Come see "Inherit the Wind" this weekend, and read this Doings article!

Christine Hicks

Chris Hicks, in her last year as Director of Drama at Hinsdale Central High School, is directing the play, "Inherit the Wind," which is based on the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial" of 1925, covered nationally by WGN radio.

Today at school students had a chance to see selections from the play in the library during all school periods.  Today also, the Doings, published this really nice piece by Kim Fornek about Chris and the production.  Fornek quotes many students who say they've been changed by working so closely with a play with such an important message.

And there's great quotes from Chris in the article:

“I am retiring at the end of the year,” said Christine Hicks, the high school’s director of drama, “and in a sense this play is a ‘thank you’ to the students, parents, staff and community members who have lived up to the ideals expressed in the play, namely, have the courage to stand up for what you believe in. 

“It is important we realize that each of us has the responsibility to do the right thing and defend ideas which are important to us,” Hicks said. 

“The community of Hinsdale Central fosters that kind of attitude and I am grateful to have worked in a community which has always defended intellectual freedom and the right – and the responsibility – to think.”

Read the article here: http://hinsdale.suntimes.com/news/schools/hcplay-HIN-11112013:article

Come to the Hinsdale Central Auditorium to see the play Thursday through Saturday, November 14-16.

Photo Credit: Kim Fornek, The Doings