Benefit Performance of Vieux Carre Friday at Framingham High

Photo credit: Susan Petroni/Petroni Media Company

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The Framingham High School Drama Company will perform a benefit performance of Vieux Carré Friday night, March 13, before the semifinals of the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s Drama Festival on Saturday, March 14.

Tickets are still available for Friday night’s fundraising performance at 7. Click here to pre-order tickets. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Vieux Carré is an autobiographical play by Tennessee Williams, set in a boardinghouse in New Orleans.

Editor’s Note: The show as adult themes, so many not be appropriate for elementary school age children.

During the competition, students must set up their stage within 5 minutes, perform within 40 minutes and take down the stage within 5 minutes during their performance. One second over and they are disqualified.

The entire production is student-designed and executed, down to the set, makeup, hair, sound, lights, and costumes.

Student festival coordinators are Callie Llewellyn and Sarah Rosenthal.

The production stage manager is Gabby Barbuto with Jamey Miller as assistant director. Assistant Stage Managers are Jordan Ramsay and Hayley Santaflorentina.

The cast of the play included:

• Mrs. Wire: Christina DiConza
• Nursie: Elexus Johnson
• The Writer: Jackson Cote
• Jane: Grace Graham
• Nightingale: Benny Williams
• Mary Maude: Carol Rotella
• Miss Carrie: Amanda Wade
• Tye: Tristan Burke
• Sky: Matt Costa
• Pick Up: Jake Binnall

A handful of Framingham High students won awards, when the Company qualified for the semifinals.

Framingham High is one of the hosts of the semifinal round of the state’s drama festival, on Saturday, March 14. The public may attend. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door. There are 6 high schools performing. Framingham will perform last at 3:30 p.m. North Reading will perform first at 9:30 a.m.

The finals of the state’s drama festival will be March 26-27-28.

Framingham High has qualified for the finals 10 of the last 12 years, including last year.

Click here to view more than 100 photos from a performance of the play in February.