Borderline Players

Borderline Players present the beloved farce Noises Off by Michael Frayn, April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023 at the Haskell Opera House. 

The production features a mix of veteran local actors along with some new additions to the Borderline Players team, including director Leesa Guay-Timpson, who has returned to her Northeast Kingdom roots after years of teaching and directing young people. 

Noises Off takes a fond look at the follies of theatre folk, whose susceptibility to out-of-control egos, memory loss, and passionate affairs turn every performance into a high-risk adventure. This play-within-a-play captures a touring theatre troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Frayne gives us a window into the inner workings of theatre behind the scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance. Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises Off is a delightful backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers, and -- of course -- flying sardines! 

The cast includes (in order of appearance)

Ruth-Ann Fletcher… Dotty Otley

Ross Murray… Lloyd Dallas

Shannon Smith… Poppy Norton Taylor

Christopher Planetta… Garry Lejeune

Carrie McGraw… Brooke Ashton

Roderick J. Owens… Fredrick Fellows

Mary S. Hoadley… Belinda Blair

Brian McCrae… Selsdon Mowbray

Jonathan Comtois… Tim Allgood

Crew:

Stage Manager… Jessica Maurice

Assistant to the Director… Nancy Pepin-Vogt

Performances are April 28-29-30, May 5-6-7, 2023.

Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm with Sunday matinees at 3pm.

Tickets

$20 adults (18-64)

$15 seniors (65+)

$15 youth (13-17)*

* For audiences aged 13+ 

(Children under-13 will not be admitted.)

Pick up tickets at 

MAC Center for the Arts in Newport

Haskell Free Library in Derby Line

Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead (as of March 23)

Tickets online (US funds) at 

https://tickets.catamountarts.org/shows/noises%20off/events

Production underwritten by The Jewett Family.

Noises Off is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.