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\"Cast<\/a>

NECC cast, standing, left to right, Matthew Lundergan of Raymond, NH, Matthew Lewis of Tewksbury, Samantha Wheatley of Lowell, Will MacDonald of Haverhill, seated, Kiara Pichardo of Lawrence, and Thera Driscoll of Danvers.<\/p><\/div>\n

Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Top Notch Players will present Alan Ayckbourn\u2019s farce, \u201cHow the Other Half Loves,\u201d directed by Brianne Beatrice, in the Chester W. Hawrylciw Theater on the third floor of the Spurk Building on Fridays and Saturdays, March 28, and 29 and April 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Written in 1969, \u201cHow the Other Half Loves\u201d features a composite set of two over-laid living rooms. It follows the misunderstandings caused by a couple having an affair and covering their tracks using an innocent third party.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at the door or through www.mvarts.info<\/a> .Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Byfield<\/b><\/p>\n

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Coty Markee in charge of sound.<\/p>\n

Danvers<\/b><\/p>\n

Thera Driscoll as Mary Detweiler<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Derry, NH<\/b><\/p>\n

Amanda Kehoe is stage manager<\/p>\n

\"Cast<\/a>

Kiara Pichardo of Lawrence and Matthew Lundergan of Raymond, NH<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Haverhill<\/b><\/p>\n

Will MacDonald as William Detweiler<\/p>\n

Genna Fuoco assistant prop master<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Lawrence<\/b><\/p>\n

Kiara Pichardo as Theresa Phillips<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Lowell<\/b><\/p>\n

Samantha Wheatley as Fiona Foster<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Newfields, NH<\/b><\/p>\n

Rob Mantegani is prop master<\/b><\/p>\n

Raymond, NH<\/b><\/p>\n

Matthew Lundergan as Bob Phillips<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tewksbury<\/b><\/p>\n

Matthew Lewis as Frank Foster<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Top Notch Players is NECC\u2019s theater company. Auditions and all positions in the company are open to all NECC students. The Top Notch Players produce three plays a year, ranging from Shakespeare and musicals to farces and contemporary dramas.<\/p>\n

\u00a0NECC offers an associate degree in liberal arts: theater option which provides students with the opportunity to take courses in acting, directing, improvisation, children\u2019s theater or earn credits for working on college productions in stage management and technical theater.<\/p>\n

\u00a0For additional information contact Susan Sanders at ssanders@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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