Austin Drama will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance! this weekend.
Students from all seven grades will perform in this hysterical musical comedy. Austin Prep freshman Adrineh Nalbandian of Andover will be performing as a daughter and a pirate in this weekend's performance. She is the daughter of Rosette Jacobson and Pars Nalbandian of Andover.
The musical will be in Austin's Multi-Purpose Facility at 101 Willow St. in Reading will host the night of swashbuckling pirates, Keystone police and pretty daughters performing on a life-like ship built by the school's technical students.
Austin Drama, the theater club at Austin Prep, produces performances that give students a chance to act, sing, choreograph and build sets, design lights and sound for their shows. The Pirates of Penzance will be Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. with a matinee show on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.
Admission is $5 at the door. For more information, contact Deborah DiFruscia, Austin drama director.