Framingham High To Present Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre Friday

Saturday, Framingham High School will compete in the 2015 Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s Drama Festival.

The Flyers will travel to Brookline High School for the opening round of the METG competition. More than 100 high school will compete this weekend.

Framingham High has done well in the past making it to the finals of 10 of the last 12 years, including last year. They won in 2006.

This year’s entry will by the drama company’s first ever production of a Tennesse Williams play.

The Framingham High Drama Company will stage Vieux Carré, autobiographical play, set in a boardinghouse in New Orleans. The play “reveals a young Tennessee Williams’ musings on life through a series of interwoven vignettes, featuring a colorful array of characters.”

On Friday night, Framingham High School’s Drama Company will stage a benefit performance of the play for the public at 7 p.m. at the school’s auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are still available at www.showtix4u.com. If available, they can be purchased at the door too.

The public is also invited to see the Flyers compete at Brookline High at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday.

The students cast and student-run play can not run longer than 40 minutes. Students have a a set amount of time to stage the production and to clear the stage afterwards.

This year’s cast includes:

• 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

The show will be directed by Donna Wresinski and Chris Brindley but student festival coordinators are Callie Llewellyn and Sarah Rosenthal.

The production stage manager is Gabby Barbuto with Jamey Miller as assistant director. John llewellyn is the Dramaturg

Other students in the production include:
Assistant Stage Managers: Jordan Ramsay and Hayley Santaflorentina
Student Technical Director/ Lighting Design Chair: Andrew DaCosta
Sound Design Chair: Madeline Hebert
Assistant Lighting Designer: Emily Koekkoek
Assistant Sound Designer: Grace Mack
Lighting/Sound Design Team: Sabrina Bondar, Graylen Chickering (not traveling), Steph Diloreti, Julia Doherty, Andrew Dutile, Ohad Klopman, Jerry McDonald, Aidan Parker
Set Design/Construction Chair: Alison Castaneda
Set Design/Construction Team: Dan Adams, Andrew Caira, Lucas Chaves, Natalie Downey, Becca Fintonis, Megan Flannery, Jordana Kagan, Isa Montarou, Ivis Ribeiro, Grace Sherwood, Kara Wright, Seth Wulf
Backstage Crew: Elyse Blau, Juliana Miller
Props Design Chair: Adam Skura
Props Design Team: Eli Bondar, Jordan Caira, Emily Karger, Sarah Rosenthal, Caroline Schlossberg, Zoe Silverman, Arria Witty
Costume Design Chair: Anne Stockless
Costume Design Team: Julia Bertelli, Samantha D’Ercole, Maggie Farese, Kat Lawrence, Callie Llewellyn, Emma Lyons, Olivia Osei-Kuffor, Jordan Petro, Genna Schindel, Symphony Shea
Make-Up Design Chair: Sarah Whiting
Make-Up Design Team: Jean Blanchard, Catherine Giorgetti, Hannah Gonzalez, Ashley Hart, Madi Kornbliet, Melina List, Hannah Monfalcone, Kayla Safford, Grace Sherwood, Hannah Wade