Real or unreal will be the question after audiences see High School North’s fall drama, “Six Characters in Search of an Author.” Luigi Pirandello’s play features six mysterious people suddenly appearing at a theater’s rehearsal session. They claim to be characters from a play whose author never completed their story. When the company agrees to finish the characters’ tale, strange things start happening. Performances at North are Thursday to Saturday, November 12 to 14, at 8 p.m. Call 609-716-5100 to reserve $10 tickets, $5 for seniors.
The play was first staged in 1921 by the Compagnia di Dario Niccomedi at the Valle di Roma — to mixed results and Pirandello was literally run out of the theater through a side exit in order to avoid the crowd of enemies. Later adaptations included a New York production in 1954, an opera by Hugo Weisgall and Denis Johnston in 1959, a 1973 radio version, a PBS production directed by Stacy Keach in 1976, and a BBC film adaptation in 1992. This production is directed by Debbie Goodkin and produced by Irene Nemser.
Cast members include Delia Bannon, Mia Calotta, Joey Chapman, Caroline Corriveau, Aditi Desai, Jenna Fields, Sari Forshner, Lavanya Ganesh, Ariel Gelfand, Andrew Gordon, Addy Guo, Constance Huang, Alana Jorgensen, Jeremy Kaish, Michael Kaish, Pooja Kapadia, Molly Karlin, Alexis Keresztes, Paul Lavadera, Debra Lopez, Lilly Lu, Kathleen Mackenzie, Emily Maggio, Allysa Mastellone, Drew McClendon, Aish Menon, Michael Miele, Luiza Monetti, Adam Neimann, Meg Orita, Jason Rand, Josh Rutstein, Danielle Siano, Stephanie Siano, Benji Sills, Aparaajit Sriram, Abby Stern, Emily Stern, Michael Stern, Taylor Stoekel, Emily Straley, Siddhi Sundar, Anya Watson, Jaclyn Wemple, Amy Xu, and Andrew Zutty.
Crew members include Isha Aggarwal, Autumn Bardachino, Nicole Baumohl, Daniel Billek, Katie Brase, Kate Broughton, Taylor Brown, Sami Buckley, Joshua Bugge, Kelley Cave, Giovanni Charles, Mounica Chitrapu, Connie Chung, Christian Cooper, Marina Cull, Cheyenne Davis, Sara Duffy, Becca Goldberg, Jake Goldman, Angela Gui, Katie Henkel, Tom Hoge, Christine Johnston, Emily Jones, Alexandra Kadar, Kristen Kane, Kevin Kostiw, Tracie Lauver, Alyza Liu, Kevin Marcoux, Kirsti Marquez, Emma McGregor, Devin Mejias, Avery Miller, Anjali Nair, Samyuktha Natarajan, Nicky Nguyen, Elizabeth Palena, Lauren Palena, Shifra Pfister, Jason Rand, Danielle Rose, Elena Rossano, Veronica Santoso, Misbah Shah, Veerin Sirihorachai, Pravallika Somo, Brianna Tagliaferro, Maya Thomas, Amanda Trumbauer, Arisa Wada, Jess Warshauer, Emily Watkins, Alexandra Waters, Luke Weinmann, Tiffany Yang, and Stanford Zhou.
Six Characters in Search of an Author, High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 12, 13, and 14, 8 p.m. $10, $5 for seniors. 609-716-5100.
