The 2006-07 Season.

For booking shows at Apple Tree, The Gorton Center, or Theatre Building Chicago, call the Director of Youth Programs, Goose Haile at (847) 432-8223.

For booking shows at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, call Joel Friend at (847) 577-5982, ext. 241. Prices and performance times may vary.

Where the Red Fern Grows
November 13-17, 2006

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
February 5-March 2, 2007

Devil's Arithmetic
April 11-May 11, 2007

Where the Red Fern Grows A TYA premiere. Based on the novel by Wilson Rawls Adapted by Brian Guehring Directed by Lavina Jadhwani
Billy Colman, a young boy growing up in the Ozark Mountains during the Depression, is infected with the wonderful disease of puppy love at age 10. His family can't afford hunting dogs, so he has to save dimes and pennies for two years to afford his dogs. Billy teaches Ol' Dan and Lil' Ann everything they need to know about raccoon hunting. These beloved hunting hounds end up teaching Billy about friendship, faith, and life itself. The Gorton Community Center, Lake Forest (November 13-17, 2006) Cast: David Breslow, Matt Glaz, Laurie Larson Janel Palm, Luke Renn, John Ruhaak Production Photos:
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Based on the novel by Mildred D. Taylor Directed by Goose Haile

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is the story of the spirited Cassie Logan and her brothers, the children of sharecroppers in the rural South. Their Mama & Papa have taught them that “Everybody born on this earth is something, and nobody, no matter what color, is better than anybody else…What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.” The white folks, however, intend to put the Logans in their “proper place” using any means possible, including the nocturnal raids of the Night Men.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights
(February 5-16, 2007)

Apple Tree Theatre, Highland Park
(February 20-24, 2007)

The Gorton Center, Lake Forest
(February 27-March 2, 2007)

Special public performance at Apple Tree Theatre:

Saturday, February 24 at 12:30 p.m.

Cast:

Charles Curry, Tucker Curtis, Matt Glaz, Kenneth D. Johnson,

Randolph Johnson, Kashuna, Diane Mair, Kevin Marshall Pickney

Roger Price, Akilah Samuels, Lawrence Sanders

Sameerah Walker, Marreon White

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The Devil's Arithmetic Based on the novel by Jane Yolen Directed by Geoff Button

While spending Passover with her grandparents, Hannah symbolically opens the door for the prophet Elijah. She suddenly finds herself in a Polish shtetl in the 1940s, the only one aware of what the invading Nazis really mean by "relocating" the Jews. Can she help spare her family in time, from the horrors of the death camps? Will she survive to find her loved ones in her own time again?

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights
(April 11-17, 2007)

Apple Tree Theatre, Highland Park
(April 25-28, 2007)

The Gorton Center, Lake Forest
(May 2-4, 2007)

Theatre Building Chicago
(May 8-11, 2007)

Special public performance at Apple Tree Theatre:

Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.

Cast:

Tiffany Bedwell, Eva Bloomfield, Peter Esposito, Caroline Fourmy

Kate Kisner, Josh Odor, Kristen Pickering, Michael Rosenblum

John Ruhaak, Maria Stephens, Jacquelyn Zook

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