College of Lake County Theatre DepartmentPresents

Adapted by Max BushFrom the story by Hans Christian Andersen

Directed by Alicia HallScenic Design by Tracie Folger

Lighting & Sound Design by Jeffrey WeissCostume Design by Sally Gill

Props Design by Laura Hinz and Chris PellettiereOriginal Music by Lucero Martinez and Jeffrey Weiss

Stage Management by Bobby Lee

October 1 and 2 at 10 a.m. • October 3 at 4 and 7 p.m. • October 4 at 2 p.m.

Live Streamed via Zoom

Time: Many years ago.

Place: In and around the Emperor’s castle.

This play will be performed without an intermission.

The Cast

The Emperor .................................................. Elijah Janssen-Weitz

Captain of the Guards ..............................................Helen Murphy

Nicolas .............................................................. Cooper Sampson

Louise, Nicolas’ mother ...............................................Olivia Lyjak

Production Crew

Scene Shop Supervisor and Production Technical Director .............................. Jeffrey Weiss

Assistant Stage Manager ............................................Levi Ofsanik

Props Masters .............................................................. Laura HinzChris Pellettiere

Scene Shop Student Workers ................................... Hailey DeckerLaura Hinz

Kurt MeinhardtChris Pellettiere

Ben Vizconde

Costume Shop Student Workers ....................... Amanda BachingerNora Lichtenauer

Special thanks to Tanner Newmanand to the families of our cast.

The story of The Emperor’s New Clothes, by Hans Christian Anderson, was first published in 1837. This clever and witty tale is of an Emperor so vain that he ignores the cries of hunger and woe from his subjects in order to lavishly spend his money on fine clothing. He is a true peacock, only concerned with being admired. It is because of his vanity and pride that he is fooled into parading naked through the streets to “show off” his fine new robes, which are made from the finest magic and invisible cloth. The effects of the Emperor’s own greed and vanity bring about his downfall. He listens to his vanity and deceives himself into accepting the lie spun by the “weavers” that the invisible cloth is real. He must have this magical robe and be the most glorious looking Emperor ever! How often, even today, do we see the vanity and greed of people with power leading them to make self-serving decisions that negatively affect those with the least power in our societies? And all of this done because those with so much want more?

This wonderful adaptation embraces the power and magic of the Theatre which is to tell truths through illusion. With humor and warmth, this clever play reminds us of the dangers of self-deception and the importance of truth and justice; that we must keep exposing the Emperors of our day and age to show everyone just who they really are.

— Alicia Hall

The taking of video, audio or still recordings is strictly prohibited by law.

The Emperor’s New Clothes is produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois.

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Director’s Notes[I

Cast Biographies

Elijah Janssen-Weitz (The Emperor) of Lindenhurst is a third year theater performance major at College of Lake County. He’s performed as Daniel in East of the Sun and Miles in She Kills Monsters. Recently, he was nominated for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan award for his portrayal of Oliver in As You Like It.

Olivia Lyjak (Louise) of Grayslake is a first year student pursuing an Associate in Arts degree. This will be her first performance at CLC. Helen Murphy (Captain) of Highland Park is in her third year as a CLC business major and theatre performance minor. She was last seen in the Summer Shakes Company with CLC and UW-Parkside, in Play On!; Jane Conway in The Terrorist; Margaret in Overtones; The Little Prince in The Little Prince; a member of the Chorus in Oedipus Rex; and in the Winter Dance Concerts of 2019 and 2018 as a member of the Prairie Spirits Dance Troupe, all at CLC.

Cooper Sampson (Nicolas) of Lake Bluff is a third year theater and education major. He was last seen as The Fox, The Conceited Man and The Lamplighter in CLC’s production of The Little Prince.

Staff Biographies

Alicia Hall (Director) of Chicago is a current CLC Theatre Department adjunct. For CLC she has directed A Doll’s House, and the Young Audience plays The Little Prince, Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook!, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and James and the Giant Peach. She is a member of Chekhov Studio Chicago/The Moving Dock Theatre Co. in Chicago. She has been an actor, acting teacher, director, producer, set designer, props maker whatever it takes to make theatre happen! She holds her B.A. in Acting/Directing from Barat College and her M.F.A in Acting from the Theatre School of DePaul University.

Tracie Folger (Scenic Designer) of Lindenhurst is starting her third year with the College of Lake County. She joined the department as an Instructor of Technical Theatre and Set and Lighting Designer. She earned her B.A. in theatre from Knox College and her M.F.A. in Theatre Design from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Before coming to CLC, she was the Associate Professor of Technical Theatre and Technical Director with the theatre department at Bethany College (Bethany, W.Va.) and an Assistant Professor of Design with Gallaudet University. She has also enjoyed a career in theatre as a freelance set designer, properties designer and scenic artist.

