The students of Chesterton Academy of the Immaculate Heart Present our Spring Play!

Come join us for a production of The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s romance plays. If bad decisions driven by ambition, pride, and jealousy lead to disaster in the tragedies Shakespeare wrote earlier in his career, the romances insist that, despite our poor choices, ruin need not be the final end. Although the romances also depict protagonists who make terrible choices, they lead their characters through winding paths of setbacks and suffering, testing their faith and fortitude before ending in forgiveness and reunion.

Characters sense a guiding force of providence in their lives, as they come to express wonder at the fantastic events that have occurred and the seemingly miraculous reconciliations they have experienced. By scattering their characters across distant lands and exposing them to setbacks for years, only to reunite them in the end, the romances position their audiences to experience a powerful euphoria that can only come out of dark despair. Shakespeare indulges his audiences' imaginations, positioning them to feel what it is like to witness the possible emerge from what was seemingly impossible.

Synopsis by Dr. Ashenbach - Literature Teacher at Chesterton Academy of the Immaculate Heart

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, May 2nd: 6:30pm
Friday, May 3rd: 6:30pm
Saturday, May 4th: 6:30pm

Tickets will be sold at the door (cash, check or credit), starting at 5:45pm.

Doors to theater will open at 6:00pm.

TICKET COST: $10/Adults - $5/Under 18yr

LOCATION:

Mount St. Joseph | 24955 US-12 W | Lake Zurich, IL 60047

Please use the South entrance for parking.

IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS for Mt. St. Joseph:

Do not use the main entrance. Enter via the driveway just South of the Main Entrance. There is a parking lot right there, and the theater building is just Northeast of the parking lot. The attached photo shows the parking lot and entrance you should use at the top (even though that is South), with the parking lot circled, and a red line from the parking lot to the theater. Do not enter via the red arrow at the bottom, the main entrance. For pickup, you can drive right up to the driveway circle in front of the theater. Please go very slowly for the safety of the residents.