ON STAGE AT NCDA
4th Semester showcase
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Presents
ALMOST, MAINE
By John Cariani
Ensemble: Jeremiah Hughes, Kent Ehrman, and Jordan Gabriel
Alumni Guest Artists: Andres Jovel and Warren Morgan
Faculty Director: Ricardo Frederick Evans
February 10 @ 7:30pm
February 11 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just…Almost.
One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.
REcently ON STAGE
Fall 2022 Student showcase
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Presents
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Day Ensemble: Jeremiah Hughes, Andres Jovel, Warren Morgan, Kent Ehrman, and Jordan Gabriel
Faculty Director: Ray Ficca
December 17 @ 1pm & 7:30pm
December 18 @ 4pm
Evening Ensemble: Wilmer Juarez, Neha Gaddam, Trevor High, Sharlene Salvatierra, Kiyana McMannus, and Ellen Schiavone
Faculty Director: Ricardo Frederick Evans
December 16 @ 7:30pm
December 17 @ 4pm
December 18 @ 1pm
Sherlock Holmes is on the case. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be!
Recently ON STAGE aT NCDA
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Presents
Everybody
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
The Ensemble: Jeremiah Hughes, Andres Jovel, Warren Morgan
Faculty Director: Ricardo Frederick Evans
October 7 @ 7:30
October 8 @ 4:00
October 9 @ 1:00
Everybody, a modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize.
“This is theatre rather unlike anything you might have seen…unusual, unconventional and eye-opening…Everyman is no barrel of laughs, being a morality play about death. EVERYBODY tells the same tale, with equal emotional heft; but it is not only provocative and involving, it is also funny. Wildly funny, in fact.” —Huffington Post.
Previously ON STAGE
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Presents
Constellations
by Nick Payne
The Ensemble: Neha Gaddam & Wilmer Juarez
Faculty Director: Jonathan Dell Palmer
October 8 @ 1:00 & 7:30
October 9 @ 4:00
This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny.
“Short and sweet and strangely haunting…The devilishly clever scribe is not playing games with either his characters or his audience, because with each iteration Roland and Marianne grow closer to one another—and become more important to us. And by the end of the play (has it really been only an hour?), we’re fully invested in their lives. All of them.” —Variety.
