Both High School North and South present fall dramas this coming weekend. North presents “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s look at a small town in the very early 20th century, while South presents “Fools,” a comedy by Neil Simon set in the Village of Kulyenshikov — a long time ago.
“Our Town” follows the people of Grovers Corners, New Hampshire. The first two acts follow the friendship, love, and marriage of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Act three is set after Emily has died in childbirth, and her friends and family mourn her passing. The play features a character called Stage Manager, who explains the story to the audience.
The play is directed by Debbie Goodkin; produced by Irene Nemser, with assistance from Aliyah Nemser. The stage managers are Ashley Schnurr and Erica Harris, and the stage crew director is Bob Corriveau with assistance from Dee Dunn.
Cast members include Kanika Anand, Veronika Avloshenko, Delia Bannon, Julia Bannon, Kiera Beatty, Brian Blonder, Saleha Butt, Abrefi Cann, Natasha Dandeker, Stephanie Demorre (accompanist), Marisa Dixon, Kerri Devlin, Alora Eisen, Melissa Fearon, Dylan Fruh, Jonathan Gelb, Constance Huang, Jeremy Kaish, Chris Kenkelen, Emily Maggio, Alyssa Mastellone, Drew McClendon, Ria Mitta, Pia Pal, Sruti Pari, Jake Rosenthal, Shiv Sawhney, Danielle Siano, Benji Sills, Sanjana Tewathia, Ryder Van Dyke, Avery Vogel, Ashley Weaver, and Luke Weinmann.
Crew members include Ben Arias, Manal Arma, Emily Bartell, Denys Bengizu, Katrina Beske, Saishree Bhupathi, Nidhi-Amber Chotalia, Christina Chan, Julian Chan, Jonathan Chen, Tanya Covic, Sophie Davis, Matt Duffy, Alan Gan, Kaivalya Goria, Jerry Guo, Caroline Hoge, Aravind Koneru, Zehra Madhavan, Athena Maglione, Lauren Miele, Niharika Mishra, Natalia Morales, Joe Naglak, Julia Neiheiser, Naveen Raghuraman, Sanjana Ray, Michael Rexroad, Sanika Shastri, Andy Shook, Maria Silva, Veerin Sirihorachai, Abby Tattle, Naila Usmani, Ashna Verma, Richa Verma, Sam Weiskopf, Mel Wherry, Syndney Willard-LaCosta, Melissa Yang, and Luna Zhang.
Fools, High School South, 346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor. Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17, 7:30 p.m. Neil Simon comedy. $10. 609-716-5050.
Our Town, High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17, 8 p.m. Thornton Wilder drama about small town America. $8. 609-716-5100.
