Tickets:
Tickets are available from our Tickets page.
Performances:
Friday, April 19, 2024, at 8:00pm at in Davis Square
Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 8:00pm at in Davis Square
Friday, April 26, 2024, at 7:30pm at in Watertown
Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 7:30pm at in Watertown
Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 1:30pm at in Watertown (matinée)
Locations:
Guild Church (formerly Boston Brunch Church), 204 Elm Street, Somerville (for auditions, rehearsals, and the first weekend’s performances)
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown (for the second weekend’s performances)
Program:
Cast and crew bios are available on our online program page.
Our Spring 2024 show was the premiere of local author Michael Lin’s Cold-War spy thriller, “Women Behind the Curtain”, accompanied by our recreation of the 1948 radio play “The Outcasts”.
Both audio plays were presented on stage in the style of old-time radio with actors at microphones and sound effects performed live by our talented Foley artists!
Women Behind the Curtain
In Michael Lin’s spy thriller “Women Behind the Curtain”, directed by Jay Sekora, a French spy in the Soviet Union finds unexpected allies — and unexpected enemies!
The Outcasts
This short radio play was part of the Lest We Forget series, commissioned by the US government after World War II to promote values of pluralism and tolerance. (Yes, that was also the time of Jim Crow — we’ve always been a complicated country.) In “The Outcasts”, directed by Kitty Drexel, a group of homeowners wonder whether prospective homebuyers are the kinds of neighbors they want — and one of them has to decide whether to risk speaking her mind.
Cast and Crew
The Outcasts
Written by B. J. Chute,
adapted for radio by Sigmund Miller and Kitty Drexel,
and directed by Kitty Drexel
| Edna Narrator |
..... | Linda Adams |
| John | ..... | Evan Bernstein |
| Madge Hennesy Timmy |
..... | Catherine Hersh |
| Winifred | ..... | Kate Mahoney |
| Harlan | ..... | Jacob Sommer |
| Foley | ..... | Francine Davis |
| Foley | ..... | Mare Freed |
Women Behind the Curtain
Written by Michael Lin
and directed by Jay Sekora
| Aleksandra Kuznetsova | ..... | Livie Keane |
| Renée Remillard | ..... | Jenny Gutbezahl |
| Ivan Mishkin | ..... | David Dooks |
| Grigori Leonov | ..... | Jim Nelson |
| Desmond Cleese | ..... | Alex LaFreniere |
| Ensemble | ..... | Jacob Sommer |
| Ensemble | ..... | Roslyn A. Manning |
| Foley | ..... | Francine Davis |
| Foley | ..... | Mare Freed |
Crew
| Producer | ..... | Pooja Usgaonkar |
| Co-producer | ..... | Kitty Drexel |
| Stage Manager | ..... | Jaclyn Wilson |
| Assistant Stage Manager | ..... | Chloe Melville |
| Foley Coordinator | ..... | Mollie Bourne |
| Foley Coordinator | ..... | Jaimie Carlson |
| Sound Engineer | ..... | Ray Zaslow |
| Sound Designer | ..... | Kim Dauber |
| Sound Board Op | ..... | Kim Dauber |
| Graphic Designer | ..... | Jeremy Holstein |
| Production Assistant | ..... | Mare Freed |
| House Manager (Somerville) | ..... | Sally Lahoud |