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A new vision has ignited with Northark Drama. That vision includes the whole community of Harrison, Arkansas. Community members are encouraged to audition for Northark main- stage productions. The goal of the drama program is to include all age ranges in productions, in order to teach performance, communication skills, and instill confidence. Open auditions allows more variety in play selection and creates performance opportunities for our youth and adults. Northark main-stage productions are most often seen at the Lyric Theater. Information about the programs' upcoming events will be posted here, so be sure to check back frequently for updates.

Northark Drama presents
The Dinner Party by Neil Simon

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 28, 29, 30 at 7:00; Sunday, May 1 at 2:00

Neil Simon’s 31st play, The Dinner Party is a comic drama, the premise of which is simple enough: six people have been invited, unbeknownst to one another, to dine in an elegant private room at an exclusive Parisian restaurant. They arrive one at a time, encountering each other in pairs and trios, until at last they start to detect the pattern that explains why they’re there. It turns out that they are all divorced couples. They’ve been brought together to look backward—and forward—at their damaged relationships. Will—or perhaps more to the point, can—any or all of them reconcile?

Cast and Characters:
Preston Garrison.................Claude
Daniel Seay........................Albert
Garion O’neil......................Andre
Ann Lemley.......................Mariette
Annelise Whitsell................Yvonne
Dana O’Quin.......................Gabrielle

Light Design/Operation……………..Bryan Griffith
Assistant Director………………………Claudia Peters
Director………………………………..Michael Mahoney
Set Design……………………………Ann Graffy




Photographs above from The Day Room; check back soon for photos from The Dinner Party, which is now in rehearsal.