Rend Lake College brings "Anne of Green Gables" to life on stage

INA, Ill. (November 18, 2025) — Rend Lake College performed Anne of Green Gables on November 6-9. This play followed the antics and adventures of orphan Anne Shirley.

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^{Picture taken by Tracey Webb}

^{Front row (L-R): Malcom Hall (Benton), Kaitlynn Delaney (Mt. Vernon), Cadence Morgan (Mt. Vernon)}

^{Second row (L-R): Tessa Neitzel (Benton), Staley Alvis (Mt. Vernon), Emalee McPeak (McLeansboro), Bryce Wiley (West Frankfort), Jinx Craddock (Mt. Vernon)}

^{Third row (L-R): Alex Burk (Mt. Vernon), Samuel Buesking (Mt. Vernon), Cole Dagner (Valier), Gabrielle Webb (Benton), Andria Sittig (Marion), Calee Jo Brugger (Benton), Omari Jackson (Mt. Vernon), Madison Brower (Christopher)}

^{Back row (L-R): Novelyn Sittig (Marion), Lily Rawls (Dahlgren), Jack Robison (Mt. Vernon), Mason Swain (Pinckneyville), Torrence Moore (Benton), Victoria Bocock (Mt. Vernon), Austin Hutchins (Benton), Emily Garrison (Benton)}

This play, directed by RLC Theatre Professor Tracey Webb, is a family-friendly, classic comedy based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery and dramatized by Joseph Robinette. It follows the antics and adventures of orphan Anne Shirley, who is adopted by an elderly Canadian brother and sister in need of help with their farm chores. Red-headed and outspoken, Anne gets into many mishaps, but she manages to use her loquaciousness to get out of trouble and eventually charm the locals into becoming her lifelong friends.

Anne of Green Gables

Dramatized by Joseph Robinette From the novel by L.M. Montgomery.

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.