— Photos courtesy of Theatre@First

By Jeffrey Shwom

Around forty audience members enjoyed the final show of an 8-day run of Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes (In The Heights). Performed at Unity Somerville and produced in special arrangement by Theatre@First with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., this play “explores how people begin to heal … and how they step up to support each other in times of need” through the eyes of a community, online and familial, dealing with recovery and mortality.

Theatre@First is a Somerville volunteer-run community theatre, started in 2003. Auditions begin December 2024 for their next play, None Escape by Robin Abrahams. Visit https://www.theatreatfirst.org/.