Improv Club takes the stage in debut showcase

Sadie Collins, Managing Editor May 25, 2023

The Little Theater was filled with laughter and applause as Oak Park and River Forest High School’s Improv Club performed their first shows on May 18. The Improv Club is new to OPRF as of this school...

Review: “Heathers” performance brings down the house

Alexis Kohn, Staffer May 25, 2023

The shocking moment hit the actors and the audience at the same time: Veronica (played by senior Ava Dalton) wasn’t dead after all. She was walking across the stage toward J.D. (played by senior Ben...

Perspective: Exploring the poetry of place

Ignas Cuilada , Contributor May 25, 2023

“These poets all lived and breathed the Chicago air. Regardless of when or where or how they experienced our city, it became, forever, a part of their identity. What is Chicago like? This is what it’s...

Review: “Betrayal” captivates

Clara Ware, Staffer May 25, 2023

Not many high schools do plays by Harold Pinter, the British playwright known for complex, difficult works marked by tense pauses. But Oak Park and River Forest High School took on one of Pinter’s most...

“X-men” has OPRF premiere

Elianna Casselle, Sports Editor May 25, 2023

The X-Men have inspired fans around the world, with the franchise worth more than $6 billion. Riley Thomas, a 2002 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, took his inspiration to the next...

Students create colorful portraits of female heroes

Maggie Marko, Arts & Entertainment Editor May 5, 2023

Lavie Raven and his race equity class hope to highlight influential women of color with vibrant painted portraits and poems that will be displayed for students in the main foyer by next year. Civil rights...

Service club uses creativity to bring students together

May 5, 2023

The Students in Service Club held its second annual Spring Art Fair in the Staff Cafeteria on Tuesday, April 18 from 3:15 to 5 p.m. About 20 club members and students participated in the five different...

How very! “Heathers: The Musical” prepares for opening

May 5, 2023

A tale of mayhem, murder and machination is coming to Oak Park in a student-directed production this May. Ovation Academy will put on a performance of “Heathers: The Musical” at the Madison Street...

Annual swing dance had people doing the jitterbug

Gabe Kedziora, Managing Editor May 5, 2023

Oak Park and River Forest High School partnered with the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association in Oak Park to host the annual swing dance on Friday, April 21. All music was played live by OPRF’s...

X-Men musical coming to OPRF

Elianna Casselle, Staffer April 5, 2023

The Oak Park and River Forest High School theater department will produce a world premiere of a musical about Marvel’s X-Men penned by alumnus Riley Thomas. “It’s a lot of pressure, but it’s a...

“Hamlet”: A modern day tragedy

Alexis Kohn, Staffer April 4, 2023

A modern-dress “Hamlet” focused tightly on family relationships drew enthusiastic audiences to the Little Theater March 16 through 18. The production, directed by English teacher James Bell, explored...

Cast of Mamma Mia! performing

Here we go again… OPRF theater produces another hit

Gabe Kedziora, Managing Editor April 4, 2023

When senior Isabel Najera hit the high note in “The Winner Takes it All,” the climactic song in the spring musical “Mamma Mia!” a palpable shiver went through the auditorium. The show features...

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