Hicks participates in theater production

Ebony Hicks, of Albrightsville, is part of an Albright College theater cast and crew that has been invited to perform “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” on the main stage of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region II Festival in the University of Maryland’s Kay Theatre on Jan. 17.

Based on a best-selling 2003 novel by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, “Curious Incident” is a Tony and Oliver Award-winning play about a 15-year-old math whiz who lives with his divorced dad in a working-class town near London. After being falsely accused of killing a neighbor’s dog, the brilliant boy — who has difficulty dealing with the sounds and stresses of everyday life — decides to investigate the crime. The secrets he unearths prompt him to leave his trusted teacher and the familiar streets of his hometown for a life-changing train trip to London.

Hicks, majoring in theater at Albright, performed the role of a Duty Sergeant for the play in November.