Menu
Log in
Forgot password
Log in

High School Theatre

Upcoming events

  • Every Brilliant Thing

    • 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



    Show details

  • Radium Girls

    • 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


    Show details

  • Les Misérables

    • 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

    Show details

  • Next to Normal

    • 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

    Show details

  • The Addams Family

    • 10/31/2025
    • 11/02/2025
    • Romano Family Theatre 1209 W. Ogden Ave., La Grange Park, Il, 60526

    Nazareth Academy Presents: The Addams Family

    A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family and features an original story and a dilemma that’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

    Dates and times:

    Friday, October 31, 7:00 PM

    Saturday, November 1, 7:00 PM

    Sunday, November 2, 2:00 PM


    Ticket information:

    $10-15

    $10 tickets available to ITA members.

    Purchase tickets here.


    Show details

  • Clue

    • 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

    Show details

  • The Play that Goes Wrong

    • 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

    Show details

  • Illinois High School Theatre Festival

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


    Click here for more information.

    Show details

Division Representatives


Michelle Bayer
Expires 2026

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 high school theatre on the ITA Board.


Danny Yuska
Expires 2027


Danny Yuska was born and raised and taught in Iowa at the start of his teaching career where he served on the Iowa Thespian Board for a couple of years.  He moved to Chicago in 2011 and has been a theatre teacher and director at Hinsdale South High School for the past 12 years.  He served as the 2025 All-State Director for "The Prom" and has worked on the festival committee in a variety of positions.  He now lives in Downers Grove, IL with his husband, Jason, and daughter, Reese.




Divisional Events and Meetings



© 2022 Illinois Theatre Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. 4055 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60646

ITA Social Media Channels
IHSTF Social Media Channels
Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software