NHS Drama Club's 'Pygmalion' Is This Weekend
NHS Drama Clubâs âPygmalionâ Is This Weekend
The Newtown High School Drama Club will perform George Bernard Shawâs Pygmalion November 18 through 20 in the NHS auditorium.
The play is directed by NHS seniors Sarah Desrosiers and Autumn Jones.
Pygmalion follows the efforts of phonetics professor Henry Higgins to win a bet that he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a ârough-around-the-edgesâ Cockney flower girl, to pass for a duchess at an ambassadorâs party by teaching her gentility and to speak proper English. Produced for the first time in New York in 1914, Pygmalion is Shawâs most popular play. It served as the inspiration for the 1956 musical My Fair Lady, which was brought to the big screen in 1964.
Senior Alexandra Aug stars as Eliza, with junior Thomas Primavera as Henry Higgins. The intimate cast of 12 also includes seniors Ishaar Gupta, Nora Murphy and Luke Shearin, juniors Melanie Curtis, Josh Goldman, and Jesse Pasacreta, sophomores Sami Chanko, Kirsten Liniger, and Jeff Haylon, and freshman Katie Wolff.
The set was designed and built by NHS students under the supervision of NHS teacher Tom Swetts and student Technical Director Colby Chilson. The set is also reversed, and will seat audience members on the stage for an intimate experience.Â
Crew members on the production are NHS students Colby Chilson, Michael Biancardi, Dena Riccio, Erin Hartgraves, Sam Lillis, Aidan Petershack, Ashley Westen, Jacob Emmerthal, Eric Greto, Sierra Toomey, Susan Ziegler, Maggie Gorman, Mitchell Girkasky, Brittany Pearson, Ashley Headen, Caitlin Gibney, Taylor Chiarito, Kevin Liniger, Sydney Chiarito, Morgan Danuszar, Michael Alicea, Lindsay Fuori, Nick Shannon, Brittany Gonzalez, Jen Davies, Jon Malia, and Neil Davis.
Performances in the Newtown High School auditorium begin Friday, November 18, at 7:30 pm, and continue Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door.
The Newtown High School Drama Club rehearsed on Monday, November 14 for this weekendâs production of George Bernard Shawâs Pymalion, which will be performed November 18 to 20.
Pymalion follows the efforts of phonetics professor Henry Higgins as he attempts to transform a rough-around-the-edges Eliza Doolittle from a Cockney flower girl into a duchess thanks to a bet.
NHS Senior Alexandra Ang stars as Eliza in the performance and junior Thomas Primavera will play the role of Henry Higgins.
Directors and NHS seniors Sarah Desrosiers and Autumn Jones spoke on Monday about the playâ¦