Season

The Reunion Guy

An HB Ensemble Production

Part of the 6 Six Playwrights in Search of a Production…

Playwright: David Rimmer

Director: David Rimmer

Cast: Polly Adams*, Matthew Cowles*, Bridgit Giuffrida, Will Koolsbergen, Thomas J. F. Regan III, Danton Stone*, Tom Tinelli, Jennifer Williams.

*Appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association

Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Corrie Beth Shotwell Office Manager: Tara Webb

The Reunion Guy was performed on April 4th & 5th, 2008

Synopsis: A small New England school named, Windsor College reunite six men every June, spanning from 1991 to 2056 to discuss life after college. The men are old and have settled into families of their own with careers and self-owned businesses. Despite being a long time ago, they still reminisce those college years when they were younger and the memories they shared and continue to create new ones through every reunion.

Paula, Paulinka

An HB Studio Performance

Playwright: David Bridel, Penny Kreitzer, Jonathan Rest Paula, Paulinka - HB Studio

Director: Jonathan Rest

Cast: Penny Kreitzer

Lighting by: John Burkland Sound Technicians: Giovanni Villari, Karen Song Technical Director: Corrie Beth Shotwell Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Tara Webb

Paula, Paulinka was performed March 10th – 22nd, 2008

Synopsis: Young actress, Penny portrays many different key events of Paula’s life in a rehearsal hall of Jerusalem in 1982. Overcomed by such presentation, Paula criticizes Penny in some scenes but Penny explains that in the play artist, Charlotte Salomon painted her in a way that she never could’ve imagined. Charlotte Salomon left behind over 1,300 paintings, the product of the last two years of her life each one containing meaning.

Lillian Yuralia

Playwright: Barbara Eda-Young Lillian Yuralia - HB Studio

Director: Austin Pendleton

Cast: Ezra Miller, George Morfogen*, Barbara Eda-Young*

*Appears courtesy of the Actor’s Equity Association

Lighting: Brian Nason Costume: Patricia Adshead, Catherine Siracusa Casting: Stephanie Klapper Managing: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Corrie Beth Allen Office Manager: Tara Webb

Lillian Yuralia was performed January 18th – February 4th, 2008

Synopsis: An afternoon in late Autumn in 1930 Levy sits at his table sewing, on the other side of the divided apartment is Lillian with her fourteen year-old son, Yidl who is silent throughout their whole “conversation.” Moments later, a sudden incident with Lillian drives her to the other side of her apartment to Levy’s room where she and Yidl meet him. Lillian attempts to engage in several different conversations with Levy about his past including having a family and his solitude from the world. In the end, Yidl gains the courage to finally speak, but what does he talk about?

The Holiday Plays

One Act Play Festival Playbill_The Holiday Plays

Playwrights: Shane Mullery, Sean O’Loughlin, Karen Ludwig, Peter Coston, Agnes Garrett, Nora Ferrari, Robert King, Stanley Taub, John J. Murray, Bill Quigley, Natalie Bates, Donna de Matteo, Angela Costa, Perry Laylon Ojeda, Maria Elena Torres, Elizabeth Primamore, David Loughlin, Brenda McGriff, Nathan McGaughey

Directors: Karen Azenberg, Sean O’Loughlin, Jim Boerlin, Nora Ferrari, Marlene Mancini, Rasa Allan Kazlas, Marsha Lee Sheiness, Arthur French, Rochelle Oliver, Karen Ludwig, Anikke Fox, Arthur French.

Cast: Gabe Fazio, Jack Davidson*, Thomas J. Kane, Eric Rasmussen*, Johanna Leister*, Bonnie Black*, Liz Larsen*, Harvey Evans*, Matthew Conlon*, Suzanne Gordon, Jessica Bathurst, Georgina Bates, Marina Re*, Noah de Matteo, Stephanie Gentile, Alexandra de Matteo, Nick DeSimone, Sophia Remolde, Emily Mitchell, Matt Stapleton, Anil Ramani, Jack Sheehy, Walter L. Simpson III, Tom Tinelli, Hanna Hayes, David Eden, Adam Marton, Robert Tennenhouse*, Fred Nelson, Carol Mannie*, Alexandra Napier, Kathleen Peirce, Grace Kiley*, Matthew Tischler, Diane Dreher, Andrew Ehrlich, Barbara Tabor*, Letty Ferrer*, Suzanne Limozinere, Rachel Benbow Murdy*, Margaret Ritchie*.

*Appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association

Set, Lighting, Sound: Corrie Beth Allen Costume Consultant: Catherine Siracusa Santa’s Elves Lizzie Folie, Dara Kramer (EVENING A) Lauren Johnson, Dara Kramer (EVENING B) Sound: David Loughlin Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Tara Webb

The Holiday Plays were performed December 11th – 23rd

Lake Hollywood

An HB Ensemble Production

Playwright: John Guare HB Studio - Lake Hollywood

Director: Amy Wright

Cast: Georgina Bates, John FitzGibbon*, Richard Mawe*, Liam Mitchell*, Danae Torn*, Reed Birney*, Denise Lute*, Barry McBrien, Catherine Siracusa, Rip Torn*, Amy Wright*.

*Appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association

Costume Designer: Juliann Kroboth Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Corrie Beth Allen Stage Manager: Jamila Whigham Assistant Stage Manager and Sound Operator: Lizzie Follie Sound Design: Alan Bluestone Construction: Giovanni Villari House Manager: Tom Tinelli Backstage: Jamila Wigham

Lake Hollywood was performed November 2nd – 19th, 2007

Synopsis: According to Agnes, August 15th is Virgin Mary’s day. If someone goes for a swim on Scroon Lake on that day they can be cured from any disease for the rest of the year. Agnes has been following this yearly tradition since she was a child and is thrilled that Andrew, her significant other joins her on this date for a swim in the lake. Florence (Flo) and her husband, Randolph along with his mother, Mrs. Larry also follow along for an afternoon picnic.This play takes place on a summer day in New Hampshire August 15th, 1940 and Hell’s Kitchen, NYC in the late 1980’s where married couple Agnes and Andrew, now a happy family in their late years reveal their hidden stories from over 50 years ago.

Summerfolk

An HB Ensemble Production Summerfolk - HB Studio

Playwrights: Maxim Gorky, Translated by John Tillinger and Edward Gilbert

Director: Austin Pendleton

Cast: Andy McCutcheon*, Dara O’Brien, Georgina Bates, James LaChere, Michael Epp, Adam Groves, Kathryn Danielle*, Mindy Luce, Kathleen Peirce, Grace Kiley*, Toshiji Takeshima, Shaun Bennet Wilson, Koichiro Goto, Etienne Navarre, David B. Sochet*, Kenneth Thompson, Nick DeSimone, Louis Zorich*, Barry McBrien, David McElfresh*, Hanna Hayes, Judy Rosenblatt*, Tom Schubert, Danusia Roberts*, Marci Occhino.

*Appearing courtesy of the Actor’s Equity Association

Lighting Design: Brian Nason Stage Management: Shiraz Biggie, Abbey Simon Costume Design: Patricia Adshead, Catherine Siracusa Assistant Director: Karen B. Song Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Duana Pagano Office Manager: Tara Webb Dramaturg: Stephanie Braxton*

Summerfolk was performed September 14th – 30th, 2007

Synopsis: The play dramatises the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. It is set in a world of “false hopes and unfulfilled promises,” where dachas have been subdivided into summer colonies and the newly rich idle away their time in unhappy romantic alliances. Gorky’s characters are still dreaming of a better life, but they are increasingly aware of impending revolution.

Homing

An HB Staged Reading

Part of The 2nd 6 Playwrights in Search of a Production

Playwright: Maureen Laffey

Director: Jack Hofsiss

Homing was performed October 29th – 30th, 2009

Our Son’s Wedding

A Playwrights in Development Series

Part of “The 2nd Six Playwrights in Search of a Production…”

Playwright: Donna de Matteo

Director: Donna de Matteo

Cast: Marina Re*, Roger Serbagi*, Perry Ojeda*, Eric Rasmussen*

*Appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association

Stage Directions: Chris Drury Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Office Manager: Tara Webb

Our Son’s Wedding was performed October 25th & 26th, 2008

Synopsis: Husband-to-be Michael and Dr. David Schwartz are bound to get married for the first time. Angelo Lo Presto, seemingly homophobic father of Michael and his wife of forty years, Mary Lo Presto are having an adversarial conversation in their hotel suite at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Boston, MA about their son’s marriage. Michael is crushed when he finds out about a huge wedding decoration error, his interior decorator mind drives him into destroying half of the decorations and punching his groom in the face after following his mother’s advice. Angelo Lo Presto is also involved in the feud when he has to face his wife’s secrets after being kept in the dark for a long time.

Cawfee Tawk

Part of “The 2nd Six Playwrights in Search of a Production…”

Playwright: Jenifer Badamo

Director: Marlene Mancini

Cast: Nicole Pandolfo, Marina Re, Sophia Remolde, Jenny Mollen.

Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Office Manager: Tara Webb Stage Directions: Catherine Siracusa

Cawfee Tawk was performed 22nd – 23rd

Synopsis: In 1970, during the Vietnam War, childhood friends Maria, Luann, and Geri gossip about past relationships, including their personal ones. In Rosie’s apartment, Maria’s future mother-in-law, Rosie threatens to expose her secret from a past mistake if she doesn’t call off her wedding with her son.While Luann, an Irish-methodist struggles with the pressure of neighborhood rumors that her future husband is queer. Whereas twenty-three year-old, Geri is not concerned with her life decisions as she chooses a stable job career over a family.

What Keeps Us Going

An HB Studio Production

Part of The 2nd Six Playwrights in Search of a Production

Playwright: Barbara Dana

Director: Anthony Arkin

Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Office Manager: Tara Webb

What Keeps Us Going was performed October 22nd – 23rd, 2008