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The Man Who Came to Dinner

A famous personality comes to your house and never leaves. That's what happens in Nashua Theatre Guild's closing production of its 50th season with the classic comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman.
Performances will be on April 7, 8, & 9 at 8:00 p.m. and April 9 & 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the Janice B. Streeter Theater at 14 Court Street, Nashua.

The play is set in the small town of Mesalia, Ohio in the weeks leading to Christmas. The exposition reveals that the famously outlandish radio wit Sheridan Whiteside of New York City was invited to dine at the house of rich factory owner Ernest W. Stanley and his family. However, before Whiteside enters the house, he slips on a patch of ice outside the front door and injures his hip. He is attended by Dr. Bradley, the absent-minded town physician, and Miss Preen, his frantic nurse. While there he completely takes over the home, forcing the family to remain upstairs while he entertains a series of eccentrics and Hollywood types. In the meantime, his devoted secretary has become smitten with a local newspaper man and Whiteside devises a plan to stop the romance before she quits on him.

The production will be directed by Kevin Riley, assisted by Rich Alcott and is being produced by Joe Pelonzi. Sheridan Whiteside will be played by Glen Grimard and Maggie, his secretary, will be played by Gina Carballo. The cast also includes Melanie Rodrique as Miss Preen, Seth Abbott as Mr. Stanley, Jennifer Simon as Mrs. Stanley, Mel Bucklin as Bert Jefferson, Rich Alcott as Beverly Carlton, Jeffery Richardson as Banjo, and Pat Langille as Lorraine Sheldon.
Others in the cast are Chris Vick, Angel Roy, Steve Kalter, Dave Atkinson, Sheila Melanson, Sarah Lord, Eric Cassie, Ellie Finlayson, and Val Verge.