An HB Ensemble Production
Playwright: Eric Overmyer 
Director: Amy Wright
Cast: Shaun Bennet Wilson, Chris Brescia, Candace Bryant, Pascal Escriout, Katy Frame, Ross Kramberg, Dina Lucchesi, Arnie Mazer, Craig McNulty, Rachael Murdy, Antony Raymond, Charles Sprinkle, Giovanni Villari
Set: Giovanni Villari Lighting: Corrie Beth Shotwell Costume: Catherine Siracusa Dramaturg: David Smilow Stage Manager: AJ Dobbs Assistant Stage Manager: Karen Veninga-Zaricor Production Assistants: Samantha Carlisle, Stephanie Carlisle Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Christina Roussos
Dark Rapture was performed June 10th – 27th
Synopsis: This play takes place in many cities in the United States including, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Santa Barbara, and many others. Escaping from the ‘perfect’ life, Ray fakes his death by setting his own house in Los Angeles on fire and faking his identity in different cities in order to start a new beginning. His wife, Julia goes along with the secret scheme by pretending as if he’s dead and is now dealing with several economic issues as a result of his faked death and the burning of their house. Two men, Vegas and Lexington are in the search of five million dollars that Julia and her husband owe and so, they embark into an investigation trying to find Ray in the many different cities where he could be possibly hiding.
An HB Ensemble Production
Playwright: Robert King
Director: Peter Bennett
Cast: Jack Davidson, Rosemary De Angelis
Set: Giovanni Villari Lighting: Jill Nagle Costume: Catherine Siracusa Managing: Marlene Mancini Assistant Stage Manager: Stephanie Carlisle Office Manager: Christina Roussos
Destination Alaska was performed March 15th – April 2nd, 2010
Synopsis: Eleanor and her husband, Herb, go on a cruise to Alaska as their 40 year anniversary celebration. Eleanor faces an internal struggle while having to deal with her husband that dumps all of his issues on her, leaving Eleanor no time to relax or be at peace.
An Ensemble Production
Playwright: Horton Foote
Director: Rochelle Oliver
Cast: Matthew Conlon, Nick DeSimone, Katy Frame, Duncan Hazard, Gregory Higgins, Catherine Kjome, Johanna Leister, Arnie Mazer, Andy McCutcheon, Tom Tinelli, Giovanni Villari
Lighting: John Burkland Managing: Marlene Mancini Stage: AJ Dobbs Office Manager: Christina Roussos Costume: Patricia Ashead, Catherine Siracusa
The Chase was performed September 13th – October 1st, 2009
Synopsis: Sheriff Hawes, police of Richmond, Texas and a man he convicted long ago has escaped from the penitentiary. With possibility that Bubber Reeves, the convicted, might come after him, he tries to keep the town from panicking.
An Ensemble Production
Playwright: Bill Quigley
Director: Karen Ludwig
Cast: Mickey Sumner and Ryan Quigley
Set Design: Giovanni Villari Lighting Design: Alexander Bartenieff Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa Sculptures: Ashley Noelle Stewart Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Christina Roussos
Tomorrow Morning was performed April 2 – 20, 2011
Synopsis:
A long lost son named Eric finds his mother, Cindy. While unsettled, she has conversations of her troubled past to share with her son. With the son’s musical talents, they bond through music. From this point on, they continue to dig through Cindy’s past and her sculptures.
An HB Studio Performance
Part of The 4th Seven Playwrights In Search of A Production
Playwright: Samuel Warren Joseph
Cast: Joseph Prussak, Briana Pozner, Kathryn Danielle, Matthew Conlon, Sean Walsh, Julie Kline, Fukumi Kashiwagi, Tokio Sasaki, Joseph Foley.
(Managing Director): Marlene Mancini (Technical Director): Giovanni Villari (Office Manager): Christina Rouss
Moral Imperative was performed October 18th – 19th, 2010
Synopsis: Seth and Robert are academics who are convinced that their beloved Briarton University will just go straight to hell if it’s allowed to remain under the stewardship of their despised University President, Oscar. It doesn’t help matters that the Trustees passed over Seth and gave the presidency to Oscar, who wants to abolish faculty tenures as his first order of business. Robert and Seth love the world-class institution where they are employed. They feel a moral imperative to remove Oscar and plan to take steps to accomplish their aim. Pauline, a police detective, has other ideas about the actions of Seth and Robert, and their motives. Will Seth and Robert be able to pull off their scheme?
