GHS 2025 Fall Play Opens Oct. 31

By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Geneseo High School theater department students, from left, Isabella Brooks, Perry Farley and Jonathan Freadhoff are among the cast member of “Charlotte’s Web,” to be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31; Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2 in the DePauw Theatre at Geneseo High School.  Photo by Claudia Loucks

  Students in the drama department at Geneseo High School will take the stage on Friday, Oct. 31, for the opening night of their fall play, “Charlotte’s Web.”

   Performances are at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, and on Saturday, Nov. 1, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, 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, Nov. 1, will include Senior Night when all seniors will be honored at the conclusion of the performance. 

   The show is based on the book by E. B. White and adapted by Joseph Robinette and is produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, IL.

   Joseph DePauw is director of the show.

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

Alegna Lopez-Viola, left; Hannah McGee, Claire Yenor and Bee Scheider rehearse a scene from “Charlotte’s Web,” to be staged by students in the Geneseo High School Theatre Department. Photo by Claudia Loucks

   The cast includes Paisley Arnold, Isabella Brooks, Taeton Chirchir, Callie Copeland, Elijah Coppejans, Perry Farley, Jonathan Freadhoff, Gretchen Fuelling, Eleanor George, Anadiyah Karn, Alegna Lopez Viola, Aria Mayo-Bechtel, Hannah McGee, Faith Mierop, Bee Scheider, Dash Urquiza, Nicole Werling, Alexis Williams and Claire Yenor,

   Crew members are Kylie Achenbach, Natalie Aukee, Drucilla Balmer, Tivya Bernier, Daphne Bertelsen, Erin  Bowers, Elijah Coppejans, Evelyn Dahl, Sophia Doyle, Perry Farley, Jonathan Freadhoff, Gretchen Fuelling, Hannah Fuelling, Lilyan Garza, Evelyn Gernant, Hazel Harris, Jacob Hodges, Erik Kelly, Isabella McConville, Hannah McGee, Madison Morrison, Suzanne Neumann, Serina Nimrick, Rehan Onder, Carson Pratt, Hayley Rubitsky, Cy Sammons, Bee Scheider, Mya Splear, Isabella Stewart, Milla Stewart, Paizley Stewart, Rolan Swanson, Genevieve Talley, Sophia Urquiza, Chase VanDeWoestyne, Patrick Versluis, Nicole Werling, Avalynn Westfall, Alexis Williams and Gracie Wilson