Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, Doubt is set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964. This thrilling drama follows the suspicions of the schools strong-minded principal, Sister Aloysius; the defense of Father Flynn, a priest with more liberal ideas; and a young teacher, Sister James, who is caught between the two.

Performance Dates:

May 14, 15, 21, 22 (Sold out!), 27, 28 (Sold out!) and 29 (Sold out!) at 8:00 pm
May 23 at 2:00 pm

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.

For reservations, or to be added to the waitlist for the May 22nd performance, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Cast:
Sister Aloysius – Christine Connor
Sister James – Jenn Shea
Father Flynn – Kendall Hodder
Mrs. Muller – Dyan Madrey

Crew:
Director – Nancy Curran Willis
Producer – Tracy Sullivan
Stage Manager – Mark Sickler
Set Design – Matt Silverstein
Lighting Design – Mike Finke
Sound Design – Gordon Ellis
Costume Design – Kimmerie H.O. Jones
Props Design and Set Dressing – Tracy Sullivan
Props Assistant – Michelle Fisher
Set Construction Chief – Brian Zifcak
Scenic Artist – John Murtagh
Publicity – Tracy Sullivan
Logo and Poster Design – MaryEllen Skulski

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for Doubt: A Parable is Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston.

For more than 100 years, Catholic Charities has continued its mission of building a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people. The agency provides approximately 140 programs and services throughout Eastern Massachusetts. These services respond to the needs of the poor and working poor, provide supportive services to children and families, and assist refugees and immigrants as they become active participants in their communities. Last year, Catholic Charities served nearly 200,000 people in need of all faiths. To discover more of their work, visit www.ccab.org.

Mitchell is a Hollywood star on the rise, and his full-time agent and part-time beard, Diane, is doing all she can to keep his “slightly recurring case of homosexuality” from de-railing his fame. The Little Dog Laughed takes an acerbic and sharply funny jab at the entertainment industry and human nature in a tabloid obsessed society.

Performance Dates:

March 12, 13, 19, 20 (Sold out!), 25, 26 and 27 at 8:00 pm
March 21 at 2:00 pm

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.

For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Please note that this production contains nudity and mature subject matter.

Cast:
Mitch – Jason Fenton
Diane – Gail Bishop Nessman
Alex – Kevin Morin
Ellen – Brooke Casanova

Crew:
Director – Mark Sickler
Co-Producers – Leigh Berry and Nicole Sparks
Stage Manager – Victoria Taylor
Assistant Stage Manager – Kristine Mackin
Set Design – John Pease
Lighting Design – Dan Jentzen
Sound Design – Robin Gabrielli
Costume Design – Barbara Douglass
Props Designer and Set Dresser – Joe Stallone
Set Construction – Brian Zifcak (Chief), Barbara Douglass, Kristine Mackin, Mark Sickler, Nicole Sparks, Victoria Taylor, Michael Zimmer

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for The Little Dog Laughed is Community Servings.

Community Servings is dedicated to providing free, home-delivered meals to people homebound with acute life-threatening illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, breast and other cancers, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, liver and kidney disease, hepatitis, and lupus. Each day we provide 725 clients, their dependent families, and their caregivers with nutritious meals, reaching out to those in greatest need in 16 cities and towns throughout eastern Massachusetts. Our goals are to help our clients maintain their health and dignity, provide nutritionally and culturally appropriate meals, preserve the integrity of their family, and send the message that someone cares. Please visit our web-site for more information.

A famous writer returns to her hometown on a book tour and re-connects with her past. A colorful reflection on the process of art and the discovery of friendship.

Performance Dates:

January 15, 16, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 at 8:00 pm
January 24 at 2:00 pm

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.

For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Cast:
Maggie Mulroney – Jennifer Hopkins
Maggy Burroughs – Allison McCann
Jim Burroughs – William McGregor
Mrs.Mulroney and others – Kate Blair
Mr. Mulroney and others – Cliff Blake
Salesclerk and others – Stephanie Garris
Nora and others – Vivian Liu-Somers
Doctor and others – Ellen Robinson
Raymond and others – Brian Zifcak

Crew:
Director – Karen Dervin
Assistant Director – Nicole Sparks
Co-Producers – Ronni Marshak and Mario Salinas
Stage Manager – Maggie Benagh
Assistant Stage Manager – Paul Zakrzewski
Set Design – Jenn Shea
Lighting Design – Mark Sickler
Sound Design – Gordon Ellis
Costume Design – Susan Harrington
Hair/Makeup Design – Jim Lynch
Board Operator – Andrea DeJordy
Props Coordinator – Michelle Fisher

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for Joined at the Head is Planet Cancer.

Planet Cancer is a community of young adults with cancer. (You know, that age between “pediatric” and “geriatric,” where no one knows whether to give you a lollipop or have a serious talk about your fiber intake.) It’s a place to share insights, explore our fears, laugh, or even give the finger to cancer with others who just plain get it. We don’t deny the dark side of illness and death here. But we also firmly believe that laughter and light can turn up in the strangest places.

Please visit their web-site for more information.

“An engaging evening in the theater, one that challenges and respects our intelligence.”