An HB Ensemble Production
Playwright: Irwin Shaw
Director: Geoffrey Owens
Cast: Charles Black, Jonathan Cinque, Mary Dillon, Eno Edet, Hugh Heckman, Andre Herzegovich, Ildemar Lagares, Tim Landers, Johanna Leister, Kirk Miller, Scott Miller, Hadas Nuriel, John L. Payne, Briana Pozer, Jody Prusan, Brandi robinson, Murad Saleh, John Shub, Bill Sullivan, Gary Warner, Michael Will.
Set Design: Giovanni Villari, Lighting Design: Corrie Beth Shotwell, Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa, Stage Manager: A.J. Dobbs, Managing Director: Marlene Mancini, Office Manager: Christina Roussos.
Bury The Dead was performed September 14th – October 2nd, 2010
Synopsis: Bury the Dead is an expressionist and anti-war drama by the American playwright, Irwin Shaw. It dramatizes the refusal of six dead soldiers during an unspecified war—who represent a cross-section of American society—to be buried.
An Ensemble Production
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Austin Pendleton
Cast: J.B. Alexander, Greg Anash, Lisa Barri*, Janice Bishop, Antonietta Corvinelli, Joseph DiSalle*, Guenevere Donohue, Trey Ervine, Domenica Galati*, Terry Gibson, John Hinds*, Robert Ierardi*, Oliver Lipton, Don Marlette*, Francis Mateo*, Orlando Rivera, R. David Robinson*, Judy Rosenblatt*, Mitch Tebo*, Kenneth Thompson, Jonathan Wiener.
*Members of Actors Equity Association
Set Design: Giovanni Villari Lighting Design:Alexander Bartenieff Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa & Sidney Levitt Technical Director & Production Stage Manager: AJ Dobbs* Stage Manager: Korrina Cragnotti Managing Director:Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Susannah Robertson.
The War of the Roses was performed on December 2 – December 20, 2012
Synopsis: The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s first historical tetralogy, which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England.
Playwright: Natalie Bates
Director: Peter Zinn & Marlene Mancini (The Game)
Cast: (Overnight) Dara O’Brien*, Kristen Vaughan (Always) Anne Kearns*, Eric Rasmussen*, Alisha Spielmann* (The Game) Barbara Bleier*, Billie Brouse, Myla Pitt*, Joan Porter*
Set Design: Giovanni Villari Lighting Design: Alexander Bartenieff Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa Technical Director & Production Stage Manager: AJ Dobbs* Stage Manager: Korrina Cragnotti Production Assistant: Tracey Toth Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Susannah Robertson
What Happens Next: An Evening of One Act Plays was performed on October 12 – October 30, 2012.
Synopsis:
Three one-act plays in an SNL style with 2-4 actors performing each story. Overnight is the first act where two best friends talk about their feelings for eachother and reminiscing about her ex. The second act that follows is Always which focuses on an elderly woman who meets the ghost of her father going down their own memory lane to prove the point of the ghost. The last act is The Game where we follow two sisters getting ready for a game night with their friends while they gossiping.
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Alexander Harrington
Cast: J.B. Alexander, Lisa Barri*, Jim Broaddus, Judianny Compres, Antonietta Corvinelli, Guenevere Donohue, Rachel Errington, Trey Ervine, Sian Fiddimore, Domenica Galati*, Janine Hegarty, Austin Jones*, David Khouri, Cam Kornman*, Don Marlette*, Emir Music, R. David Robinson*, Judy Rosenblatt*, Audrey Stanfield, Mitch Tebo*, Kenneth Thompson, Ramon Olmos Torees, Sharon Wajswol
Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Lighting Design: Kia Rodgers Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa Stage Manager: AJ Dobbs* Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Susannah Robertson House Managers:Tracey Toth & Chandana Mahadeswaraswamy
Behind the Throne was performed from June 7 to June 24 of the year 2012.
Synopsis:
If you’re familiar with the works of Shakespeare, you probably know about his two mini series. War of roses tetralogy is broken up into a compilation of his obscure work, but from the women’s perspective.