My name is Sarina Kledzik and I am the sponsor of the Drama Club and I direct the Fall Play and co-direct the Spring Musical. I used to live in Los Angeles where I worked as an actress before I decided to move back to Chicago to become a teacher. I have worked at Eisenhower for 14 years and I have loved every second of it. I love introducing students to my passion for the arts and I hope they enjoy their experiences in the drama program as much as I have.
Upcoming meeting times for Drama Club: Regular meeting times will be specific Friday's from 3:30 to 4:15 in 136. The
calendar is posted on this page. The first meeting will be Friday September 5th and no experience is necessary. If anyone has any questions about drama club please come and see me in room 136. Feel free to join ay any time. No experience necessary! We play improv games, work on acting techniques, help with the fall play and the spring musical and go see LOTS of live theater! We will continue to visit Paramount Theater to see the following shows ("Come Far Away," "White Christmas," "Dear Evan Hansen," and "South Pacific." The dates for each of these trips is posted on the calendar. We also visit and support Shepard and Richards by seeing their productions as well as Evergreen Park High school.
Fall Play: The fall play this year is "The Diary of Anne Frank" and I am so excited because it is a personal favorite of mine! Auditions are Tuesday August 26th at 3:30 in room 136. Again, no experience is necessary and callbacks will be Wednesday August 27th. The rehearsal schedule is also posted on the
calendar. The show opens in our brand new Performing Arts Center for staff and students on Thursday 10/23 and 7 pm on Friday 10/24 and Saturday 10/25. Tickets will be 5.00 for students and staff on Thursday. Ticket prices for the rest of the shows will be 10 for adults and 5 for kids/seniors. Please come out for this rip roaring comedy and celebrate the first show in our state of the art PAC. Alumni of the DDE drama department are highly encouraged to attend and a reception in your honor will be hosted on Friday and Saturday night. More details will be forthcoming on the opening of the fall play so keep checking back for more details. Please see Mrs. Kledzik in 136 for any further information about auditions or the show. We always need tech support for the production as well so reach out if you are interested in working behind the scenes.
Synopsis of the Fall Play:
The Diary of Anne Frank (also known as The Diary of a Young Girl) is the real-life account of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager hiding from Nazi persecution during World War II. From 1942 to 1944, Anne, her family, and four others concealed themselves in a secret annex above her father’s office in Amsterdam.
In her diary, Anne records her fears, hopes, and reflections as she matures from a lively, curious girl into a thoughtful young woman under extraordinary circumstances. She writes about daily life in hiding, her struggles with her mother, her bond with her father, her budding feelings for Peter (another boy in hiding), and her dreams of becoming a writer.
The diary also provides a vivid picture of the dangers of Nazi-occupied Holland, the constant threat of discovery, and the psychological strain of confinement. Despite everything, Anne maintains a deep sense of hope, writing, “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
The hiding place was discovered in August 1944, and the residents were arrested. Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, just weeks before liberation. Her father, Otto Frank, the only survivor, published her diary after the war, fulfilling Anne’s wish to become a writer.
