) near Abruzzo Lane. All seats are $5 general admission. Tickets in advance at this link or at the door. Cash/check will be accepted at the door. Credit card purchases must be made in advance online; online/credit card sales close six hours before each show. The run time of the show is approximately 30 minutes.

Student leaders include writer and producer Kaitlyn Urbanowicz; director Olivia Abbott; scenic designer Breanne Crawford; lighting designer Andrew Lullo; sound designer Erin Egan; charge artist Amelia Buhle; master carpenter Joe Johnson; costume crew head Ashe DeFlorio; assistant stage manager Isabella Dodd, and stage manager Abigail Anderson. 

Cast members include Valerie Aliga, Danielle Allaway, Amelia Bartoli, Emily Bertini, Alaina Burke, Evelin De La Cruz, Amelia Guetzow, Kanik LaFrancis, Sofia Maho, Carter Magnussen, and Aniyah Nelson. 

Build and paint crew members include Adam Berntsen, Ella Brown, Amelia Buhle, Jared Cosnowski, Breanne Crawford, Christopher Dodd, Arcier Funez Sanchez, Joseph Johnson, Elizabeth Pekkarinen, Quinlin Pounders, Jasmine Villar, Riven Wisniewski. Costume crew members include Ashe DeFlorio, Victoria Gaborek, MacKenzie Herlien, EmmaLeigh Kidder, Ariella Poi, Isabella Ramirez, Eibhlinn Schroeder, and Say Ray Shee. Lights and sound crew members include Adam Berntsen, Jared Cosnowski, Erin Egan, Emerson Girling, James Jeschke, Liyana Khader, Andrew Lullo, Evalina Olsen, Quinlin Pounders, Precious Smith and Riven Wisniewski.

West Theatre to present “The Addams Family” Musical Oct. 31 through Nov. 2
Glenbard West Theatre will present its fall musical, ”The Addams Family,” from October 31 through November 2.
based on the cartoons by Charles Addams
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa 

Wednesday Addams, the princess of darkness, has fallen in love with sweet Lucas from the ordinary Beineke family, and she has invited his family over to have dinner at the Addams Family home. In one seemingly normal night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams Family must finally face the most horrible, disgusting, and dark thing they’ve been avoiding for generations: change.

 “The Addams Family” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. October 31 through November 2 in the auditorium at Glenbard West. Tickets are $14. Purchase tickets at this link.

 The cast includes Bella DiCosola, Cathlea Ben, Cole Lisook, Paige Brondyke, Marley Juridico, Grant DeKuiper, Alena Plassman, Ian Rondeau, Daniel Cernich, Josie Ehrhart, Henrikas Tatarunas, Elijas Zimmerman, Sophia Savarese, Rohail Khan, Dasani Acklin, Parker Alholm, Noah Brooks, Camille Buttimer, William Casey, Grace Cernich, Irie Condon, Maggie Crum, Siena Flosi, Ty Gambrel, Sam Kroening, Bridget Mitra, Julia Morgan, Hannah Roberts, Maggie Sampson, Gio Scarpelli, Lindsay Seifert, Alex Sorensen, Suditi Vinay, Addie Williams, Lucie Williams, and Wesley Zagortz.

The technical crew includes Owen Rees, Spencer Watson, Kristen Vogel, Avery Elliott, Allison Penley, Parks Lamkey, Ash Callanta, Stella Garland, Olivia Powell, Finn Saldeen, Melissa Rodriguez, Amina Ajmeri, Karen Esparza, Lillyanna Ngo, Viki Hrdlicka, Addison Piggott, Maggie Prisco, Arissa Akhtar, Liam Allen, Dann Amparo, Sergio Arredondo, Jackson Bjerning, Keira Boynton, Irie Condon, Griffin Coyle, Ray Debek, Thanh Dinh, Colin Dougherty, Brooke Esqiuel, Kayle Felcan, Giselle Figueroa, Kimberly Goiz, Lucas Jennings, Laney Johnson, Sophia Kennedy, Lauren Koons, Remy Lopez, Maya Maas, Martin Millar, Daria Philizaire, Maddie Roberts, Sofia Sorensen, Sam DiciurcioMorgan, and Oakley Wigle.

