MATTAPOISETT — Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Michael Devoll are proud to announce that the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club will present a modern adaptation of “The Proposal,” Anton Chekhov’s famous one-act comedy about complications and absurdities surrounding the business of love.
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club will first perform its modern adaptation of “The Proposal” in the preliminary round of the 2026 Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (METG) High School Drama Festival on Feb. 28 at Joseph Case High School, located at 70 School St. in Swansea.
Then, the Drama Club is bringing it home to Old Rochester Regional High School to present “The Proposal” at 7 p.m. on March 6. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $5 each.
“We’d like to wish our performing arts students the best of luck as they compete in the METG High School Drama Festival,” said Principal Devoll. “We also look forward to getting a chance to support the Drama Club on March 6 for its performance back at home.”
“We always look forward to seeing the sets, the production and the performances of our ORR Drama Club students,” said Superintendent Nelson. “I’d like to offer my support as they continue to prepare for the METG Festival and the upcoming show at Old Rochester Regional High School on March 6.”
Brayden Fanti, who became theater director at ORR last school year, wrote an “absurdist adaptation” of Chekhov’s “The Proposal” for his students to perform.
The adaptation is a modern take on “The Proposal,” which starts off with a man named Lomov who asks for his neighbor’s hand in marriage, leading to a series of heated arguments and over-the-top meltdowns about trivial matters, such as pet ownership, property, pride and personal grievances.
The ORR Drama Club’s performance of “The Proposal” in the preliminary round on Feb. 28 will be judged by an expert panel on acting and technical design. Of 112 one-act plays that enter the festival, 14 will move on to the State Finals held on March 26-28, with three ultimately named as winners of the competition. Two schools chosen from the METG State Finals will then go on to represent Massachusetts in the New England Drama Festival, a regional showcase of secondary school theatre.
Fanti urged the community to come support the ORR Drama Club students at the March 6 performance and enjoy a night of hilarious comedic escapades.
“The METG Festival is a wonderful experience for our students, and bringing the show back to ORR makes it even more special,” said Director Fanti. “Our students have been working hard preparing for this show, and they’ve done an incredible job embracing the style of acting needed to make this play work. They’re excited to share it with the community and to represent ORR at the METG Festival.”
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