Something new was added to the Heritage-New Hampshire experience this past Tuesday. When school groups come to take the tour, a little play is added. The play concerns several important figures in New Hampshire history, and involves a couple of students taking part in the play, and the entire class deciding on how they would respond to the problem presented to them.
The very short play, which I wrote, and in which I play the main character, is called "Choices". The three ...
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