This weekend, NHTI’s Sweeney Auditorium stage will transform into the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, N.Y., circa September 1937.
Its the final years of the Great Depression and Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish American teenager, is coming of age. He’s going through puberty, sexual awakening and a search for identity in Brighton Beach Memoirs, the latest production by NHTI’s Stage Lynx drama club.
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical comedy, written by Neil Simon, that follows Jerome as he not only faces his own challenges but at the same time he must deal with his family, including his formidable mother, his overworked father and his worldly older brother – plus his widowed aunt, her two daughters and Grandpa the Socialist.
The Stage Lynx production is being directed by Jim Speigel with Peter Newland playing the part of Jerome. Shannon Downey is Jerome’s mother and Quinn Boyce takes the role of his father. Nick Miller is Stanley, Jerome’s Brother.
And you’ve only got three chances to see it. Brighton Beach Memoirs will be performed Friday and Saturday, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. in NHTI’s Sweeney Auditorium.
Tickets are $12 at the door. Admission is free for NHTI students.
