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Updated: July 22, 2012 6:07AM
Theatre winners award
The recent annual Lyons Township High School Theatre Board Awards were fashioned after the Academy Awards, winners remain secret until the envelopes are opened.
Directors’ Choice Awards:
La Grange: Bridget Foley, Sarah Thompson, Jameson “Jamie” Yong, Kaitlyn Tedeschi, Kaitlyn Tedeschi, Ryan Chilton, Joey Bahena, Tess Wisher, Joy Mitchell, Connor Hughes
LaGrange Park: Emily Swanson
Western Springs: Maryclaire Zurowski, Mary Katherine Rohaly
Willow Springs: Samantha Peroutka
Singluar Sensation:
La Grange: Ryan Chilton
Theatre Board managers for 2012-13: Public Relations Managers:
Monica Donnelly - Western Springs
Asst. Public Relations Manager:
Riley Carroll - La Grange
Visual Design Manager:
Emily Swanson - LaGrange Park
Asst. Visual Design Manager:
Riley Carroll - La Grange
Technical:
Ryan Chilton - La Grange
Matt Pesch - Western Springs
Collin Thomas -Willow Springs
Asst. Technical Manager:
Amanda Bolton - La Grange
Props:
Western Springs: Mary Katherine Rohaly, Chris Zurowski
Asst. Props Manager:
Gillian Dunlop - Western Springs
Make-up:
La Grange: Madeline Florek and Tess Wisher
Asst. Makeup Manager:
Kelly Riordan - La Grange
Costumes:
Emily Chlapik - LaGrange Park
Kristen Wuerl - Indian Head Park
Asst. Costume Manager:
Kelly Riordan - La Grange
Michael Drake Playwriting Award for ‘Scrapbook’:
Senior Directors for the Mavros Festival:
La Grange: Kaitlyn Tedeschi, Jameson “Jamie” Yong
LaGrange Park - Emily Swanson
Western Springs - Mary Katherine Rohaly
Thespian inductions
The Lyons Township High School Reber Center and the Performing Art Center at South Campus are like second and third homes to theater students who spend hours and hours on stage acting and behind stage directing, working sound and lights, and even ushering. Twenty students were recently inducted into LTHS Thespian Troupe 1368 and recognized for their service to the theater. Eleven additional students were recently recognized as Honor Thespians for their service of more than 600 hours.
Students are awarded points for their theater work, as outlined by the International Thespian Society. After earning 20 points, or 200 hours of service, students may be inducted into LT’s Thespian Troupe. When a student reaches 60 points, or 600 hours of service, a student is recognized as an Honor Thespian.
Honor Thespians 60 Thespian points:
La Grange: Ryan Chilton -(Thespian and Honor Thespian), Bridget Foley, Kaitlyn Tedeschi, Tess Wisher, Jameson “Jamie” Yong
LaGrange Park: Evan Boyd (Thespian and Honor Thespian), Emily Swanson
Indian Head Park: Brendan Blaber
Western Springs: Mary Katherine Rohaly, Kate Stanton, Maryclaire Zurowski
Thespians: 20 Thespian points (Includes at least 4 crew points)
Countryside: Teddy Salazar
La Grange: Emily Ellis, Ben Krueger, Nora Mulcahey, Joy Mitchell, Joey Bahena, Ryan Chilton, Madeline Florek, Sean McCrohan, Sean McCrohan, Becky Valek
LaGrange Park: Evan Boyd, Emily Chlapik
Indian Head Park: Allison Ceranek, Erin Blaber, Kristen Wuerl
Western Springs: Leilah Carroll, Chloe Baldwin, Matt Pesch, Monica Donnelly, Chris Zurowski
Salazar excels in writing
Theodora Salazar, of Countryside, received an honorable mention in the Playwriting category for her play “Raising the Dead” at Columbia College Chicago’s Young Authors Awards 2012.
Columbia’s Young Authors awards program, in its 15th year, attracted more than 1,200 entries from high school students across the United States. The day’s events included Story Workshop writing classes, a publishing panel of established writers and a chance for the young authors to read their work at an open mic.
Novelists, short-story writers, journalists, editors, playwrights and creative writing teachers judged the students’ submissions. First-, second- and third-place winners in each category won cash prizes of $200, $100, and $50, respectively.
