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Follow the Trail of Bread Crumbs to South Suburban College


SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. The Children’s Theatre Company of South Suburban College is back with an exciting and delightfully amusing variation of the Grimm classic, Hansel and Gretel, by Michele L. Vacca.  Performances will take place in the Kindig Performing Arts Center on SSC’s Main Campus on Saturdays, January 11 and 18, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.  Additional weekday performances will take place Monday through Friday, January 13 through 17, 2014, at 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. each day.

Hansel and Gretel live on the edge of a huge, dark, forest with their stepmother and father.  They are very poor and have no food.  Stepmother (Sandy Wagner of Lansing) sends Hansel and Gretel (Brendon Smelko of Munster, IN and Catherine Hundt of Thornton) deep into the woods to pick strawberries for their supper.  The children have heard stories of a mysterious witch who lives in the forest.  They only partially believe them to be true, until they become lost and actually meet her. 

Madame Hagatha Grundilly Sweetbriar (Wendy Spencer of Beecher) is the zaniest witch anyone could ever hope to encounter.  Accompanied by her two apprentices, Dizzy Weirdeena (Angela Martin of Midlothian) and Rasputin Machiavelli Vampiro III (Pat Nevins of Homewood), she lures Hansel and Gretel to her delectable gingerbread house in the heart of the forest.  There she holds them captive, threatening to bake them into gingerbread. 

One day while the witch is off haunting, the children’s father arrives (Eric Pradelski of South Holland), searching for them.  Dizzy and Rasputin decide to help Father save Hansel and Gretel. 

Will Madame Hagatha bake the children into gingerbread or will their father be able to rescue them?  Only the Narrator (Paul Braun of Lansing) knows for sure.  Follow the trail of bread crumbs to South Suburban College and find out what happens next!

The play is directed by Lansing resident and Kindig Performing Arts Center manager Ellie Shunko.  Set design is by Dean Scalzitti of Hegewisch.  Lighting design is by Lydia Bellamy-Palma of Park Forest and Tina Drechny of Westmont.  The costume designer is Joanna Tassin of Park Forest, with stage management by Dominic Bellamy-Palma of Park Forest.  Heather Young of Burnham is designing the props for the production.

Hansel and Gretel is suitable for young and old alike.  Tickets are $5 each, and group rates are available.  For more information or to reserve tickets, call the 24/7 box office voicemail line at (708) 210-5741 or e-mail [email protected]. Reservations for weekday performances are required as many shows are already sold out.

South Suburban College is located at 15800 S. State Street in South Holland, Illinois, between Sibley Boulevard and 159th Street. The campus is convenient to Routes 94, 80, 57, and 294. Free, ample parking is available.

Source: ssc.edu

 


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