Local Student Lands 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 Caldwell, NJ resident, Shelby Adams, son of Diane Adams, has landed a stage role in his third semester at Curry College. Shelby has landed the role of Papa Leroux in Curry Theatre's Main Stage production of the Mark Twain comedy, Is He Dead? Earlier in the semester, he played the roles of Thomas in The Waiting Room and Jeff in A Day in the Locker Room, in Curry Theatre's Black Box production of The Seventh Annual New Plays Festival. Shelby has also been seen on the Curry Stage in Guys and Dolls, and The Sixth Annual New Plays Festival. Shelby is a Communication major and serving on the Curry Theatre Supervisory Board as the House and Box Office Manager.

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.