{"id":23590,"date":"2022-08-31T19:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T23:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2022\/08\/31\/necc-theater-presents-love-sick-on-the-outdoor-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:58:45","slug":"necc-theater-presents-love-sick-on-the-outdoor-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/08\/31\/necc-theater-presents-love-sick-on-the-outdoor-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Theater Presents \u201cLove\/Sick\u201d on the Outdoor Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (August 31, 2022) \u2013 The Haverhill Campus of Northern Essex Community College will once again come alive with the sounds of the stage as the NECC Theater presents its first production of the 2022\/2023 season \u201cLove\/Sick\u201d by John Cariani.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25683\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/LoveSickCast-scaled-e1661973925409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25683\" class=\"wp-image-25683 \" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/LoveSickCast-scaled-e1661973925409.jpg\" alt=\"nine members of the cast jump up in unison in front of a brickwall\" width=\"348\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of &#8220;Love\/Sick&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The show is comprised of nine short plays, each exploring themes of love. \u201cNew love, old love, tired love, exciting love.\u00a0The plays begin with infatuation and progress to mature love with each vignette,\u201d director and NECC theater professor Brianne Beatrice says. \u201cThe show will make you both laugh and cry. It is both hilarious and touching. The writing style is outside the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside the box is nothing new for Beatrice. When faced with the challenge of bringing live theater back to campus safely during the pandemic, she decided to stage a production of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/10\/06\/necc-brings-tiny-beautiful-things-to-the-outdoor-stage\/\">Tiny Beautiful Things<\/a>\u201d outdoors on the Haverhill Campus in the fall of 2021. It was such a success that the spring production of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/19\/necc-theater-presents-spring-production-lighten-up\/\">Lighten Up<\/a>\u201d was also performed outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove\/Sick\u201d stars current NECC students Dan Toothaker, Jessica Newey, Olivia Barberian, Kayla Clegg, and Elian Gonzales. The cast also includes NECC alums Sarah Durning and Aileen Corniel and guest artists Caroline Forbes and Bridget Saunders.<\/p>\n<p>The show opens on September 15 with performances at 4 pm on September 15 &amp; 16, 2 pm on September 17, and 3 pm on September 18. <a href=\"https:\/\/northern-essex-community-college.ticketleap.com\/lovesick-by-john-cariani\/\">Tickets<\/a> are $20 ($10 for seniors and students) and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/northern-essex-community-college.ticketleap.com\/lovesick-by-john-cariani\/\">in advance<\/a> or at the door (cash only). Due to the mature subject matter, this play is recommended for ages 18-plus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25684\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/LoveSickCast2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25684\" class=\" wp-image-25684\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/LoveSickCast2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"cast pose on small footbridge on the Haverhill campus\" width=\"244\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of &#8220;Love\/Sick&#8221; rehearse on the Haverhill Campus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLove\/Sick\u201d will be staged in the quad near the \u201cB\u201d building on the college\u2019s Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St, Haverhill, MA. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be held in the theater on the top floor of the Spurk Building on the Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the start of a busy fall for NECC Theater. A staged reading of \u201cStop Kiss\u201d by Diana Son is scheduled for October on the Lawrence Campus. And a second show, \u201cProof\u201d by David Auburn, will open in November. Guest director Matthew Lundergan will direct it.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on shows or theater classes at NECC, email Professor Brianne Beatrice at <a href=\"mailto:bbeatrice@necc.mass.edu\">bbeatrice@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (August 31, 2022) \u2013 The Haverhill Campus of Northern Essex Community College will once again come alive with the sounds of the stage as the NECC Theater presents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":23591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,20],"tags":[585,602],"class_list":["post-23590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-students","tag-students","tag-theater"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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