Area high schools present their fall theatrical productions.
The cast of West Orange High School's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."WEST ORANGE/EAST ORANGE -- Students at area high schools invite the public to join them this week for some fall theatrical entertainment.
Students in the West Orange High School drama department will present William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with a contemporary twist: The drama will take place in New York City, 2015. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium, 51 Conforti Ave., West Orange. There will be a special free performance 6 p.m. Wednesday for West Orange senior citizens and members of the mayor's Program for Individuals with Disabilities. Admissions to all other shows are $8, $10 at the door with a special $5 student rate at the Thursday night performance.
The Cicely Tyson School of Performing & Fine Arts theater arts department will present the drama, "You Shouldn't Have Told," Anne Thompson Scretching's play about sexual abuse in an urban family. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday; noon and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Cicely L. Tyson Secondstage Theater, 35 Winans St. in East Orange. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors. For more information call 973-414-8500.
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