‘Means Girls: High School Version’ at Great Neck Library Library art exhibit: Fragmented Reality

Great Neck Library is exhibiting Fragmented Reality: Works by Catherine Abrams from Aug. 4 to Aug. 29 at our Main Library ground floor gallery at 159 Bayview Ave. in Great Neck.

Catherine Abrams is a visual artist and member of the Long Island City Artists’ Gallery. She studied art at New York University and the Art Students League, and she exhibits her paintings in New York City and Long Island.

Her current show “Fragmented Reality,, explores how the visual image and its meaning are altered when fragmented and rearranged. All canvases in the show are made of multi-panels that are put together like a tic-tac-toe puzzle. Every new configuration presents a new take on the same subject.

For more information, please contact the Great Neck Library at (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.

Levels, the teen center in the Great Neck Library, will present the hit Broadway Musical Mean Girls: High School Version, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10, 11 and 12 at 8:00 p.m.

The show is open to the public, tickets are recommended to guarantee seating. Please visit Levels’ website at greatnecklibrary.org/levels-is beginning Thursday, July 27 for links to register online for tickets. Doors open at 7:45 p.m.

Cady Heron is the new girl at North Shore High School in Chicago, desperate to fit in and find friends.

When the school’s resident mean girls – “The Plastics” – set their sights on her, Cady joins in a plot to bring down the reign of their Queen Bee, Regina George. Along the way, Cady loses herself, her friends, and her crush, all for the chance to be popular and loved. Written by acclaimed comedian and author Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for the Paramount Pictures film, “Mean Girls: High School Version” features dynamic songs with music by Jeff Richmond (former music director for (“Saturday Night Live”) and lyrics by Nell Benjamin (coauthor of “Legally Blonde”). This show is an anthem to friendship, loyalty, girl power, and being true to yourself.

The all-teen creative staff is led by director Sarah Munson, with choreographers Alyssa Sehn & Olive Isner, and vocal directors Abigail Sullivan & Talia Elyaho. Producers are El Schader & Nina Zar. Set design is by Katharine Chen, with costume design by Ava Hoffman and lighting design by Ben Pitt Stoller.

The cast of middle school and high school students includes (in alphabetical order) Eric Bord, Iris Du, Mars Emru,

The Levels Teen Center presents “Mean Girls: High School Version.”

Sofia Gonzalez, Olive Isner, Niuniu Kong, Caroline Louis, Judah Lyman, El Schader, Alyssa Sehn, Natalie Shoshani, Addie Suggs, Abigail Sullivan, Ugin Sun, Katie Wang and Rachel You.

Levels, the library’s cultural center for teenagers established in 1974, presents several fully-staged theatrical productions a year, giving teens the opportunity to learn leadership and re-