Welcome to the Marengo Community High School Theatre Wiki - the information source for all things theatrical at MCHS.
Thespian Show Cast list is on the M*A*S*H page. Click on the link in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
Theatre Director.............Mrs. Steffan
Technical Director...........Mr. Casalino
AMY S. MADE IT TO ALL-STATE!!
She will represent MCHS as the very first student in the history of our school to be in the All-State production! She is on tech crew as a costumer. Way to go, girl!
Announcement: Our new Tech Director was hired at the last School Board Meeting! Yes, "Uncle Tony" has accepted the position (officially called "Assistant Coach - Drama" by the school) and will see you all when school begins. Welcome Mr. C. when you see him.
Check out the newest page - Bravo, Bravo
A place you can go to and brag about some
praiseworthy accomplishment you or someone
else in the program has achieved.
Godspell pictures - lookin' good!
January 8 - 10 we were at the Illinois State Theatre Festival
Here is a summary of the event from Mrs. Steffan, Director of Theatre:
The 26 students who attended the Theatre Festival along with 3,970 other Illinois theatre students were able to attend their choice of 12 different plays and over 50 different workshops over 3 days time. They also viewed the all-state production of the Broadway musical, Hairspray. 150 high schools participate in this annual event that is in its 34th year. I am privileged to attend with our students and thankful to the community for your support of the theatre arts program at MCHS.
Three students, Mary "Bo" B, Ruth K and Missy L, attended the college auditions held at the Illinois Theatre Festival on Friday. These three students combined RECEIVED 39 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS in theatre arts. The Illinois Theatre Festival college auditions are for seniors only. The auditionees submit resumes and registration information to the audition board and are then selected to participate in the auditions based on several criteria; instructor approval, thespian membership, high school theatre experience, etc. The auditions are held in front of the directors or instructors of theatre from 40 different colleges all at once. Students have a time limit of 2 minutes only to deliver one monologue and one song - prepared and memorized. These auditions are very intimidating and mimic a professional theatre audition. The colleges then issue "call backs" to the students to whom they will offer scholarships and students then visit them at the Festival. Although some students walk away receiving no call backs, our three top seniors who auditioned performed well, receiving 39 call backs which all represent some scholarship offer ranging anywhere from $1,000 to 1/2 tuition.
Now these colleges are asking "Where's Marengo?" I spent a good deal of time this weekend talking to the college reps and they are delighted with the caliber of our theatre students. This is not like a college fair where reps from the admissions office attend. These are the actual Directors of Theatre or Chairmen of the Department of Theatre, or their representatives, from top schools. Some of the scholarships our students were offered were from DePaul University, Millikin University, SIU, NIU, WIU, Illinois Wesleyan University, St. Louis University, Ball State University, Cardinal Stritch University, Bradley University and others. It looks like Marengo is finally on the theatre world map.
Student Feedback on the International Thespian Society Page --> click here
GODSPELL CAST LIST IS NOW POSTED.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PAGE.
The Curious Savage was our fall play November 20 - 22. Visit the page to learn more AND SEE PICTURES!!!!
Pictures from our Thespian fundraiser play Trudy's Two Faces or Take a Schizophrenic to Lunch can be seen on the Trudy page and you can read about the conversation Mrs. Steffan had with the author!
23 of us went to American Players Theatre Sept 5-7 and spent the weekend watching live theatre, learning about our art and having a great time! Go to the Thespian page to see the itinerary and read more.
Here are pictures of us
From our Spring Green trip:
From The Curious Savage
Comments (4)
Steffan said
at 3:03 pm on Jan 11, 2009
Festival was awesome. Go to the ITS page and read all the feedback!
Robert R said
at 6:45 am on Jan 26, 2009
hi every on it fells like its been ages sence i posted here
King said
at 9:22 pm on Feb 10, 2009
I am saying to all of the peps in the theatre i miss you!!! I am in theatre 109 here at UIC and everything and anything mrs steffan ever said has been covered. I havent even bought the txt book yet and ive Aced the first two test. I am the only one with a prefect score right now in my class of 240 so listen to this women she knows her stuff and is pretty much saving my gpa. Love you Mrs. Steffan. And i love all my theatre people past and present!!!
Jenny G said
at 10:14 pm on Feb 10, 2009
Hey guys! I miss you all soooo much! I'm glad that you are all having a good time with the show! I am going to try my hardest to come down from Minnesota to see it! Good luck and I love you all!
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