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High school play set for March 27-29

March 12, 2009 - The Voorheesville Dionysians, the High School Drama Club, will present Flowers for Algernon on Friday and Saturday, March 27 & 28, at 7:15 p.m., as well as on Sunday, March 29, at 2:15 p.m. in the Middle/High School's Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available at the door. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

Originally a short story, Flowers for Algernon was expanded to a novel and adapted for stage and screen. It is a profound and touching play focusing on Charlie, a mentally disabled man in his 30s, who is given a rare opportunity to undergo a new operation that would boost his IQ to genius level. Unforeseen negative results occur and complicate his new life.