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\"\"<\/a>

NECC students (left) Aileen Corniel of Lawrence plays Celia and Noah Greenstein of Boxford plays Keith in the scene “The Answer” from “Love Sick”.<\/p><\/div>\n

Love can be messy, funny, and sad. Northern Essex Community College<\/a>\u2019s Topnotch Players explore love in a co-student directed adaptation of \u201cLove\/Sick\u201d presented April 18 through April 21.<\/p>\n

The play will be presented Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, in the recently renovated Chester Hawrylciw Theater on the third floor of the Spurk Building on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n

American, playwright John Cariani, wrote the contemporary, one-act play, which is actually a collection of nine scenes. Brianne Beatrice, NECC theater professor and advisor to the Topnotch Players selected the play. Four Northern Essex students are directing different scenes in the play. The play is being produced by Dierdree Glassford of Newmarket, NH, who is also co-directing with Ben Beverage of Lawrence and Geehae Moon of Newton, NH, and Sarah Durning of North Andover. Moon is sharing stage manager responsibilities with Matthew P. Brides of West Newbury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play is actually a series of vignettes,\u201d says Beverage. \u201cEach unrelated to each other, but with an overarching theme of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Beatrice was responsible for selecting the play and casting the 13 performers, it\u2019s the student co-directors who are setting the tone of the play.<\/p>\n

“Cariani is a remarkable playwright,\u201d says Beatrice. \u201cI’ve always marveled at his writing. The NECC Theater students are multi-talented and will bring his words to life with their designing and artistic abilities.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile some of us have been assistant directors before, this is the first time each of us in charge of an entire scene and the decision making process that goes with it,\u201d says Beverage. \u201cThe set is coming together\u2026we have a vision and we are all on the same page. Each scene is different with an overarching theme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sometimes referenced as a \u201cdarker cousin\u2019 to Cariani\u2019s \u201cAlmost Maine,\u201d which Topnotch Players performed two years ago, Beverage calls it the \u201cspiritual successor\u201d to Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play is all about love and how it can sometimes go wrong and sometimes go right in the most unexpected ways,\u201d says Beverage.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased at the door.<\/p>\n

For additional information, contact Brianne Beatrice at bbeatrice@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or Dierdree Glassford at dierdreeglassford3@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The cast includes:<\/p>\n

Boxford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noah Greenstein<\/p>\n

Groveland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Joyall<\/p>\n

Haverhill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armando Belliard-Harmon<\/p>\n

Carlyle Bien-Aime<\/p>\n

Lawrence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aileen Corniel<\/p>\n

Londonderry, NH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erica Dunn<\/p>\n

Methuen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Troy D’angelo Lombari<\/p>\n

Middleton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leah Mahoney<\/p>\n

Newburyport<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Hewett<\/p>\n

North Andover<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abbey Tannatt<\/p>\n

Rowley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Stubbs<\/p>\n

Tewksbury<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caitlin Elizabeth Kennedy<\/p>\n

Salem, NH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aaron Lehner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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