Farce Featured on NECC Stage
NECC cast, standing, left to right, Matthew Lundergan of Raymond, NH, Matthew Lewis of Tewksbury, Samantha Wheatley of Lowell, Will MacDonald of Haverhill, seated, Kiara Pichardo of Lawrence, and Thera Driscoll of Danvers.
Northern Essex Community College’s Top Notch Players will present Alan Ayckbourn’s farce, “How the Other Half Loves,” directed by Brianne Beatrice, in the Chester W. Hawrylciw Theater on the third floor of the Spurk Building on Fridays and Saturdays, March 28, and 29 and April 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m.
Written in 1969, “How the Other Half Loves” features a composite set of two over-laid living rooms. It follows the misunderstandings caused by a couple having an affair and covering their tracks using an innocent third party.
Tickets are available at the door or through www.mvarts.info .Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors.
Byfield
Coty Markee in charge of sound.
Danvers
Thera Driscoll as Mary Detweiler
Derry, NH
Amanda Kehoe is stage manager
Kiara Pichardo of Lawrence and Matthew Lundergan of Raymond, NH
Haverhill
Will MacDonald as William Detweiler
Genna Fuoco assistant prop master
Lawrence
Kiara Pichardo as Theresa Phillips
Lowell
Samantha Wheatley as Fiona Foster
Newfields, NH
Rob Mantegani is prop master
Raymond, NH
Matthew Lundergan as Bob Phillips
Tewksbury
Matthew Lewis as Frank Foster
The Top Notch Players is NECC’s theater company. Auditions and all positions in the company are open to all NECC students. The Top Notch Players produce three plays a year, ranging from Shakespeare and musicals to farces and contemporary dramas.
NECC offers an associate degree in liberal arts: theater option which provides students with the opportunity to take courses in acting, directing, improvisation, children’s theater or earn credits for working on college productions in stage management and technical theater.
For additional information contact Susan Sanders at ssanders@necc.mass.edu.
