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October 26, 2006 610-861-4122

Play Dramatizes Tolerance Through Theatre

Injustice, hate and social bias in the contemporary world will be explored via timeless classic works at the premiere of “Tolerance Through Theatre,” at Northampton Community College (NCC) in November.

Scenes from “The Crucible,” “Othello,” “Inherit the Wind,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” and other plays are incorporated into this innovative modern story about a theatre professor and his students. In the play, the characters and the audience discover theatre’s power to instill compassion.

This original work, by NCC Communications/Theatre Professor Ron Heneghan, draws on the curricula of local high schools and will be followed by audience discussion.

The cast includes:

From Allentown: Shawn McIntyre

From Bethlehem: Mary-Kate Mulhern

From Cresco: Maria Sole

From Easton: Robyn Henry, Patricia Jencks, Jacob Schwartz

Stroudsburg: Ashley Ivory

From Delaware: Enoch Mars

Andrew White of Allentown is assistant director and Alicia Grossbauer of Nazareth is stage manager.

Performances are:

November 9 and 10, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Lipkin Theatre, Main Campus, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township

November 13, 8:10 a.m.; 9:40 a.m.; 11:15 a.m., Liberty High School, Bethlehem.

November 15, 9:25 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m.., Pocono Mountain East High School

November 16, 9:25 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m.Pocono Mountain East High School

November 17. Wallenpaupack High School. Time TBA

Tickets for the show are free, but a donation of canned goods for a local food bank or a contribution to the NCC Actors' Scholarship Fund is requested. For reservations, call 610-861-5091, or e-mail ncc_theatre_tickets@northampton.edu.