The Saugus High School Drama Club

Presents

"Cause and Effect"

~ A true story of women in prison.~

This year the SHSDC will bring another original piece to compete with in the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival. The show was written by the Advanced Performing Arts Class as a group and will be performed by the class as well with the help of members of other classes.

The Cast

Jill, an inmate with a troubled past - Kara Giannelli*

Colorado, a man in Julie's life - Matthew Huffman*

Peter, a prisoner on the maintenance crew - Cory Imperato*

Donna, an inmate and a mother - Tanya Portalla*

Sean, Donna's son - Salvatore Forte*

Gabriella, an inmate and a mother - Emily Ralic*

Anna, Gabriella's daughter - Danielle Fitzgerald*

Tonya, an inmate who lost her family - Brittany Daley*

Loretta, an old inmate with connections in the prison - Brittnay Mitchell*

Kathleen, an author - Kelly McCarthy*

Michael, Christines husband - Peter DiMauro*

The many faces of Authority in these women's lives - Chris Buonopane*

Carol's Voice / Valerie - Kati Casoli*

Guards - Alex Drella, John Hurley, Chris Lombard, Alexa Palladino*, Leanna Walsh*

Inmates - Katie Drescher, Megan Joyce, Katelyn Noyes, Sarah Raponi, Maksida Sabackic, Jenna Wilson, Jenny Zhu

Girl Scouts - Ashleigh Fafard, Alisa Kashdan

 

Crew

Director - Nancy Lemoine

Stage Manager - Laura Liberge*

Lights - Rachel Venezia*

Sound - Gina Sarro*

Costumes - Sarah Raponi*

Set - The Cast

"Taking the most hurt people out of society and punishing them in order to teach them how to live within society is, at best, futile. Whatever else a prisoner knows, she knows everything there is to know about punishment because that is exactly what she has grown up with. Whether it is childhood sexual abuse, indifference, neglect; punishment is most familiar to her". - Chris Tchaikovsky, director of Women in Prison program, 1983-2002

 

*Denotes Writers

 

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Last Updated: March 1, 2006

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