Sense and Sensibility Playing Now Through March 12!
Historic Community Theatre in Wayland, MA
2022-23 Season
Hercule Poirot:
Monsieur Bouc:
Mary Debenham:
Hector MacQueen:
Michel:
Princess Dragomiroff:
Greta Ohlsson:
Countess Andreyni
Helen Hubbard:
Colonel Arbuthnot:
Samuel Ratchett:
Head Waitress:
Shayne Doherty
Adam Heroux
Allison Rudmann Putnam
Craig Ciampa
Mark Rolli
Anne Damon
Catherine Haverkampf
Kristie Norris
Jennifer Gasser
Mike Hadad
Jason Myatt
Kate Mahoney
Directed by Chris Cardoni
November 3 - 12, 2022
The Bridges of Madison County
Book by Marsha Norman
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Katie Swimm (Cinderella, Peter and The Starcatcher)
Friday, Feb. 24 8pm
Saturday, Feb. 25 2pm & 8pm
Thursday, March 2 & Friday, March 3 8pm
Saturday, March 4 2pm & 8pm
Thursday, March 9 & Friday, March 10 8pm
Saturday, March 11 2pm & 8pm
What can you really learn about someone in four days? More important, what can you learn about yourself? Francesca is an Italian-American, brought back from World War II Europe by an American soldier to become an Iowa farmer’s wife. Is that who she is? Robert is a photographer for National Geographic, and he’s come to take pictures of covered bridges in the county. He finds much more than just photogenic bridges when he meets Francesca, and he’s instantly enamored by her. His openness and his strength become a catalyst for Francesca to reconsider her choices and her heart. In the crucible of a small Iowa farm, The Bridges of Madison County weaves an almost incredible tale of romantic ideals and yearnings that flowed from the novella by Robert James Waller. A book written by Marsha Norman (‘night, Mother) and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Mr. Saturday Night) heighten the theatrical experience as they reinforce the magic that overtakes two sober people who fall in love, and allow themselves to explore that love passionately.
Francesca:
Rob:
Bud:
Carolyn:
Michael:
Marge:
Charlie:
Marian/Chiara:
Lisa Tierney
Matthew Ford
Matt Welch
Lila Hoffman
Sean Donnelly
Nicole Burke
Brian Higgins
Emily Lambert
Ensemble: Robert Orzalli, Tom Marsh, Shai Wolf, Paul Nelson, Maddie Sabin, Jenny Wiech-Delaney, Barbara Kessler, Melissa Paz
Casa Valentina
By Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Donnie Baillargeon (The Price, Fun Home)
Friday, May 5 8pm
Saturday, May 6 2pm & 8pm
Thursday, May 11 & Friday, May 12 8pm
Saturday, May 13 2pm & 8pm
Thursday, May 18 & Friday, May 19 8pm
Saturday, May 20 2pm & 8pm
During the summer of 1962 mainstream society had very little room for any behavior considered out of the norm. These were still the days that men were to behave “like men”, and nobody was to be outrageous (except Jerry Lewis). But, if you were a man who dressed in women’s clothes, there were few opportunities for finding community, let alone understanding. It is in this “ancient” society that George and Rita have built a refuge in the Catskills for men to express their true selves; where George can rule the roost as Valentina: a house bursting with music, conversation, and conviviality. Yet, the bonds of the community are severely strained when a leader for a national “Sorority” movement comes to the Catskills to recruit them. But joining this Sorority might cost them more than they’re willing to pay: their anonymity, their friends, and fundamentally perhaps, a piece of themselves. In Casa Valentina, we find that there are no easy answers, no perfect havens, no painless choices and that the “only way out, is through”.
Rita
Jonathon/Miranda
Albert/Bessie
George/Valentina
Isadore/Charlotte
Michael/Gloria
Theodore/Terry
The Judge/Amy
Eleanor
Susan Gilbert
Nick Miller
Jason Rutledge
David Berti
John Pease
Peyton Pugmire
Brian O'Hara
Bill Novakowski
Christina Petrillo
Maytag Virgin
By Audrey Cefaly
Directed by Celia Couture (Silent Sky)
Jack Key: Craig Ciampa
Lizzy Nash: Jennifer Shea