ARTicuLIT Readers Theatre
The ARTicuLIT Readers Theatre is comprised of an accomplished group of North Shore actresses. Its mission is to enhance the written word through dramatic interpretation and to provide audiences with a stimulating theatrical experience.

The Highland Park Community House and The ARTicuLIT Readers Theatre invite you to attend a fun-filled series of readings at The Highland Park Community House, 1991 Sheridan Road in Highland Park.

Each program in the series presents an hour of lighthearted entertainment, followed by a lively discussion with ARTicuLIT Readers Theatre performers. Light refreshments will be served.

Advance tickets: $8.00; tickets at the door: $10.00.
Seniors, 65 and over, $5.00 at all times.
Please call 847/ 432-1515 for information and reservations.

Performance Schedule

Sunday, September 9 – 3:00PM
Woman á la Mode… A Lite Look at Aging
A potpourri of vignettes and songs – including excerpts from the works of authors Erma Bombeck, Judy Viorst, and Nora Ephron.

Sunday, October 14 – 3:00 PM
Out of Our Fathers’ House
A one-Act Play based on Eve Merriam’s Growing Up Female in America: Ten Lives. The text of the play is taken entirely from the diaries, journals and letters of the characters portrayed:

Eliza Southgate (1783-1809) – documented her brief life through an outpouring of letters about courtship and marriage, published in 1887.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) – founder of the Women’s Suffrage movement.
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) – first acknowledged woman astronomer in the US.
"Mother" Mary Jones (1830 – 1930) – prominent labor organizer and powerful voice of the underprivileged.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) – doctor, minister and eminent orator.
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern ( 1890-1950) – journalist, novelist, essayist and early feminist.

Sunday, November 11 – 3:00 PM
American Silhouettes and Songs
Take a journey with us in history as Janet Reed performs excerpts from her program intertwining American vocal music with the lives of famous women of the times, including Abigail Adams and Emma Goldman. June Fisher provides a brief look into the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Jacqui Jarrett acquaints us with the autobiography of pioneer Juliette Kinzie.

Adding a final touch to this theatrical canvas…Mollie Grabemann performs excerpts from "The Belle of Amherst," giving us an insightful glimpse into the life of Emily Dickinson.

Sunday, April 6 – 3:00PM
Scenes from "Enchanted April"
An adaptation of the play by Matthew Barber. Based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, four dissimilar women in post World War I England while on a holiday to a secluded castle in Italy are completely transformed.