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Two Dedham Students Star in Holiday Show

Grace Barrett, 11, and Katarina Uhrmann, 9 of Dedham will join four other children as part of the Mount Saint Helen's Children's Choir, which performs with the beloved Nunsense nuns in an upcoming holiday production.

Two Dedham students will appear next month in Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical, a holiday spoof production at Riverside Theatre Works in Hyde Park.

Grace Barrett, 11, and Katarina Uhrmann, 9 of Dedham will join four other children as part of the Mount Saint Helen’s Children’s Choir, which performs with the beloved Nunsense nuns.

Nuncrackers tells the story of a cable access TV special, filmed in the basement of Mount Saint Helen’s Convent.

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Barrett has performed at Harwich Junior Theatre in The Borrowers, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, and Puss in Boots. She has also performed at Oakdale Elementary School in the Glee choir and in musical theater productions, and taken musical theater classes at Riverside Theatre Works.

Uhrmann appeared in Riverside’s main stage production of Cat in a Hot Tin Roof and in the children’s productions of Wizard of Oz Jr., Aladdin Jr., and Cinderella. She also appears in Riverside’s singing group Company R.

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Performances of Nuncrackers will take place December 6 and 7 at 8 p.m., December 8 at 3 p.m., December 13 and 14 at 8 p.m., and December 15 at 3 p.m. at Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park. Prices range from $20-25 for adults and $18-22 for seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased at www.rtwboston.org or by calling 1-866-811-4111.

 

 


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