Local Student Joins the New Plays Festival at Curry College

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Ashley Patterson

MILTON , MA (10/09/2013)(readMedia)-- Curry College is pleased to announce that Abington, MA resident, Ashley Patterson, daughter of Diana and Joseph Patterson, has landed a stage role in her third semester at Curry College. She will be playing the role of Dr. Casey in The Waiting Room, in Curry Theatre's Black Box production of The Seventh Annual New Plays Festival. A graduate of Abington High School, she has been seen there in Footloose and in Legally Blonde and In the Heights at Cappacione School of Performing Arts.

The Seventh Annual New Plays Festival, showcasing original student 5-10 minute one act plays, will run Saturday, Nov. 16th through Monday, Nov. 18th at 7:30 p.m. at Curry College, in the Oscar B. and Frances A. Keith Auditorium at the Academic and Performance Center on the Milton Campus, 1071 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton, MA. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved at 617-333-2259 (Option 2).

Founded in 1879, Curry College is a private, four-year, liberal arts institution located on 135 acres in Milton, MA. Curry extends its educational programs to a continuing education branch campus in Plymouth, MA. Curry offers 20 undergraduate degrees as well as graduate degrees in business, education, criminal justice and nursing, with a combined enrollment of approximately 4,150 students. The student body consists of approximately 2,000 traditional undergraduate students, 1,650 continuing education and 500 graduate students. More than 1,400 of its students reside on the Curry campus. The largest majors are business management, communication, nursing, criminal justice and education. The College offers a wide array of extra-curricular activities ranging from 14 NCAA Division III athletic teams to an outstanding theatre program.