Middletown Provides Comedy

Mary Swanson (right), played by Ellen Campbell, checks her clipboard while the librarian (left), played by Rachel Jaco, speaks with John Dodge, played by Ken Miller.

The NIU School of Theater and Dance will present its second mainstage event titled Middletown, directed by Kay Martinovich. Middletown follows the story of seemingly regular people who do seemingly regular things in their everyday lives, according to the NIU School of Theater and Dance website. The characters speculate what their lives should be between two distinct places: birth and death. The play will be presented from Feb. 28 through March 4 at Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St. The play runs Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.