Port Huron Northern alum's play inspired by Flint water crisis now performing in New York

March 25, 2024 / McKenna Golat / Read on Timesherald.com

A play written by a Port Huron Northern alumna invites audiences to question if we are ever safe.

Maura McCarthy-Haney graduated from Port Huron Northern in 1997. Her play, "The Poisoner" will be making its off off-Broadway debut the first weekend of April at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, which is one of the feeder theatres for Broadway. "The Poisoner" will be performed a decade after the beginning of the Flint water crisis, the play's inspiration.

"I think it's a bigger story about American infrastructure and I hope that it resonates with a lot of people beyond Michigan," McCarthy-Haney said.

"The Poisoner" will have its opening performance at 8 p.m. on April 6 in La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, located at 66 East Fourth St. in New York. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.lamama.org.