- David Brooks Andrews, Metro West Daily News, November 11, 2009

Henry and Annie are in love – but is it the real thing? Can love last? Can a marriage? In this heartfelt comedy – a Tony winner for Best Play – Tom Stoppard examines the difficulties – and rewards – of finding and sustaining – love and commitment, as well as challenging our very notions about what is ‘real’.

Performance Dates:

November 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, and 21 at 8:00 pm
November 15 at 2:00 pm

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.

For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

CAST
Max – Ted Batch
Charlotte – Melissa Sine
Henry – Stephen Peters
Annie – Brooke Casanova
Billy – Todd Radford
Debbie – Tatiana Rutledge
Brodie – Brian Moyer

PRODUCTION STAFF
Director — Kristin Hughes
Co-Producers – Leigh Berry and Gabrielle Aguillon-Hatcher
Stage Manager – Paul Zakrzewski
Lighting Designer – Matthew Silverstein
Sound Designer – Tom Berry
Set Designer – Kristin Hughes
Costume Designer – Gabrielle Aguillon-Hatcher
Props – Nicole Sparks
Publicity — Tracy Sullivan
Poster Design – Maryellen Mitrano

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for The Real Thing is The MSPCA-Angell (www.mspca.org).

The MSPCA-Angell is a national and international leader in animal protection and veterinary medicine and provides direct hands-on care for thousands of animals each year. Founded in 1868, it is the second-oldest humane society in the United States. Services include animal protection and adoption, advocacy, humane education, law enforcement and world-class veterinary care. The MSPCA-Angell is a private, non-profit organization. It does not receive any government funding nor is it funded or operated by any national humane organization. The MSPCA-Angell relies solely on the support and contributions of individuals who care about animals. Please visit www.mspca.org.

“Back when international flying was still glamorous… this is exactly how we imagined gorgeous women from each of these countries to look and act.”

- David Brooks Andrews, Metro West Daily News, September 24, 2009

Bernard, an architect in Paris, juggles three fiancées – American, Italian, and German. The girls are flight attendants, and Bernard plans their arrivals and departures to the minute, courtesy of their flight schedules. But a combination of the faster Boeing 707 jet and bad weather wreak havoc with Bernard’s amorous juggling.

Performance Dates:

September 18, 19, 25, and 26 at 8:00 pm
September 27 at 2:00 pm
October 1, 2, and 3 at 8:00 pm

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.

For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Crew:

Cast:

A musical by James Valcq

Stage Direction by Tom Berry

Music Direction by Mario Cruz

Choreography by Linda Sughrue

Produced by Leigh Berry and Mark Sickler

A musical comedy reflecting the American ideals and foibles of the Eisenhower era.

Songs, dances, and laughs abound in the unlikeliest of settings as the Cold War and space race paranoia threaten the good folks at the fictional Milwaukee Space Center in 1955, where the staff is all abuzz at the arrival of rocket scientist Trenton Corbett. The budding romance of Trenton and Mary—the daughter of Space Center commander Major Malone—is jeopardized when a flying saucer lands in Milwaukee. The craft is piloted by Zombina, a buxom alien aviatrix bent on procuring he-specimens to re-populate her planet.

Can Mary uphold her lady-like demeanor while using her facile intelligence to save Milwaukee from a Red Menace and a flying saucer invasion? Can plucky delivery boy Billy ever get secretary Charlene to notice his tap-dancing charms? Can the stalwart men of Milwaukee survive brainwashing by a musical menace from another world who gives new meaning to “stratospheric” soprano? Taking its cue from pulp movies popular at the time, ZOMBIES FROM THE BEYOND brings the 1950s nostalgically and hilariously to life with a tuneful, toe-tapping score.

Performances: May 15-30, 2009

8pm on May 15, 16, 22 (sold out!), 23 (sold out!), 28, 29 (sold out!) & 30 (sold out!), 2009
2pm on May 24, 2009

Extra performance added! Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 2pm!

Tickets $20.00 general admission, $18.00 for students/seniors.
For reservations (or to be added to the waiting list for sold out performances), please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for Zombies From the Beyond is New England Center for Homeless Veterans

The New England Center for Homeless Veterans is a non-profit organization and continues to be a facility that is substance-free and that empowers veterans in need with the tools to achieve independent living.

Headquartered in downtown Boston, the Center has served over 15,000 homeless veterans since its inception in 1989 and its service philosophy continues to be based on themes of sobriety, structure, and employment. The Center is recognized as one of the most effective private veteran’s transition programs in the country.

Please visit their web-site for more information.

By Neil LaBute

Directed by Mario Salinas

Some Girl(s) is a romance that follows a man on his search for redemption, acceptance, and an old flame he may want to re-ignite. Some Girl(s) exposes the selfish motivations behind saying sorry … LaBute’s vignettes of man behaving badly and his probing emotional scars will make almost everybody, male and female, wince with recognition.

Performances: March 13-28, 2009

8pm on March 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 2009
2pm on March 22, 2009

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors.
For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for Some Girl(s) is Places of Hope International

The work of Places of Hope International focuses on abandoned and abused children. We strive to provide the children with a stable, loving home that carries forth a plan of hope through a Christ based relationship with God. Your one-time gift or monthly sponsorship will impact people all over the world. Your gift can change lives. This is your opportunity to give a handful of hope.

