September 1945: The players met in the Hamblin Hovey Institute. Normally Monthly meetings took place in individuals’ homes. President was Charlotte Pierce.

An excerpt from a 15 October ’45 News Tribune editorial praising the Hovey Players, “…expansion…would be the acquisition of a large building, possibly a barn structure would satisfy…” (It was ever thus…)

Courtesy of Ralph Tomao, Hovey Historian

• Fresh Fields
• Ladies in Retirement
• Sweethearts

Sweethearts

By Victor Herbert

Directed by Edward Center

An operetta/musical comedy with a cast of 40, a number met or exceeded many time since.
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Ladies in Retirement

Directed by William Partridge

A three act mystery.
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Fresh Fields

By Ivor Novello

Directed by William Partridge

A three act comedy presented at the Hovey Institute (as were all major productions from 1936 to 1953).
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