An HB Staged Reading
Part of The 4th Seven Playwrights in Search of a Production
Playwright: Julie McKee
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
Will Sacrifice was performed October 25th – 26th, 2010
An HB Staged Reading
Part of The 4th Seven Playwrights in Search of a Production
Playwright: Laura Shaine
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
Midnight City was performed October 21st – 22nd, 2010
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 Staged Reading
Part of The 4th Seven Playwrights In Search of a Production
Playwright: Lawrence DuKore
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
Buddies was performed October 16th – 17th, 2010
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.
A One Act Play Festival
Playwrights: Alan Ayckbourn
Directors: Giovanni Villari, Jessica Shotwell, Marlene Mancini, Catherine Siracusa, Adam Delia, Arthur French, Jason Jung, Jim Mendrinos, Michael Beckett, Dawn Sofia, Cynthia Eisemann, Rochelle Oliver
Cast: Jody Prusan*, John Payne*, Suzanne Limozinere, Rachel Benbow Murdy*, Catherine Zubkow, Chris Johnson*, Kimber Monroe*, Delia Bannon, Morgana Cragnotti, Marlene Mancini*, Eric Rasmussen*, Hector Felix, Misha Braun, Nick Hepsoe, Claude Jay*, Eric McMillen*, Paul Eisemann, Philip Kushner*, Arnie Mazer, Gina Stahlnecker*, Marion Le Coguic, John Montague, Olivia Buckley, Dara O’Brien, Margaret Ritchie*, Craig McNulty*, Oliver Lipton, Barbara Tabor*, Glenn Beatty, Patricia Parker*, Laurel Casillo, Katy Frame*
Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Lighting Design: Alexander Bartenieff Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Office Manager: Susannah Robertson Assistant Stage Managers: Tracey Toth & Chandana Mahadeswaraswamy
The Bedroom Plays: Ten Minute Play Festival was performed on April 9 – April 27 2012
EVENING A:
Short a Man
Last Night
Darling
I Believe in Bloody Mary
Over Easy
A Room Forever
Self Examination
Darkness to Light
Beth and Ben
EVENING B:
The Nutty Fella
Long Time Coming
Interrupted Bliss
What They Don’t Tell You
The War Trophy
Medal of Honor
Just Like Your Father
In Naked Time
The Edge of the Bed
The Old House was performed as a Staged Reading in the 2010-11 season and a full production on February 8 – February 25, 2012
Playwright: Peter Coston
Director: Laura Esterman
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 Roussos
The Old House was performed October 14th – 15th, 2012
Synopsis: The Bauer family has lost their son, Raymond a soldier in World War II who are conflicted on whether or not build a statue in his honor in the new town the family has moved into. Should it be built in Middlesex or Littlefield? Should it be built at all?