Please visit their web-site for more information.

By Charles Busch

Directed by Mark Sickler

“Gidget”, Frankie and Annette beach party epics and Hitchcock psychological suspense thrillers such as “Spellbound” and “Marnie” are given a shotgun marriage. Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black checkout girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and the accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind.

Performances: January 16 – 31, 2009

8pm on January 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30, & 31, 2009

All 8pm shows, except Thursday, January 29th, are now sold out. Please call or email to be added to the waiting list, in case of cancellations.

2pm on January 25, 2009 (SOLD OUT)
Additional performance added! 2pm on January 31, 2009

We are accepting wait list requests for sold out performances (please call or email).
Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors. For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Hovey Gives Back

Our Hovey Gives Back partner for Psycho Beach Party is Community Servings

Community Servings is dedicated to providing free, home-delivered meals to people homebound with acute life-threatening illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, breast and other cancers, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, liver and kidney disease, hepatitis, and lupus. Each day we provide 725 clients, their dependent families, and their caregivers with nutritious meals, reaching out to those in greatest need in 16 cities and towns throughout eastern Massachusetts. Our goals are to help our clients maintain their health and dignity, provide nutritionally and culturally appropriate meals, preserve the integrity of their family, and send the message that someone cares. Please visit our web-site for more information.

Production staff
Producers – Ronni Marshak & Mario Salinas
Stage Manager – Mario Salinas
Asst. Stage Manager – Nicole Sparks
Costume Designer – Martha Heller
Hair/Wig/Make-Up Consultant – Kimmerie Jones
Set Designer – Kristin Hughes
Sound Designer – Robin Gabrielli
Lighting Designer – Dan Jentzen

Cast
Chicklet – Teresa McNamara
Kanaka – Mike James
Berdine – Stephanie Haddad
Star Cat – Jason Fenton
Marvel Ann – Maryellen Mitrano
Nicky – Elizabeth Zaino
Bettina – Lauren Hall
Provoloney – Anthony DiBartolomeo
Yo-Yo – Bill DeRusha
Mrs. Forrest – Kami Crary
Dee-Dee – Scott Cohen

By Neal Utterback

Directed by Gordon Ellis

A comedy of hope.

It’s Christmas Eve in New York City, where a deadly blizzard threatens a decaying society, and where six lost souls cling desperately to the last vestiges of the American Dream. At the center of the storm, a mysterious man who may just be their last chance for redemption. Neal Utterback’s “second.” weaves three tales into one, setting in motion a comedic spiral where the only answers available are to questions of faith, and where belief may be all that matters.

Performances: November 7-22, 2008

November 7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22 (evening), November 16 (matinee)

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors. For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com.

Cast
Jake – Kevin Peterson
Davey – Mike Bash
Man – Bill Stambaugh
Lauren – Kimberly McClure
Vick – Melissa Sine
John – Jorge Martinez
T – Teresa McNamara

Production Staff
Director – Gordon Ellis
Producer – Kristin Hughes
Stage Manager Paul Zack
Lighting Design – Matt Silverstein
Set Design – Jim Gross
Sound Design – Robin Gabrielli
Costumes – Leigh Berry, Kristin Hughes
Fight Choreographer – Chris Cardoni

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Jessie Olson

One of Shakespeare’s most enduring and well-known tragedies of star crossed lovers in the midst of their families’ passionate feud.

Performances: September 19 – October 4, 2008

8pm on October 2, 3 and 4, 2008

Our production is now fully reserved. You may reserve for the wait list. If you are on the wait list, please arrive at the theater at 7:30 pm to see if tickets become available. As tickets are released they will be given to people on the wait list in order in which the request was received, but ONLY IF THE PARTY IS PRESENT. Otherwise the name will be passed over until more tickets become available.

Tickets $16.00 general admission, $14.00 for students/seniors. To add your name to the waiting list for one of the remaining performances, please call (781) 893-9171 or emailreservations@hoveyplayers.com. Or, subscribe to our whole season!

Cast:

Romeo – Tom Giordano
Juliet – Rebecca Baumwoll
Capulet – William Doscher
Lady Capulet – Sara Jones
Nurse – Ronni Marshak
Friar Laurence – Peter Floyd
Mercutio – Gabrielle Hatcher
Tybalt – Michael Haddad
Benvolio – Jorge Martinez
Paris – Bill DeRusha
Balthasar – Lauren Hall
Escalus – Stephanie Haddad
Montague – Lis Adams

Production Staff:

Stage Manager – Mark Sickler
Fight Choreographer – Edward Eaton
Choreographer – Eve Summer
Lighting Designer – Matthew Silverstein
Asst. Lighting Designer – Mark Sickler
Sound Designer – Robin Gabrielli
Costume Designer – Kristina Perry
Publicity – Leigh Berry, Kristin Hughes, Tracy Sullivan, and Susan Harrington

Reviews:

David Brooks Andrews in the MetroWest Daily News on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Denise Taylor in the The Boston Globe on September 25, 2008