Doors falling out of their jams, actors forgetting their lines and missed light cues might sound like a theater failure but it’s all part of the fun for Bishop Noll’s Drama Club this November.
The club will present the comedy “The Play That Goes Wrong” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19. The play within a play is full of nonstop laughs. Watch as these Bishop Noll students take the roles of a local community theater group known as the Cornley Drama Society. The society attempts to put on a murder mystery but the show seems plagued by accidental disasters.
This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone actors battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences. Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
All shows are in the Bishop Noll Auditorium, 1519 Hoffman St. in Hammond. Enter Door C. Tickets, on sale now, cost $10 if purchased in advance online. Visit bishopnoll.org for the ticket link or visit:
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/bishop-noll-institute/652ee7fdb5f6ac7c8c60c82b/
The show stars junior Jara Zamora as Christine/Inspector Carter, senior Emiliano Soto as Robert/Thomas Colleymore, senior Iris Romero as Sandra/Florence Colleymore, junior Joaquin Martinez as Max/Cecil Haversham, junior Maisie Wragg as Denise/Perkins, senior Taylor Adams as Annie the Stage Manager, senior Mathieu Jadrych as Jonathan/Charles Haversham and junior Jonathan Lindsey as Trever the Tech Guy. Aniyah Joseph, Taylor Holland, Jaeda Battle, Bradley Dorsey and Andres Torres-Cruz co-star as the Cornley Stage Crew.
Bishop Noll Institute is a Catholic, co-educational four-year high school under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary. Now in its 103rd school year, Bishop Noll consistently receives high rankings from the Indiana Department of Education and offers the only STREAM (incorporating the principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, Religion, Art and Math) program in Northwest Indiana. The Fine Arts Department includes coursework and after school activities in music, art and theater.
Bishop Noll is now enrolling students for fall 2024. For more information, visit bishopnoll.org or email Admissions@bishopnoll.org.
Bishop Noll Institute Drama Club members Jara Zamora and Joaquin Martinez rehearse their lines for the club's upcoming production of "The Play that Goes Wrong."