Acts of Poetry
Actors perform students' plays during Write to the Spotlight 2012 Our Write to the Spotlight outreach program is coming to a close for this year. For four weeks, [...]
Remembering Memorial Day
Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day was established in 1868 as a day to recognize those who had died while serving in the US military. The day was initially [...]
Setting the stage for Five Course Love
Five Course Love director Krista Hansen works with cast members Amy Malouf, Greg Foster and Amanda Bloom. Metropolis Properties Designer Maggie Neumayer had her work cut out for [...]
Adult students take to stage with Almost Maine
It’s an endearing and humorous view of love set on a cold night in Almost, Maine. And it’s the first production for our adult drama students.“Almost Maine is a unique [...]
Music and Fine Arts Fests bring new opportunities to Metropolis students
Most Saturdays are busy days within the halls of our School of the Performing Arts (SOPA). And this coming Saturday, April 20, is no exception. In the morning, we’ll welcome [...]
Teaching moments abound in The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank at Metropolis Each spring since 2009, Metropolis has produced the moving, historical drama The Diary of Anne Frank. And each spring, dozens of [...]
Guest post from The Diary of Anne Frank actor Grace Melon
I was a thirteen-year-old cancer patient when I knew I wanted to play Anne Frank someday. I’d gathered enough courage to go to an open-call audition for a different play [...]
Flourish in the Footlights celebrates 10th anniversary
Let’s set the scene… The show: Rumpelstiltskin. The setting: the castle courtyard. The three narrators are trying to help our fair maiden Briana impress the Queen. These seasoned actors are [...]
4 actors make Metropolis debuts in Accomplice
(left to right) Dylan Marks, Julie Schroll, Jonathan Nichols and Kelly Lynn Hogan Accomplice, our latest production, running through April 21, is a new kind of undertaking for [...]
Metropolis Discovers Play Group
In Arlington Heights there is a group that has been getting together for the last 4 years before each of Metropolis’ subscription shows and they call themselves the Play Group. [...]