{"id":22904,"date":"2024-08-19T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2024\/08\/19\/hurricane-diane-set-to-land-at-firehouse-center-for-the-arts\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:03:48","slug":"hurricane-diane-set-to-land-at-firehouse-center-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/08\/19\/hurricane-diane-set-to-land-at-firehouse-center-for-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hurricane Diane&#8221; Set to Land at Firehouse Center for the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (August 19, 2024) \u2013 More than a year after it initially touched down, Northern Essex Community College Theater\u2019s production of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/01\/23\/hurricane-diane-named-finalist-for-the-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival\/\">Hurricane Diane<\/a>&#8221; is still going strong. The multi-national award-winning show will be performed at Newburyport\u2019s Firehouse Center for the Arts this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a wonderful collaboration. The Firehouse supports us, and we support them,\u201d says director and NECC Professor Brianne Beatrice. \u201cTheater is a community and we\u2019re proud that more people will get to see what our students can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27915\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/IMG_9395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27915\" class=\" wp-image-27915\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/IMG_9395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Hurricane Diane&#8221; cast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The show has already made a splash on the national collegiate theater scene. &#8220;Hurricane Diane&#8221; was originally staged as NECC Theater\u2019s Spring \u201923 production. It was then selected as a Region 1 finalist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/education\/opportunities-for-artists\/pre-professional-artist-training\/kcactf\/\">Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)<\/a>. Beatrice and most of the original cast restaged the whole show for the festival this past February. The show, its cast, crew, and Beatrice were then selected for a series of national awards from the KCACTF. At the ceremony this past spring in Washington, D.C., they took home 13 awards total, the most of <em>any<\/em> college including many four-year private schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just mindboggling,\u201d recalls Beatrice. \u201cIt was such a blur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The title role in Hurricane Diane is played by <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/credit-programs\/communication-arts\/liberal-arts-writing\/\">Liberal Arts: Writing<\/a> major Mirrorajah Metcalfe of Haverhill. Metcalfe was named one of three winners in the &#8220;Outstanding Performance by An Actor&#8221; category at the KCACTF. While that is an extraordinary accomplishment for any actor, Beatrice says it\u2019s even more remarkable considering Metcalfe had very little acting experience before getting involved with NECC Theater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheater at community college gives students so many opportunities. It\u2019s an incubator for wherever they want to go or whatever they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Diane will open at the Firehouse on October 4, 2024, at 7 pm. Additional shows will be on October 5 at 7 pm and October 6 at 2 pm. Ticket can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/firehouse.org\/event\/hurricane-diane\/2024-10-04\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers a variety of\u00a0theater and acting courses. Additionally, they stage several full productions and readings throughout the year. Anyone interested in learning more about NECC Theater or the audition process should email Professor Beatrice at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bbeatrice@necc.mass.edu\">bbeatrice@necc.mass.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (August 19, 2024) \u2013 More than a year after it initially touched down, Northern Essex Community College Theater\u2019s production of &#8220;Hurricane Diane&#8221; is still going strong. 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