By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Students in the drama department at Geneseo High School will take the stage on Thursday, Oct. 17, for the opening of their fall play, “Down to Earth,”

Performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, and on Saturday, Oct. 19, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, in the DePauw Theatre at the high school. There are 299 seats in the DePauw Theatre. Tickets, at $10 each, will be available at the door on the nights of the performances as there are no advance ticket sales.

The performance on Saturday, Oct. 19, will include Senior Night when all seniors will be honored immediately after the performance.

The show, by Bettye Knapp, is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.

Joseph DePauw is director/producer of the show.

Other staff members include Larry Lord, Fine Arts Manager (lights and sound); Bryan Stone, set construction; Rachel Pratt, GPAC Speech and Theatre Vice-President; Tom Ryerson, GHS Principal, and Bob Manasco, Program Layout.

The cast includes JJ Mooney, Beth Mroz, Callie Copeland, Nadia Karn, Hannah McGee, Ella Brooks, Faith Mierop, Perry Farley, Jackson Brumbaugh, Colin Roemer, Evan Orwig, Logan VanDeWoestyne and Taeton Chirchir.

Taeton Chirchir, on the floor; Callie Copeland, kneeling; and Nadia Karn and Hannah McGee, standing, rehearse a scene form the “Down to Earth,” to be presented by members of the Geneseo High School theatre department. Photo by Claudia Loucks

Cast understudies are Jonathan Freadhoff and Gretchen Fuelling.

Crew members include Piper Andersen, Natalie Aukee, Tivya Bernier, Erin Bowers, Lydia Carton, Marley Cherry, Jonathan Freadhoff, Gretchen Fuelling, Hannah Fuelling, Lilyann Garza, Evelyn Gernant, Sydney Hoover, Erik Kelly, Josephine Kubicek, Isabella McConville, Madilyn Minnaert, Lilyann Mooney, Serina Nimrick, Carson Pratt, Kaleb Rahn, Madison Reade, Natalie Reisner, Cy Sammons, Kara Sancken, Bee Scheider, Paxton Sherbeyn, Reid Simpson, Peyton Woodruff and Claire Yenor.