Photo courtesy of Northland Pioneer CollegeMarie-Louise Durham (Kara Hunt) is having an affair with John Middleton (Ethan Jackson) literally behind the back of John’s wife Constance (Shannon Green), The Constant Wife in W. Somerset Maugham’s debonair comedic play of civilized marriage--and civilized love--the spring production by Northland Pioneer College’s Performing Arts Department. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, April 21-23 and 28-30, with additional matinees at 2 p.m. on April 23 and 30, in the NPC Performing Arts Center on the Snowflake/Taylor campus. Advance tickets are $6, or $8 on the day of the performance, with a $1 discount for NPC students, staff and senior citizens. Tickets for The Constant Wife are available by calling the box office at (928) 536-6250 or can be ordered online at www.npc.edu/tickets. Performances will be done “in the round,” with seating limited to 50 for each performance.
Photo courtesy of Northland Pioneer CollegeMarie-Louise Durham (Kara Hunt) is having an affair with John Middleton (Ethan Jackson) literally behind the back of John’s wife Constance (Shannon Green), The Constant Wife in W. Somerset Maugham’s debonair comedic play of civilized marriage--and civilized love--the spring production by Northland Pioneer College’s Performing Arts Department. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, April 21-23 and 28-30, with additional matinees at 2 p.m. on April 23 and 30, in the NPC Performing Arts Center on the Snowflake/Taylor campus. Advance tickets are $6, or $8 on the day of the performance, with a $1 discount for NPC students, staff and senior citizens. Tickets for The Constant Wife are available by calling the box office at (928) 536-6250 or can be ordered online at www.npc.edu/tickets. Performances will be done “in the round,” with seating limited to 50 for each performance.

Northland Pioneer College’s Performing Arts Departments will present W. Somerset Maugham’s delightful and debonair comedy of civilized marriage–and civilized love–The Constant Wife in eight performances at 7 o’clock on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, April 21 through 30, in the Performing Arts Center on the Snowflake/Taylor-Silver Creek Campus, 1611 S. Main St. There will also be Saturday matinee performances at 2 p.m.

Maugham is a renowned novelist for such works as Of Human Bondage, a short story writer and playwright. His genius for the understatement, his mastery of witty and wise dialogue, and his perfection of characterization meet in this high comedy of modern marital entanglement that was first performed in 1927, starring Ethel Barrymore, and which has been revived a number of times in the years since its debut.

Shannon Green stars in the NPC production as Constance Middleton, the constant wife of the title. She spends most of her time trying not to be told that her husband, portrayed by Ethan Jackson or Samuel McDowell, is involved in a love affair.

Other cast members include Alexis Marquez as Mrs. Culver; Mia Evans and Breanna Jakary as Martha Culver; Jennie Armer and Kara Hunt as Marie-Louise Durham; Ashley Nudson and Holly Whitmire as Barbara Fawcett; David Messer as Bernard Kersal; Paul Cryder and Logan Kempfer as Mortimer Durham; and Chandon Fish as Bentley.

The play is directed by Dr. Michael Solomonson. Lighting design is by Patrick Day.

The play does contain mild adult language and is produced through special arrangements with Samuel French, Inc.

Tickets are $6 in advance or $8 on the day of the show. Discounts are available for senior citizens, and NPC students and staff. Performances will be in the Drama Lab, limiting seating to 50 per performance. Reserve your tickets by calling the Box Office at (928) 536-6250, or order online at www.npc.edu/Tickets.