Local Student Lands Leading Role in Mark Twain Comedy at Curry College

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MILTON , MA (11/20/2013)(readMedia)-- Curry College is pleased to announce that Winthrop, MA resident, Nick Doonan has landed a lead stage role in his fifth semester at Curry College. He will be playing the lead role of Millet in Curry Theatre's Main Stage Production of the Mark Twain comedy, Is He Dead? Earlier in the semester, he played the roles of Sam in The Pool Boy and Jack in A Day in the Locker Room, in Curry Theatre's Black Box production of The Seventh Annual New Plays Festival. In previous semesters Nick could be seen on the Curry stage in Tartuffe, Woman in Mind, and Guys and Dolls. Nick is majoring in History with a minor in Theatre. He is currently serving on the Curry Theatre Supervisory Board as the Assistant Lighting Director.

Written by Mark Twain in 1898, but not performed until 2003, Is He Dead? is a farcical account of the real life and fictional staged death of French artist Jean François Millet. Is He Dead?, will run Saturday, Dec 7th through Tuesday, Dec 10th 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 $10 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.