Shady Side Academy graduate and Harvard University senior Shaun Gohel was chosen to co-write this year’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals show.

A well-known Harvard tradition, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the third-oldest theater group in the world and has seen famous faces participate that include Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jack Lemmon, Mo Rocca and BJ Novak.

The Theatricals have presented the over-the-top student-written show since 1844 with sets and costumes that rival a no-holds-barred burlesque.

This year’s show, titled HPT170: Intermission Impossible, ran from Feb. 3 to March 16, with performances in Cambridge, New York City and Bermuda.

Gohel is a 2104 SSA graduate and also a staff writer for the Harvard Crimson, a member of Harvard Student Agencies and Harvard Model Congress.

Tawnya Panizzi is a staff writer for the Tribune-Review. Reach her at 412-782-2121, ext. 2, tpanizzi@tribweb.com or @tawnyatrib.

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