The business crew includes Charlotte Henderson, Griffith Albrecht, Sebastian Reynaga, Angela Jaeger, Lily Marsh, Martin Millar, and Ben Bultman.

 The pit orchestra includes Nolan Beery, Mollie Blew, Leah Chapski, Emma Eltzroth, Bennett Garippo, Stella Garland, Gracie Koehler, Clark Koons, Caleb Miller, Sergio Morales Reynoso, Enna Murgic, Rizwan Panjwani, Elijah Plassman, Owen Rees, Annalise Ricci, Leila Salvidas, Christopher Tran, Hailey Weaver, Ethan Xie, and faculty pianist Catherine Hlavacek.

Student leaders include student director and stage manager Chase Qualio, student technical directors Angelo Guerrero and Evelyn Abeln and student business director Aiza Nouman, student set designer Allison Penley, student assistant choreographer Welsey Zagortz.

Director: Michael Fox; assistant director: Jolaine Orlin; co-technical director: Bill Schumacher; co-technical director: Rob Matz; assistant technical director: Karen Winter; business director: Jacob Kelleher; music director: Jon Walsh; vocal director: Andy Jeffrey; choreographer: Emma Hajny; and costume designer: Susan Hajny.

North to honor academic achievement, good citizenship
Glenbard North will honor its PAWS recipients for the first quarter with a breakfast celebration on October 22.

 The PAWS program recognizes students’ academic excellence, academic improvement, improved attendance and acts of good citizenship.  Students who receive this honor represent a cross-section of the student population at Glenbard North.

 Congratulations to the following PAWS honorees: Lina Abulzraiq, Ismail AlQaisi, Anthony Avelar, Izzy Bastidas, Andora Bertich, Sarah Bilek, Alaina Bylykbashi, Aidan Carillo, Edymar Carreno Palacio, Tanvi Chaudhari , Juliana Easton, Alexandra FloresBello, Claire Foys, Stepfani Garner, Emmanuel Gaytan, Madelynn Gomez, Julia Guel, Sam Housour, Kellie  Kieu, Jazlene Korsch, Rylan  Kradle, Laura LaCosse, Lauren Leano, Jennah Martinez, Alyssa  Melody, Avery  Miller, Dante Offord, Rebecca Parra Flores, Zeel Patel, Dhani Patel, Suchi Patel, Phu Phan, Leah  Pytko, Diana Quintero Gonzalez, Psalm Quisto, Ariana  Ramirez, Lucas Razo, Megan Reeder, Eliot Reynaga, Melanie  Roman, Stephanie Romero Bautista, Emily Salazar Mosquera, Zubeida Seedat, Kylie Stadler, Morgan Stafford, Fatima Syeda, Bawi Tial, Corey Toto, and Samuel Vargas. 

Reminders

The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present Rescuing Our Teens: 8 Solutions to Our Crisis of Disaffected Youth with clinical psychologist John Duffy on Thursday, Oct. 17. This event will be presented in a hybrid in-person event at the Glen Ellyn Public Library and online at 7 p.m. Oct. 17. Go to the GPS Parent Series website for information and the links to these events.

The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host Laura Koehler in a program titled Teen Anxiety and School Anxiety: Dealing with Resistance and Refusal on Tuesday, Oct. 22, for a Zoom webinar at noon and a hybrid in-person event at the Nicols Public Library in Naperville and on Zoom at 7 p.m. Go to the GPS Parent Series website for information and the links to these webinars.

East Athletic Boosters craft fair on Oct. 26
Glenbard East Athletic Boosters will host their second annual fall craft fair from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, in Glenbard East’s fieldhouse. Admission is free. For further information, please contact Laura Johnwick at [email protected]