212 MEMORIES

Good gracious--my first experience with Stage 212 was playing trombone in the pit for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum up in the penthouse at the Kaskaskia Hotel, the summer after my s

We long suffering bleacher bums came to Wrigley Field rain or shine if they were on top or scraping bottom to cheer them on to victory, and each season held out new hope that this was going to be

I was cast in "The Nerd" alongside Scot and Grigalunas. We had several rapid fire lines that went in a sequence of 3... and I was always the last to speak. For instance, cat ; dog; mouse. Well, th

I've heard about many nominations for the worst show in Stage 212's history, but to me, My Three Angels was the true winner. It's only redeeming quality was the wonderful grass hut interior desi

I think it may have happened the 2nd week of our performance, but we were informed that a service dog(seeing eye) was in the audience!! There was some concern because some of the cast members were mak

After Dan Martinkus decided to direct the 1983 summer musical, he had his staff in place except for one position. I don't recall if the original Costume Designer had to withdraw, but knowin

"Dixie Swim Club", directed by Ellen Marincic had a cast of 5 women. After a rather large audition turn-out, Ellen cast me along with 4 other gals. However, not one of us was cast in our "first choi

I could sit here and post all day about my favorite 212 memories - and I'm sure I'll have many more to share over the coming months. Bur for starters, I'll share one of my all-time favorite memories.

In the spring of 2002, I had my first outing as director with "Dial 'M' for Murder." I remember sitting up in the light booth with the light operator - I think it was Megan Baznik - on opening night w

"Nunsense is habit forming.... that's what people say" this hysterical little Musical was so much fun three separate times. I played the role of sister Robert Anne. she was a funny, tough,rough chara

The role of Aunt Eller was my first speaking role in 2002's production of 'O,lahoma'. (Thanks, Mike Garcia!) I lost many hours of sleep and had many a nightmare worrying about the auction scene. As au

During the Dom era, The Wheel of Fortune bar was our clubhouse. However, all good things must come to an end. At Jack's retirement party, we were out in full force. Someone got the bright idea that

We would be remiss if we did not share some information on the namesake of our auditorium with those that came after. Jim Jewell was an instructor at IVCC for many, many years. Seemed like any name

When director Maggie Frost cast me as Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond, I was about half the age of this weathered 80 year old character, as was Teesie Vallero who played Ethel Thayer ("Thound

As part of Stage 212's 50th Anniversary celebration, we would love for you to flood our wesbite with the stories, images and videos of the tales that define your 212 expiriences both on-stage and off.

I guess since there is no limit to a number of posts you can put on this page so you may have to deal me posting often. My years at 212 have filled my memory with many, many stories. Some stories a

ON BORROWED TIME... 1987 I had worked on stage with Jim Jewell many times before I was fortunate to be directed by him for several shows. He epitomized my concept of a great director, and