The screwball comedy “Leading Ladies” is the August production at The Drama Group in Chicago Heights. Set in Pennsylvania in 1958, a pair of down-and-out itinerate English Shakespearean actors decide to fake their identities. They become long-lost cousins to a wealthy family in an effort to swindle an inheritance. The[Read More…]
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Local actresses on stage for next Drama Group production
Mary Page Marlowe at age 69 (Suzanne Ashlock of Homewood, seated) is comforted by her nurse Mary (Caroline Herrera) in this scene from “Mary Page Marlowe.” (Provided photo) Residents of Homewood and Flossmoor will be appearing on stage when The Drama Group presents “Mary Page Marlowe” over two February weekends.[Read More…]
Drama Group presents ‘In the Heights’ musical Aug. 2-11
The Drama Group will present the musical “In the Heights” as its final production of the 88th season. The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 and 2 p.m. Aug. 4 and 11, at The Drama Group’s Studio Theatre at 350 W. 202nd St.[Read More…]
Drama Group’s new season kicks off with ‘Sister Act’ Oct. 12
As the song says, there’s “something for everyone” during 2018-2019 season of The Drama Group, a mainstay of the south suburban theater scene for 88 years. That classic melody that opens “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” – one of the ensemble’s offerings this year – says[Read More…]
Drama Group’s musical ‘A New Brain’ is presented in March
Scott Sowinski of Flossmoor plays the lead role in The Drama Group’s staging of “A New Brain.” (Provided photo) Scott Sowinski of Flossmoor will portray the lead character in The Drama Group’s presentation of the musical ‘A New Brain’ over two weekends in March. Performances are at the Drama Group’s Milord Studio[Read More…]
Drama Group presents musical version of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ in March
The classic children’s tale “Little Red Riding Hood” will be performed by The Drama Group March 21 through 25. This musical adaptation is designed especially for children, whether they are at school, home schooled or at daycare and their families. “We’re introducing live theater to young children,” said director Charlie Misovye. The story[Read More…]
Drama Group wraps up 86th season with ‘Heathers: The Musical’
“Heathers: The Musical,” a dark musical comedy, will be staged by The Drama Group over two weekends July 28 through Aug. 6. The musical is set in the 1980s, so the show has an ‘80s rock beat. It is a story of teen love and angst that focuses on a brainy,[Read More…]
Drama Group’s June production is ‘Buried Child’
“Buried Child,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979, will be staged by the Drama Group over two weekends in June. The Drama Group will perform the play at 7:30 p.m. June 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17, and at 2 p.m. June 11 and 18. All productions will[Read More…]
‘The Secret Garden’ musical performed April 28, 29, 30
The Tony Award-winning musical “The Secret Garden” will be performed by members of The Drama Group April 28, 29 and 30 at the Bloom Township High School auditorium. The enchanting musical follows an orphan girl, Mary Lennox, who is forced to leave India when her parents die. She is sent to[Read More…]
‘Wizard of OZ’ performed April 5-9 by Drama Group
In The Drama Group performance of The Wizard of Oz April 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 the cast will include April Eichlin as Scarecrow; Mike Cabsinger as Tin Man; Lisa Kristina as Dorothy; and Dawn DeVries as Lion. (Provided photo) The Drama Group’s Daytime Children’s Theatre will present “The Wizard of OZ” in[Read More…]
