Spring has arrived, and with it the inevitable close of another academic year. As we all look forward to summer break, please join us for our end of the year virtual "cookout" and awards show. https://lakeforest.zoom.us/s/98836228674
Thank you to all the students and alumni who participated in this year's programming and for making all the magic possible.
I am forever grateful to your dedication, and wish you all the very best.
DK
Did you miss the SYMPOSIUM SPECTACULAR on Saturday?
Catch it this Friday as a Forester Fridays Live Bonus Episode.
Friday April 16 at 8pm.
It's a retrospective of all the great work we did in Seasons One and Two of the show, plus,
the thrilling conclusion of the quest for DK's Gold!
Forester Fridays Live presents The Haunted Tales of Lake Forest
Stories of haunted spaces and places around the campus and town,
written by students and alumni, and re-created by the cast.
Hosted by Elizabeth Ossmann '21.
Alumni Ali Hofnagel '08 returns to direct.
Check out the Live Stream of Forester Fridays Live - 8pm. This Friday The Talent Pool!
Join Tasty, Kara, and more student, alumni, and faculty friends to explore the wide variety of talents at Lake Forest College.
BAG TIME WITH NARTS
returns this week with all-new comedy show!
Join us for laughs, gags, jokes, characters, sketches, and more!
PLUS! The return of the mustard toothbrush!
Join us Friday 8pm for the first of two virtual plays this semester.
In Trifles (1916), by Susan Glaspell, three men and two women arrive at an abandoned farmhouse to investigate a murder. While the men assume that John Wright's wife Minnie killed her husband and search in vain for a motive, the women look around downstairs at mere "trifles" and discover something that sheds important light on the matter -- and on the position of women in society.
Trifles is a one-act play that runs less than 30 minutes.
A post-show discussion with director Arminda Thomas follows at around 8:25pm.
Garrick Players will take over Forester Fridays Live this week.
Will they present a Play Fest? Or a Film Fest?
They do both! Check out performances from plays and presentations of short films.
With special alumni and faculty guests.
This Friday at 8PM Central
FORESTER FRIDAYS LIVE presents "A Hallow Laugh" tonight at 8pm.
An original fantasy adventure story told through a popular role-playing game.
ATTENTION ACTORS!
Zak Khan is seeking actors to read his new short play on March 8 via zoom.
The play is written for zoom and is a part of Garrick Players Fest,
and will be recorded for Forester Fridays Live.
If interested, please fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Nl5-SICxD8e7NFWlSzsSRl0IBiLIjArbPKrd9XS0Uhk/edit
Be a part of FORESTER DAY this Thursday, March 4 - streaming all day long, visit advancement.lakeforest.edu for all your Forester Day registration and event information. As part of the day's festivities, you'll see familiar Forester Friday Live faces on screen with many of our familiar people working behind the scenes to make the magic happen. We are so proud of how our students have stepped in to work throughout the day for the event.
Catch a special edition of FORESTER FRIDAYS LIVE - Thursday at 10pm - Streaming from the Forester Day event site, and at our YouTube and Twitter channels.
And this Friday the premiere of "A Hallow Laugh" - an original fantasy adventure story told through a popular role-playing game.
Forester Fridays Live continues to roll out new episodes - and we are still hoping you'll be a part of the show. If you have a performance of any kind you'd like to share, please email me at knoell@mx.lakeforest.edu.
Next week, Check out "A Hallow Laugh" - a fantasy adventure story told through a popular role playing game.
Also, our team is working on and behind the scenes of FORESTER DAY, March 4th. It's an exciting time for sure.
Hello everyone! This is a reminder announcement that this Monday, Feb. 22 from 6:30-8:30, auditions will be occurring for Haunted Tales of Lake Forest! The play is about weird and mysterious stories and experiences from real students and alumni. All these stories are in their own words, and it is your job to tell the campus these creepy and unnerving stories! For this play there will be a much more relaxed rehearsal schedule. Every story will either have one actor or an actor reading 2-3 different stories depending on the audition pool. For this show, since it will be pre-recorded and has no large plot, you will be given total creative freedom to of where you film, how you film, what you potentially wear, etc. The story is in your hands! All we are looking for is actors who are willing to have fun and engage themselves creatively and are willing to tell stories! Please email lfcstagemanger@gmail.com to receive your time slot as well as the Zoom link for the audition. For this audition we would like to hear your personal 1–2-minute scary story. It can be real or fictional but if you have a creepy story, please share it with us! Depending, we may have you read a side as well. But don't fret too much. Come excited, creative, and ready to tell some ghost stories!
Rallying up all advocates, actors, supporters, and performers, ​Forester Fridays Live is seeking submissions for our first Variety show, Save the Theatre, on February 26th.
The theatre is going out of business! Help save the theatre by submitting your talents and show how important theatre is to the campus. It doesn’t even have to be about theatre.
This can be done by singing, doing a skit, performing an original spoken word, even just showing some amazing talent you have. The acts to save theatre can be anything of variety, no restriction by a concept. Just a cool time to show off while also doing a good deed!
Submissions must be received Friday, February 12th at 6 pm.
​Email for info and to sign up: lfcstagemanager@gmail.com
FORESTER FRIDAYS LIVE returns February 12 with ACTS OF LOVE hosted by Chelsea Davis. Check out Lake Forest College students, alumni, faculty and staff perform special songs, poems, comedy and more - riffing on our favorite theme, LOVE! Just in time for Valentines Day! Watch on here on our live stream page, Youtube, Twitter, and at lakeforest.ed/theater.
Our spring semester Open House is scheduled for Friday, February 5 at 5pm (Zoom link below.) Come by to learn about our spring season, auditions, and other exciting happenings during the semester! The first auditions of the season, for Trifles by Susan Glaspell, directed by Arminda Thomas, are on Monday, February 8 from 6 to 8pm, and callbacks will take place the following day, Tuesday the 9th at the same time. For information and to sign up for an audition time, email: lfcstagemanger@gmail.com OPEN HOUSE: Friday at 5 PM! Join Zoom Meeting https://lakeforest.zoom.us/j/96759201607
Calling all performers: musicians, vocalist, poets, and more! ​Forester Fridays Live is seeking submissions for our Season Two debut on February 12. The surrounding theme and concept will focus on Love! This can be for friendships, relationships, and even self-love. You can sing by yourself or sing with some friends, do a spoken word piece, have a band, and even just play an instrument. Do whatever makes you think of love and even heartbreak, we will accept it all! Submissions must be recieved by Friday January 29 at 6pm. ​Email for info and to sign up: lfcstagemanager@gmail.com
Forester Fridays Live returns this Spring 2021 for Season Two! Eight more episodes featuring our students - comedy, drama, and more!
Look at all the crazy fun we had this semester producing FORESTER FRIDAYS LIVE! - a weekly online program created by and for the Lake Forest College Community. Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff collaborated all semester long to bring original content, dramas and comedy.
No set, no lights, no costumes, no dramatization. Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Lyrics by Tim Rice. Arranged for guitar and performed by David Knoell. Tune in here here on 11/20/2020 at 8:00pm to see the performance.