Brittany Smithson, left, plays Jennifer Jacob with Jamie Davidson (Swill) in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whiteh

Brittany Smithson plays Jennifer Jacob in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Brittany Smithson plays Jennifer Jacob in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Brittany Smithson, center, plays Jennifer Jacob in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Brittany Smithson plays Jennifer Jacob in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Brittany Smithson, playing Jennifer Jacob, comes out from behind the curtain during a dress rehearsal of the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Su

Brittany Smithson, right, plays Jennifer Jacob in the Highland Park Players' production of How I Became A Pirate. The group performed a dress rehearsal at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park on January 31, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media