by Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Students in the drama department at Geneseo High School will take the stage on Friday, Oct.23, for the opening night of their fall play, “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”
Emma VandeVeer, left; Jackson Parker, Cameron Doyle and Faith Mierop rehearse a scene from “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” to be staged by students in the Geneseo High School Theatre Department. Claudia Loucks Photo
Performances are at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and on Saturday, Oct. 24, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, 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. 24, will include Senior Night when all seniors will be honored at the conclusion of the performance.
The show, by Bryan Starchman is produced by special arrangement with Eldridge Publishing.
The show consists of 10 scenes dealing with teens and their parents.
Joseph DePauw is director/producer of the show.
Other staff members include Larry Lord, Fine Arts Manager (lights and sound); Bryan Stone, set construction; Bob Manasco, program layout; Rachel Conley-Pratt, GPAC Speech and Theatre Vice-President; Tom Ryerson, GHS Principal, and Keith Chase, makeup, props, set dressing, and running crew.
Lucas Fueling, left; Aria Mayo-Bechtel, Ethan Temperley and Paisley Arnold are among the cast members of “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” to be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23; Saturday, Oct. 24, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, in the DePauw Theatre at Geneseo High School. Claudia Loucks Photo
Cast members and student crew members include Paisley Arnold, Lillian, Bellagamba, Della Bellagamba, Tivya Bernier, Daphne Bertelsen, Allison Bos, Mickayla Bowles, Dia Bros, Sophia Carter, Taeton Chirchir, Ryan Coleman, Callie Copeland, Elijah Coppejans, Cameron Doyle, Kieran Efflandt, Hannah, Fuelling, Gretchen Fuelling, Lucas Fuelling, Lilyann Garza, Eleanor George, Evelyn Gernant, Leo Hammond, Eva Hansen and Evelyn Hemphill.
Also, Brielle Jeffrey, Ella Johnson, Delaney Killian, Aria Mayo-Bechtel, Isabella McConville, Faith Mierop, Sam Monahan, Clarabelle Musser-VanHerzeele, Suzanne Neumann, Sara O’Dell, Jackson Parker, Sydney Rasmussen, Natalie Reisner, Easton Sigwalt, Reid Simpson, Rolan Swanson, Ethan Temperley, Savanna Thompson, Genessa Underwood, Emma Vandeveer, Chase VanDeWoestyne, Eden VanOpdorp, Patrick Versluis, Nicole Werling and Alexis Williams.