About Us

A strong leadership team of staff and students is what makes Downers North Theatre so spectacular. Learn more about them below!

Staff

Mr. Mozes

Director and Auditorium Manager

Mr. Mozes has been DGN's technical director for the past three years. He's on-campus full-time to support students and faculty overseeing all of the technical needs within the Clarence Johnson Auditorium. Gaining a passion for theatre in high school, he pursued the fine arts at Illinois State University and majored in Theatre Education and Theatre Design and Production.

Ms. Temple

Drama Club and Thespian Director

Ms. Temple has been a teacher at Downers Grove North for three years. She teaches Social Studies classes, but she has always had a passion for theater and the performing arts. Her favorite experiences were playing Wendy Darling in Peter Pan and Shelby in Steel Magnolias. Ms. Temple serves as the head of Thespians, our Theater Honors Society, and helps out with Drama Club too. When she's not at school hanging with all you beautiful Trojan Thespians, Ms. Temple likes to hang out with dogs and read historical fiction novels.

Ms. Chelsea Ward

Choreographer & Costumes Supervisor

Caption coming soon!

Theatre Board

Matthew Sirota

Hi, I’m Matthew Sirota, your DGN theatre president for this school year! I am mostly known for my acting roles and for my outgoing and energetic personality. (My favorite crew department is Scenery, though!) I’m so excited to work with my fellow board members and all student thespians as a whole to make this the most engaged year of theatre yet! My favorite musical is “Into The Woods,” and I LOVE cheesecake.

Kate France

My name is Kate France and I am a junior here at DGN. I am so excited to be part of Theatre Board this year! I act in the shows here at DGN, but I have done work on different crews as well. I love the musical Beauty and the Beast and I can’t wait for this school year in DGN theatre!

Maggie Cummins

Hi! My name is Maggie Cummins and I am so excited to be on Theatre Board this year. I am a senior this year (which is crazy) and I have been doing theatre all four years here at DGN. I primarily act but I have worked with crew here and there. I love Shrek the Musical and my favorite food is bread.

Grace Troelstrup

Hi!! My name is Grace Troelstrup, I’m a senior and apart of your Theatre Board this year!! I’ve been involved in nearly every show since my freshman year and am so lucky to be able to be apart of this amazing community, I’m so excited to be apart of those that help cultivate our theatre program. My favorite musical is Rent!

Emily Kyroudis

Hi there! I’m Emily Kyroudis and I’m one of your Theatre Board members this year! I’ve worked on almost every show since my freshman year and I’ve seen many sides of the production process. I primarily work as a scenic designer and assistant technical director, so you’ll likely find me in the shop throughout the year. I can’t wait to see what magic we create this year! My favorite show is “The Play that Goes Wrong” and my dog’s name is Ari.