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Present Laughter

by Noel Coward

Auditions:
August 24 and 25 at 4 p.m.

Callbacks:
August 26 at 4 p.m.

Performances:
November 6 at 7:30 p.m.
November 7 at 7:30 p.m.
November 8 at 2:00 p.m.

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Seagull

by Anton Chekov

Auditions:
November 16 and 17 at 4:00 p.m.

Callbacks:
November 18 at 4:00 p.m.

Performances:
January 22 at 7:30 p.m.
January 23 at 7:30 p.m.
January 24 at 2:30 p.m.

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Phantom of the Opera

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Charles Hart
Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on the novel “Le Fantôme de I’Opéra” by Gaston Leroux

Auditions:
December 7 and 8 at 4:30 p.m.

Callbacks:
December 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Performances:
April 9 at 7 p.m.
April 10 at 7 p.m.
April 11 at 2 p.m.

Our Recent Shows

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Four actors in a wooden streetcar-like framework on stage in period costumes.
A person stands inside a large, red flower prop with arms raised, wearing a cap and glasses, against a green wall backdrop.
Performers on stage wearing vintage costumes, lit by colorful stage lights.
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  • Noises Off (2025)
  • Taming of The Shrew (2025)
  • Anastasia (2025)
  • Mean Girls (2024)
  • Midsummer Night's Dream (2023)
  • Our Town (2023)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (2023)
  • Richard III (2023)
  • Mirthfully Macabre (2022)

"Act well your part. There are honor lies."

Thespian & Theatre Executive Board

President – Tanner Grisinger

Vice President – Sophie Cook

Secretary – Mary Kroesch

Historian – Riley Park

Publicity – Brynn Bozarth

Directors

General Email: uhightheatre@ilstu.edu

Head Sponsor/Stroud Manager – Benjamin Webb
Email: bawebb@ilstu.edu

Assistant Coach – Ashleigh Rae-Lynn
Email: arfeger@ilstu.edu

Assistant Coach – Ian Guthrie
Email: iguthri@ilstu.edu