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NECC student actors Erika Tejada, Kiara Pichardo, and Stephanie Bisono (left to right), all of Lawrence, will perform in “Real Women Have Curves”.<\/p><\/div>\n

Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Top Notch Players will perform staged readings of Josefina L\u00f3pez\u2019s play \u201cReal Women Have Curves,\u201d directed by Professor Jim Murphy.<\/p>\n

Free and open to the public, the readings will take place Friday, September 19th<\/sup> at 7:30 p.m. in the Dimitry Building, 45 Franklin St., Lawrence, and Saturday, September 20th<\/sup> at 7:30 p.m. in the Chester W. Hawrylciw Theater on the third floor of the Spurk Building, 100 Elliott St., Haverhill.<\/p>\n

Written in 1996, \u201cReal Women Have Curves\u201d is the story of five Mexican-American women working in a sewing factory in East Los Angeles in 1987. It explores gender politics and the Latina immigrant experience. \u00a0L\u00f3pez was also the co-screenwriter of the movie version of her play which won the \u201cAudience Award\u201d and \u201cSpecial Jury Award for Acting\u201d at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n

NECC Top Notch Players performing in the staged reading include:<\/p>\n

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

Lissangy Rodriguez<\/p>\n

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

Kiara Pichardo<\/p>\n

Stephanie Bisono<\/p>\n

Jouel Gomez<\/p>\n

Erika Tejeda<\/p>\n

North Andover<\/b><\/p>\n

Jasmine Gordon<\/p>\n

For more information, contact NECC Professor Susan Sanders, ssanders@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or 978 556-3374.<\/p>\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

NECC offers an associate degree in liberal arts: theater option<\/a> 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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