NHS All 'Razzled' Up For This Weekend's Performance
NHS All âRazzledâ Up For This Weekendâs Performance
With a rotating two-story set nearly ready to go, the Newtown High School Drama Club prepared on Tuesday, November 16, for this weekendâs comedic fall production of On The Razzle.
The show is scheduled for performances on Friday, November 19, and Saturday, November 20, at 7:30, and for a performance on Sunday, November 21, at 2:30 pm. Tickets will be available at the door of the NHS auditorium for $10.
NHS seniors Katie McMorran and Megan Preis directed this yearâs play.
The production follows the story of two grocerâs assistants who, when their employer goes to town to visit his mistress, go âon the razzleâ for a night of fun in Vienna.
According to a release from the school, the comedy was first produced in Edinburgh in 1981. On The Razzle is adapted from the same German farce that provided the plot for the musical Hello, Dolly!, winner of four Tony Awards and one Academy Award. On The Razzle playwright Tom Stoppard also wrote the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and the screenplay of Shakespeare In Love.
The intimate cast of 11 comprises seniors George Primavera, Matt Hoeffel, Matt Madden, Leah Barrett, and Kyra Smith; juniors Luke Shearin, Ben Stoller, Ishaar Gupta, and Alessandra Delia; sophomore Melanie Curtis; and freshman Kirsten Liniger. The production is being overseen by NHS teacher Abigail Marks.
The two-story, rotating set was designed and built by NHS students under the supervision of NHS teacher Tom Swetts and student technical director Sarah Desrosiers.