Plainfield Community Theater Will Make Debut With 'A Christmas Carol'
PLAINFIELD, IL — With Playnfield Players, the village’s new community theater, Mayor John Argoudelis isn’t playing around when he says he’s working on “making the best Plainfield.”
“When I look at making the best Plainfield, we talk about every aspect of our community life,” he told Patch, “and having a community theater was something I felt would be really beneficial to the cultural life of our village.
“Having attended ‘A Christmas Carol’ in Chicago, I thought, why can’t we do this here in Plainfield?”
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Enter Playnfield Players. The nonprofit community theater group, not under the village’s domain but formed by local theater professionals, will put on the beloved Christmas production Dec. 20-22 at Plainfield Central High School, 24120 W. Fort Beggs Drive.
As of Sept. 22, the cast has been determined for the group’s first production.
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“We have 50,000 people to draw talent from,” Argoudelis said. “We’re at a stage in our community life where we can support community theater in Plainfield.”
Though the mayor isn’t involved in decision making, he described himself as the group’s “catalyst.” “Their role is making it a reality,” he explained, adding that he is not on the governing board but continues attending meetings and helping however he can.
“I emphasize the hard work of … the community theater board and the … theater-oriented people that are really responsible for bringing this to fruition,” he said.
“The goal of the theater group is to not only produce this ‘Christmas Carol’ but to do other efforts with children’s theater to a summer theater and to just expand and grow as a community theater group that brings quality productions from to our local residents, so we don’t have to necessarily drive somewhere else to enjoy a live performance,” Argoudelis said.
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