The Mundelein Theatre Group Interpretation Team had a very eventful, and successful, spring break, finishing second in sectional competition and competing in the state tournament.

Individual members of the Mundelein team earned accolades with eight team members selected for the All-Sectional Cast and four company members being named to the All-State Cast.

Xavion Haynes, Sylv Pacis, Ellory Duval, and Jasmine Tigley had the high honor of being named to the All-State Cast. Other cast members included Riley Kuhn, Eli Nerdin, Connor Bui, Cana Raymond, Merrick Hoover, and Layla Trahan. The musicians were Olivia Jerome and Lily Jones, and the Student Assistant was Sara McHugh.

Group Interpretation is an IHSA-sanctioned event. It is a 30-minute, student-led performance of any literary work. This year the Mundelein team presented Orion and the Dark, the story of an anxious 11-year-old boy who faces his fears, especially of the dark, when the personification of darkness takes him on a journey to prove there’s nothing to fear in the night. Mark Landuyt was the director, and Hayley Johnson was the assistant director.