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| A Comedy in Three Acts By | ||
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| Directed By POLINA SYSOEVA | ||
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Eden Yelinek |
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OPHS Thespian Troupe 6074 |
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Jojo Bongiovi Elizabeth Dusek |
Miley Katz Danika Koscelnick |
Mia McCabe Elena McFadden |
| Logo Design by Elizabeth Dusek | ||
| Produced by special arrangement with Theatrefolk (theatrefolk.com) | ||
Scene List
ACT 1
Scene 1 Trent Trowel's Office
Scene 2 The Victoria Grand Hotel's Ballroom
Scene 3 The Ballroom, a while later
INTERMISSION
ACT 2
Scene 1 Trent Trowel's Office
Scene 2 The Ballroom
Scene 3 A Street Cafe
Scene 4 The Ballroom
ACT 3
Scene 1 Trent Trowel's Office
Scene 2 The Ballroom
Who's Who
Meet the Company
Hello! my name is Avery Boggs and I will be playing Candy in OPHS production of A Lighter Shade of Noir! I am a freshman and this is my third show here! I hope you love the show just as much as I love performing :D
From Spanish pirate to weird bald uncle to Italian mob boss, now I'm 100% sure I've played them all.
Bonjour! My name is Elizabeth Dusek, I am a junior, and I am so happy to be a part of my 10th show at OPHS. I play Jean Louis Phillippe Eustache and am on the costume team. Thank you so much to everyone who makes this silly show possible!
Hi! My name is Persy and I am a freshman. This is my second show at OPHS. I am really excited to be in another performance at the school! Thank you to my family and friends for supporting me. Enjoy the show!
Kadyn Freid is a Sophomore at Oak Park High School. This is her 7th production at OPHS. She is so excited for you all to see this show. You might have seen her in her others roles, such as Prentiss, Dana, and Conquistador Addams. Kadyn would like to thank the cast, crew, and design for making this show so amazing!
Hello there, I am Dean Fronk. This is my fourth production here at OPHS. I am playing the role of Sergeant Maloney. I am really excited for the play to begin. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in my career, I am truly grateful to you all. Thank you and have a great day!
Hey! My name is Max, I'm a freshman and I play Dr. Watson! This is my third show with this school and the fourth one on crew! I'm so grateful to have met everybody I did through theatre and I have made an unbelievable amount of friends. Enjoy the show! :)
Hi, Im Aven, and Im incredibly excited for our next production: "A Lighter Shade of Noir"! I'm a junior and this will be my second production here at Oak Park. For this production, I will be a part of the cast and also working behind the scenes with Sets. Once again I'd like to send all my appreciation to the hard-working people on cast and crew!
Hello, I'm Jasper! Life is tough enough as a junior, but once I became a janitor, I really had my work cut out for me. Regardless, I am still The World's Best Janitor (Title Pending)
Hello! My name is Miley Katz and I am a freshman. This is my 3rd show at ophs after PATSC and The Addams Family! I am so excited to play Mrs. Bennedict. Thank you to all the designers, cast, staff, and our lovely student directors!
My name is Danika Koscelnick and I am the clueless yet funny old lady who knows it all, Ms. Beatrice. I am a sophomore and this is my 8th ITS production at Oak Park High School. I am super excited to be a part of such an amazing and talented group of people! "Break a leg!" Thank you and have a good evening!
Hi all, My name is Noah Kratt, I am a Junior here at Oak Park, this is my 10th show!!! For this show, I am both in the cast and on crew. Off stage, I am the lighting designer and a part of the tech team. And on stage, I play Monsieur Silencieux and Janitor 1. I am so excited for this show and to be on stage for the first time in about three years!!! I hope you enjoy!
Hello everyone! This is my second time participating in a theater production at Oak Park. I am 100% sure that I am the biggest band kid here in theater because I am in 3 different band classes and next year I’m even doing choir; getting involved is a lot of fun.
Hello! My name is Abby Leduc. I'm a junior and this is my 6th show at Oak Park. I am playing the lovely Miss Flannigan in A Lighter Shade of Noir. I am also the costume lead for this production. Being a part of costumes and cast has been such a blast, and I cannot wait for you all to see It!
Hi! My name is Kam. I am a freshman and this is my 4th show. I love having the opportunity to work with such amazing people! Being in theater has made my freshman year memorable.
Bonjour. Je m'appelle Blue Manning. Je suis en deuxième année et c'est mon quatrième spectacle ITS. Je joue Le Cambrioleur, un voleur de chat sournois. Toute cette année a été incroyable et je suis éternellement reconnaissant de m'être vu offrir ces opportunités. Un merci très spécial à tous mes amis, en particulier Polina et Luca (vous allez tellement me manquer) et un grand merci à Mme Schneider. Merci à tous et j'espère que vous apprécierez le spectacle ! Good morning. My name is Blue Manning. I'm in tenth grade and this is my fourth ITS show. I play The Burglar, a sneaky cat thief. This whole year has been amazing and I am forever grateful to have been given these opportunities. A very special thank you to all my friends, especially Polina and Luca (I will miss you so much) and a big thank you to Ms. Schneider. Thank you all and I hope you enjoy the show!
