Kristen Valera of Southbury will Star in Quinnipiac University's Production of "Nine"

Theater for Community at Quinnipiac University will perform the musical, “Nine,” Oct. 16-19, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the university’s Mount Carmel Campus.

Adapted from Federico Fellini’s classic movie “8 ½,” “Nine” sweeps the audience into the imagination of Guido Contini, an internationally known movie director who is desperately struggling to break through his creative block, come up with a plot for his next movie, and choose between his wife, his mistress and the actress who is his muse.

James Noble, an adjunct faculty member in the university’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts, will direct the production.

The cast includes: Sean McLaughlin of Manasquan, N.J., as Guido; Carleigh Peterson of Ashland, Mass., as Carla; Olivia Bartolomei of Colleyville, Texas, as Claudia; Christina Comizio of Vernon, N.J., as Luisa; Alexandra Lorca of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., as Sarraghina; Melissa Peters of Monroe, as Madame LaFleur; Kristen Valera of Southbury, as Stephanie Necrophorus; Nicki Palmer of Old Saybrook, as Mama; Yara Farahmand of Wellesley, Mass., as Lina Darling; Alexandra Turpin of Pine Bush, N.Y., as Maria; Melissa Reda of Enfield, as Beatrice; Jenn Amend of Endicott, N.Y., as Francesca; Shannon Murfree of Monroe, N.Y., as Lady of the Spa; and Jenn Dupre of Hamburg, N.J., as Diana.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 to 18 and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 19.

General admission tickets are $15 and $10 for students and senior citizens. Reservations and advance purchases can be made at www.quinnipiac.edu/theater-tickets.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,500 full-time undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law,Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.

Photo caption: Kristen Valera of Southbury will play Stephanie Necrophorus in Theater for Community at Quinnipiac University’s production of “Nine” Oct. 16-19.