Woodlands Academy Presents ?The Jungle Book? Nov. 5-7

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The Theatre Program at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart presents its fall play, ?The Jungle Book,? in the Susan Saint James Performing Arts Center at the school, 760 E. Westleigh Road, Lake Forest, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7. This comedic drama is based on ?The Jungle Book,? a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling first published in magazines in 1893?94. The tales in the book are fables, using animals as the main characters to give moral lessons. Director Idona Griffith finds this adaptation particularly enjoyable because part of it is set in the jungles of India and part of it is set in a boarding school in England where Kipling is portrayed actually writing the Mowgli Stories. ?Some poetic license has been taken here because Kipling did not actually write these stories until he was an adult, but it makes for good entertainment,? she adds. Tickets are $8 in advance/$10 at the door. For more information, visit www.woodlandsacademy.org. or call the school, (847) 234-4300. ### Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women, and part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans the United States and 40 other countries. A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy?s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat?s desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org