Good Day! My name is Sophia Anna Mannino and you’ll be seeing me in my second drama performance at OPHS as a Junior! This will be my first performance outside of an Ensemble cast, and I’m very excited for this show. I’d like to thank my dad for torturing himself to drive back and forth to these rehearsals, and to the many cast and crew members that made it all happen. Without them, it wouldn’t be as special. See you there!
Hi everyone! My name is Mia McCabe, I'm a Junior, and this is my sixth show at OPHS! In this inquisitive show, I play the role of police captain Tracy Dyck! I wanted to thank all of my fellow detectives and criminals (on and off stage) for helping put on this production! I love and appreciate every single one of you. And I hope you enjoy the show!
Elena is a freshman and this is her fourth show at OPHS. She is so excited to be playing Shirley Holmes! She would like to thank the entire cast and crew for making this show such a great experience! Her excellent powers of deduction have lead her to believe that you will enjoy the show…
Peter, a Freshman, is playing, "Mario" his third Oak Park High production. He has enjoyed going to the theatre since he was a small boy. He caught the acting bug in third grade and has played several lead characters for Bell Canyon Broadway community theatre for the last 6 six years. Peter is looking forward to future roles with Oak Park High School. Lastly, he would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support.
My name is Jonas and I play Tony in A Lighter Shade of Noir and I am also on the costume team. I'm a freshman and this is my fourth production with OPHS. It has been such an honor and pleasure to work with so many talented people this year and I hope you enjoy the show!
Hello! My name is Abby Schuh and this is my fourth show at Oak Park High School. I joined theatre near the end of my freshman year and I’ve loved it ever since. Enjoy the show!
Hi! I’m Malina and I am a junior at OPHS! This is my second show and I couldn’t be more excited! I cannot thank my friends and family enough for the constant support! I hope you enjoy the show!
Hey! My name is Anjali and I’m a senior, this has been my second show as crew and first as cast. I play Ethel, and I’ve had a great time these past shows. Thank you so much to everyone I’ve worked with and people who have supported! Can’t ever get enough of those English muffins!
Hi! My name is Polina Sysoeva and I’m a senior here at OPHS. I enjoy all forms of art and music and I dedicate all my time to theater. I have been given the honor of directing this year’s Spotlight show! This show is the perfect ending to my senior year and I will never forget this experience. I could not be more thankful to direct with such a talented bunch! Everyone worked so hard to make this show perfect so please enjoy!
Hi hi! I can't believe that this is my last show at OPHS! I started theater this year on props for Peter and the Starcatcher and I've worked my way to the top. I want to thank Ms Schneider for giving me all these opportunities. This has been an incredible year and I'm so thankful to have worked with such spectacular people. I wish my gorgeous Polina a great next year and hope to see her in theater at Moorpark. Thank you to the whole production crew and enjoy the show! Luca (they/them)
Eden Yelinek is a sophomore and the stage manager for this production. This is her eighth show and she was very excited to make her mini cardboard sets into a reality for A Lighter Shade of Noir. Eden is also on the tech team, and in her free time she enjoys smelling perfume and painting, along with doing her makeup at 3am just to take it off and go to bed. Eden is very proud of her team and she would like to thank the awesome director for giving her this opportunity. Bio courtesy of Addison O'Grady.
My name is Addison O'Grady, I am a sophomore, and I am the tech lead for A Lighter Shade Of Noir! This is my seventh show with OPHS, but my first time as tech lead. You may previously have seen me in my hit roles, Francis's mom Beth, assistant director, stressed sound designer, and stressed costume designer. I am so proud of my team along with everyone else for creating such an awesome show, and making it so much fun to work on.
Margaux is a freshman and this is their fourth show at Oak Park, they are very grateful to be a part of this production. They hope to continue to do many more shows in the future.
Hi! My name is Arin Rifkin and I’m a freshman on sets. This is my 3rd show at OPHS and I am so excited to do more.
Hi, I’m Gabby and and being a part of this show has been really fun. Being on costumes has been amazing I’m glad I got to be a part of it. Enjoy the Show!
Act well your part, there all the honor lies. The International Thespian Society (ITS) was founded in 1929, and is an honor organization for high school students at more than 4,900 affiliated secondary schools across America and abroad. The mission of ITS is to honor student achievement in the theatre arts. In addition to producing theatre at OPHS, our troupe's focus is to promote the importance of theatre arts in education and our community.
Congratulations to the creative team, cast and designers on a fabulous production of 'A Lighter Shade of Noir'. Your dedication, enthusiasm, professionalism and love for the arts continues to amaze and inspire me. It has been a dream come true to work with you all this year and to watch you grow as actors, costumers, designers, technicians, directors and producers. So, so, proud of you! Break a leg!
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SPECIAL THANKS
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