By Wendy MacLeod
Directed by Mark Sickler
The House of Yes was this year’s offering at the annual EMACT Drama Festival. The festival took place at The Groton School, June 13-17. Hovey participated along with 12 other Eastern Massachusetts community Theaters.
By J. Mark Baumhardt
Directed by J. Mark Baumhardt
Friends Josh, Sam, and Kate come together on a Vermont mountain top to mourn the loss of their good friend, Will. They share memories of Will both good and bad, but when Will’s ex-wife Claire, an unwelcome guest arrives for the eulogy, Josh, Sam, and especially Will’s sister, Kate, are forced to face truths and unexpectedly discover forgiveness. In the end, Will gets what he wants “pulling strings from beyond the grave.”
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by David Berry
G.R. Point is a war-drama set at a Graves Registration Point in Tay Loi, Vietnam, in 1969 where bodies of combat victims are brought for processing before being sent home. Through the experience of a young draftee and the situation he and others are thrust into, extraordinary relationships are formed that forever impact each of their lives. The play explores the insidious way in which human life is robbed of its dignity and dimension, and perhaps helps us to understand what led decent young men to commit acts which, in another place and time, would have filled them with remorse and horror.
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