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Archbishop Stepinac High School Drama Club to Present “My Sister

Eileen,” November 20-22

White Plains, NY (November 2009) -- Archbishop Stepinac High School’s

award-winning Drama Club will present Joseph Fields’ and Jerome Chodorov’s

“My Sister Eileen,” the stage adaptation of Ruth McKenney’s short story series.

Performances will be at 7:30 PM, Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November

21 and at 3 PM, Sunday, November 22.

The Stepinac Drama Club will also perform matinee show for local grammar

school children as a service to the local community and to introduce young

people to the world of drama and theater. The matinee performance will be held

at 10 AM, Friday, November 20.

“My Sister Eileen”— which has been adapted from a series of short stories into a

book, musical, two films, and television series as well as a play— tells the

hilarious story of two sisters who flee their home state of Ohio for the glamour of

the East Coast in search of fame and fortune. Little do they know of the colorful

and off-beat cast of characters they will encounter along the way.

The performances— under the direction of Frank Portanova (’93), Stepinac High

School Vice Principal for Academics and Curriculum and Keith Sunderland (’94),

Dean of Students — will bring together a large cast of Stepinac male student

actors as well as female performers from the Academy of Our Lady of Good

Counsel, Ursuline High School, Maria Regina High School, Westlake High

School and Our Lady of Victory Academy.

The principal roles— Mr. Appopolous, Ruth Sherwood, and Eileen Sherwood—

will be played, respectively, by Albert Stanaj, a sophomore from Yonkers;

Meaghan McGrath, a senior at Maria Regina and resident of Hastings and Emily

Schlotman of White Plains. Other cast members include Doug Daniels, senior

from Elmsford; Samer Akroush, sophomore from Yonkers and Matt Lotaj, junior

from Yonkers.

Stepinac High School’s renowned Drama Club has performed a variety of

dramatic plays and musicals including “The Crucible,” “Jekyll and Hyde,” “Inherit

the Wind,” and “Singin’ in the Rain.” In addition, Stepinac recently garnered rave

reviews as it was chosen as one of 60 schools out of 1,600 invited to represent

the United States at the American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh,

Scotland.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for seniors and children under

12. For details, or group rates, call 914-946-4800, ext. 243.

Founded in 1948, Archbishop Stepinac High School’s mission is to offer young

men a highly competitive academic and extracurricular program that will prepare

them for college and leadership roles. The faculty and staff accomplish these

objectives by pursuing excellence and creating a supportive, disciplined

atmosphere with a strong sense of camaraderie and Christian values that are

unique to the Stepinac experience. For more information on Stepinac High

School please visit www.stepinac.org.