Hannah Goes to Broadway

Well , … not really. But she has a part in the annual Senior Play at Hillcrest School. What great fun! The entire senior class of 22 students was involved in some way with the production of Neil Simon’s “Fools”. Hannah plays the part of Yenchna the Vendor. The setting is a late 19th century Ukranian village whose citizens have been cursed with stupidity and no love. A fresh young school teacher comes to the village to try and educate the population and break the curse. He subsequently falls in love with the doctor’s daughter. There are many animated characters with a lot of comedy. Hannah’s Yenchna passes off flowers as fish and umbrellas. The part of playing a ditzy lady comes quite naturally to Hannah. She is fabulous. In fact, all of the kids do a great job of acting and delivering the punch lines. It has been a source of entertainment for the entire ex-patriot community here in Jos – even for those who have no children. Last night the house was packed.
I like what Gareth Mort, the director, writes in the printed program, “And the question that may jump out at you from amid the mayhem of this crazy play is: Would I be willing to go to an out-of-the-way village and try to make a difference?”
Michael Mitchell, MD

Hannah, in pink, with her friend Caroline (Mishkin the Mailwoman)