STUDENTS âACTING IT UPâ AT WHEATON DRAMA Classes for Grades 1-8; Fall session: Sept. 5 through Oct. 10 (Make-up date, if necessary: Oct. 17) This six-week workshop is designed to strengthen acting âmuscles.â Through acting games and exercises, students will work each week on a different aspect of acting technique including: movement, voice, characterization and...
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Our 2017-18 season brochure
Please join us for a season filled with classics that have delighted audiences in greater Chicago and around the world. WDI_Season_Brochure_online
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WDI salutes 2016-17 Colby Award winners
The 2016-17 Colby Award show was held at Wheaton Drama on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Named for life member Colby Jones, the Colby Awards honor the contributions of backstage volunteers throughout the season. Awards were presented to the following: Forbidden Broadwayâs Greatest Hits Jean Austin (Music Director) Ben Dooley (Sound Design) Charmaine Jones (Costumes) Andy...
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âFiddler on the Roofâ auditions July 24, 25, 29
Wheaton Drama announces auditions for “Fiddler on the Roof.” This poignant classic musical, running Sept. 15 through Oct. 8, kicks off our 2017â18 season. Theater veteran Carrie Dabelow is directing. Sign up for an audition slot here. Download the audition form (required) here: FIDDLER_ audition form Auditions for adults (age 16+) will be Monday, July...
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New Board of Governors elected
At the monthly meeting on May 16, the membership in attendance unanimously elected a new president, vice president, sales governor and marketing governor. The new board, as of July 1, will be: President: Stan Austin Vice President: Jay Pauer Past President: Mike Boyna Secretary: Christine Cloutier Pfenninger Treasurer: Eileen Gilligan Facilities: Randall W. Knott Marketing:...
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Check out our 2017â18 auditions calendar
Wheaton Drama announces its audition dates for the 2017â18 season. Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Carrie Dabelow: Auditions are July 24â25 at 7 p.m. for adults; July 29 at 10 a.m. for children; callbacks are July 27 at 7 p.m. Sense and Sensibility, directed by Randall W. Knott: Auditions are Sept. 17â18 at 7...
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Sign up now for our kids’ summer workshops
WDI CHILDRENâS SUMMER WORKSHOP Do you know a child who enjoys theater and wants to learn more about performance or technical skills? Wheaton Drama workshops will help build confidence by giving the attendees firsthand experience in creating a live production. Your child will learn how teamwork works in building a theatrical presentationâin addition to having fun and making new...
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Promo video for ‘Outside Mullingar’
Spend a few moments in the Irish Midlands. “Outside Mullingar” runs through April 15. (Videographer: Ben Dooley. Â Vocals: Teresa Reinalda)
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Cast announced for ‘The Producers’
Director Craig Gustafson proudly announces the cast of the hilarious musical comedy, “The Producers,” running May 26 through June 18. The cast is as follows: Max Bialystock â Ken Kaden Leo Bloom â Benedict L. Slabik II Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yonsen Tallen-Hallen Svaden-Svanson â Heather Pauliks Franz Liebkind â Lars Timpa Roger DeBris â Mark A. Hutchison...
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Shows and directors for our 2017-18 season
Wheaton Drama is excited to announce next seasonâs shows and directors. The season will open with the classic musical âFiddler on the Roof,â a story of maintaining traditions and transitions in an ever-changing sociopolitical climateâa message as important today as when the show was written. âFiddlerâ will be directed by Carrie Dabelow, who has directed...