Sally Gill (Costume Designer) of Grayslake is a member of CLC’s Theater Department adjunct faculty. Her costume design work was last seen in As You Like It, She Kills Monsters, The Addams Family and Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook! She also designed costumes for Cabaret, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jekyll and Hyde, James and The Giant Peach and South Pacific. Her Chicago theatre credits include work for Famous Door Theater Company, The Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare’s Motley Crew and regional work at Summer Repertory Theatre in Santa Rosa, Cal. Sally earned her M.A. in Theatre Design from The University of Pittsburgh.

Laura Hinz (Prop Master) of Libertyville is a first year Technical Theatre Major at CLC. She was most recently the props master for CLC’s production of As You Like It, stage crew for CLC’s She Kills Monsters, and props crew for Illinois High School Theatre Festival’s In the Heights.

Bobby Lee (Stage Manager) of Libertyville is a CLC alum and has stage managed for the Summer Shakes Reading series, Play On!, As You Like It and The Little Prince.

Lucero Martinez (Original Music) of Gurnee is a second year theatre and creative writing major. She was last seen as a Musician in As You Like It and Live Artist in The Little Prince, both at CLC. She has also participated as an ensemble member in Chicago Shakespeare Slam in the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in 2018 and 2019.

Levi Ofsanik (Assistant Stage Manager) of Grayslake is a freshman theatre design/technology major. In high school he participated in several productions such as Les Misérables (properties), Matilda (properties) and senior directed one acts (properties).

Chris Pellettiere (Props Master) of Lake Villa is beginning his third and final year at the College of Lake County. He is on the track to complete an Associates in Arts degree. He has worked on She Kills Monsters and The Addams Family.

Jeffrey Weiss (Lighting and Sound Designer, Original Music, Production Technical Director) has spent seven years as the Scene Shop Supervisor for CLC Theatre. Before moving to Illinois, he spent six years as the Lighting/Sound Designer for The Naples Players in Naples, Fla., and five years as Assistant/Associate Professor of Theatre/Technical Director for Gordon State College in Barnesville, Ga. He earned his B.A. from Southwest Baptist University and his M.F.A. from the University of Alabama.

Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division

DeanDr. Sheldon Walcher

Associate DeanJames Crizer

Theatre FacultyTracie Folger and Craig Rich

Academic Operations ManagerLamont Barrientos

Academic Accounting TechnicianDonna White

Senior Administrative AssistantJoan Sparacio-Cremin

Office AssistantSam Cotugno

Office AssistantMarlene Garcia

Scene Shop SupervisorJeffrey Weiss

Theatre Adjunct FacultyBrian Gill, Sally Gill and Alicia Hall

Friends of CLC Theatre

The mission of the College of Lake County (CLC) Theatre program is to provide students with a high quality and accessible theatre education. Through a variety of course offerings and fully realized productions, the program prepares students to complete a degree in theatre and work as a theatre professional.

The Friends of CLC Theatre supports this mission by helping to fund theatre scholarships and student success initiatives, such as involvement in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

We’d like to give a special round of applause and our heartfelt thanks to the 2020 Friends of CLC Theatre:

AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Victor Berner Doug Bruce and Craig Rich Cathy Colton and Steve Chamberlin Nancy Cook and Dan Ziembo Shannon Lee DayMelanie FuhrmanMarlene GarciaCarol and Chuck Grill Denise Harnish and Mike DvorakConnie Harris Mary Clare Jakes and the late Dr. Philip Carrigan Renee JohnsonKathy KusiakBobby LeeJenny Lee and Cory HanceKaren McCluskey

Scott MullinsEllen Myers Dave and Jeanne Nelson Greg NevilKurt PetersonMary Ann PhillipsNick Schevera Julie Shroka Brian, Kathy and Sean Smith Jennifer StabenLarry Starzec Sandy Trombino SchwabDave VasicekCarol WismerJean Wright Jan and John Zobus

Nov. 13 & Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.Nov. 19, 20 & 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Once upon a midnight dreary… Four stories from the master of the mysterious and the macabre come together, complete with spine- tingling sound-effects and music. Twisted Tales will recreate Edgar Allan Poe’s classic stories and poems— “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Raven” and “The Black Cat.”

Be sure to tune in and turn off the lights… if you dare.

PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., OF WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS

The Radio Play

BY PHILIP GRECIANFROM THE STORIES AND POEMS OF

EDGAR ALLAN POEDIRECTED BY CRAIG RICH

Tickets $5: Register to watch a performance online.

www.clcillinois.edu/arts

Proceeds benefiting the CLC Theatre Department.