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    • 10/09/2025
    • 10/11/2025
    • Livingston Auditorium, Glenbard North High School, 990 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream, IL 60188

    Glenbard North High School presents: Every Brilliant Thing


    THE STORY: You're six years old. Mom's in the hospital. Dad says she's "done something stupid." She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. Everything that's worth living for


    Dates and times:

    Thursday, October 9, 7:30 PM

    Friday, October 10, 4:30 PM

    Saturday, October 11, 7:30 PM


    Ticket information:

    $5

    http://glenbardnorthhs.seatyourself.biz


    Contact information:

    630-653-7000 x3820

    jennifer_paschke@glenbard.org



    • 10/16/2025
    • 10/18/2025
    • 1000 North Wolf Road, North Lake & 3400 Rose Street, Franklin Park

    The Leyden High School District presents Radium Girls

    The Leyden Fine Arts Department is proud to present Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory's powerful and moving play that explores the strength of women's voices in the face of injustice.

    Set in the 1920s, Radium Girls tells the true story of Grace Fryer and her fellow dial painters, young women employed to paint watch faces with glowing radium paint. At first, the work seems glamorous and respectable. But as the women begin to fall ill, they are met not with concern, but with silence and denial from their employers at the U.S. Radium Corporation.

    What begins as a health crisis evolves into a fight for truth and justice. The play follows Grace’s transformation from a quiet worker into a determined and courageous woman who refuses to be silenced. In a time when women’s voices were often dismissed, Radium Girls highlights their resilience, bravery, and refusal to be ignored.

    Through Grace and her coworkers, Radium Girls shows how women, even in the most challenging circumstances, can stand up, speak out, and change the world.


    Dates and times:

    Thursday, October 16th, 7:00 PM

    Friday, October 17th, 7:00 PM

    Saturday, October 18th, 2:00 PM


    Ticket Prices:

    $3.00-$5.00

    Discounted tickets are available for ITA members. Please contact Teslen Sadowski for more information at tsadowski@leyden212.org.

    Leyden High School Website


    • 10/23/2025
    • 10/26/2025
    • Libertyville High School

    Libertyville High School presents Les Misérables


    Les Misérables is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Set in early 19th-century France it tells the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption.


    Dates and times:

    Thursday October 23, 7:30 PM

    Friday, October 24, 7:30 PM

    Saturday, October 25, 7:30 PM

    Sunday, October 26, 1:00 PM


    Ticket information: 

    $4-$5

    Box office: 847-327-7058

    Libertyville High School Website

    • 10/23/2025
    • 10/25/2025
    • University High School, 5840 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

    University High School presents Next to Normal


    Next to Normal is a heartfelt rock musical about a family dealing with mental health, relationships, and the ups and downs of everyday life. Honest, raw, and full of great music.


    Dates and times:

    Thursday, October 23, 7:00 PM

    Friday, October 24, 7:00 PM

    Saturday, October 25, 2:00 PM


    Ticket information:

    $5-$12

    University High School Website


    Contact information:

    uhightheatre@ilstu.edu

    • 11/20/2025
    • 11/22/2025
    • Glenbard North High School, 990 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream, IL 60188

    Glenbard North High School presents Clue

    Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.


    Dates and times:

    Thursday, November 20, 7:30 PM

    Friday, November 21, 7:30 PM

    Saturday, November 22, 7:30 PM


    Ticket information:

    $10

    Glenbard North High School Website

    • 11/20/2025
    • 11/21/2025
    • St. Laurence High School, 5556 W 77TH ST, BURBANK IL 60459

    St. Laurence High School presents The Play that Goes Wrong

    From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes this smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!


    Dates and times:

    Thursday, November 20, 7:00 PM

    Friday, November 21, 7:00 PM


    Ticket information:

    $10

    St. Laurence High School Website

    • 01/08/2026
    • 01/10/2026
    • Illinois State University (Normal, Illinois)


    Click here for more information.

Division Representatives


Michelle Bayer
Expires 2025

Michelle DePasquale-Bayer has taught theatre and biology at Oak Park and River Forest High School for 25 years and currently serves as the Director of Theatre and Performing Arts Department Chair. In 2014 Michelle received the Huskie Booster Club outstanding faculty award, and in 2020 she received Maine West Fine Arts Alumni Award. She is currently directing the Illinois High School Theatre Festival’s All-State production. She is excited to represent secondary theatre on the ITA Board.


Ryan Lambert
Expires 2025


Ryan Lambert is a U.S. history teacher at at Hunters Lane High School. He was the 2023 Executive Director of Illinois High School Theatre Festival and is so proud of the students and staff that built a magical festival where we asked ourselves "Are You Living or Just Existing?" He has served on the Festival Committee in a variety of positions and was the 2019 Co-Producer for the All-State production of "In the Heights." He is looking forward to building relationships with other directors from across the state as the Secondary Representative for the Illinois Theatre Association. 





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