HHS presents 'The Light in the Piazza'
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Art, love and music set the stage and tell the story of an American mother and daughter abroad in Italy in Hillsboro High School's production of "The Light in the Piazza," with book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, playing in the Hillsboro High School cafetorium Nov. 18-19 at 7 p.m. and on Nov. 20 at 3 p.m.
Directed by David White and Benjamin Gullett, "The Light in the Piazza," which won six 2005 Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards stars Meredith Keister as Margaret Johnson, a protective Southern matron, McCaylee Priest as her daughter Clara, a beautiful 26-year-old American traveling abroad, and Jerry Bailey as Fabrizio Naccarelli, a 20-year-old Italian suitor who barely speaks English and is the source of the romantic tension central to the story.
The musical, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, the daughter’s romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine, and the mother’s determined efforts to keep the two apart. The beautiful songs echo the romantic feelings of love leading composer Guettel to be praised for capturing “that transcendent, irrational state familiar to anyone who has fallen head over heels in love” (The New York Times) in his score for "The Light in the Piazza."
The musical will be performed in the HHS cafetorium Nov. 18-19 at 7 p.m. and on Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. Admission is $8.
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