Program - Hovey Players

Hovey Players, Inc.
Waltham's Theater Since 1936
Hovey Players Presents
2003-2004 SEASON
HABEAS CORPUS
By Alan Bennett
Directed by John MacKenzie
G.R. POINT
By David Berry
Directed by Michelle Aguillon
ARCADIA
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Michael Tonner
SPEED THE PLOW
By David Mamet
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis
LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Luke Dennis
Reserve your tickets in April for our next production of
The Love of the Nightingale
SPEED
THE
PLOW
May 14-29, 2004
8th Annual Hovey Summer Shorts Festival!
By David Mamet
A Festival of New Works By Local Authors
Produced by Jerry Bisantz
August 26-28 and September 2-4, 2004
This year at Turtle Lane Playhouse!
Mailing Address:
Street Address:
P.O. Box 540101
Waltham, MA
02254-0101
Abbott Memorial Theater
9 Spring Street
Waltham, MA 02254
Email us at [email protected]
Please visit us on the web at www.hoveyplayers.com
Box Office: 781-893-9171 or [email protected]
Green Room: 781- 647-1211
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis
Director’s Notes
Hovey Players Season Subscription Form
(2003-2004 Season is printed on the back of this program)
We are also accepting subscriptions for our 2004-2005 season (TBA soon)!
A bit about the playwright…
David Mamet is credited with reinventing American theatrical language. His terse,
cryptic dialogue is marked by a staccato rhythm and tough, often profane
Please use one form per household; list all names that apply (add extra names at the bottom
of this sheet).
Name:
Phone:
power of the playwright's characters stems from the way they reveal themselves
Name:
Phone:
through language that conveys its meaning as much from what is being withheld
Address:
Email:
as from the words actually spoken. Many Mamet plays deal with declining
City:
language, has become a major element of the theatrical lexicon: Mametspeak. The
morality reflecting his view of society as a spiritual wasteland. His best known
State:
Zip:
Please reserve ___ Subscribing Memberships at $60 each
=
=
estate office; Speed-the-Plow, written four years later (1988) focused on the
Please reserve ___ Senior Subscribing Memberships at $50 each
(Over age 62)
Active Membership dues only ___ at $10
underbelly of show business. Con artists and their games in life dominate both
I would like to make an additional Tax Deductible contribution of
plays explore these themes through tough male macho characters. For example,
the Pulitzer Prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross was set in a grungy Chicago real
plays. In Speed-the-Plow, Mamet makes use of his increasing knowledge of
Hollywood to provide an updated, insider's look at the city emblematic of both
success and corruption. Speed-the-Plow's portrait of the "buddy-movie" formula
rings with the wry humor of one who has observed the pattern at close range.
Thus, Mamet has created a “buddy-play” which seems ultimately to argue for the
values of personal loyalty and male friendship in a world whose emotional note is
z
Total Enclosed
=
$__________
$__________
Your subscription includes: one admission to each of our five regular productions and your
annual membership dues, a total value of $85 ($75).
If for some reason we cannot mount a particular production, we reserve the right to
substitute a different title. You may allow anyone to use your subscription should you be
unable to attend a performance or actively involved in a Hovey production.
Additional Household Names:
cynical hypocrisy.
Name:
Many Thanks To…
Chad Council
Kate Pearson
Jeanne Petrangelo
Dave Sheppard
Ronni Marshak
Herman Scott
…and to those individuals who helped with the production after this program went to print
Name:
Name:
Rabid Skunk Entertainment
Meeting your creative media needs.
Film – Photography - Video - Audio – Contact Daemeon Pratt
at www.rabidskunk.com
This show contains graphic language and adult situations.
CAST
Richard Rininsland
Bill Stambaugh
Renee Tyzbir
Bob Gould
Charlie Fox
Karen
The setting is Hollywood in the 1980s. Speed-the-Plow takes place in movie producer
Bobby Gould's office and his apartment somewhere in LALA land.
The play is performed in three scenes: Scene 1 - Gould's office; Scene 2 - later that night in
Gould's apartment; Scene 3 - the next morning in Gould's office.
There will be a 15-minute intermission between Scenes 1 & 2. Refreshments are available
upstairs.
Baan Thai
Authentic Thai Cuisine & Sushi Bar
659 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451
Telephone 781-893-7700
Fax 781-893-7701
Business Hours
Mon-Fri 11:30 AM-3:00 PM, 5:00-10:00 PM
Sat 5:00-11:00 PM
Sun 5:00-10:00 PM
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director
Producer
Technical Director
Production Assistant
Stage Manager
Scenic Artist
Properties
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Box Office Manager
Photography
Crew Chief
Technical Crew
Special thanks to Sovereign Bank of Waltham for their
generous contribution.
Publicity
Program Cover
Program
Nancy Curran Willis
Michelle M. Aguillon
John MacKenzie
Jenna Lea Scott
Chris Wrenn
J.P. Nadeau
Karen Dervin
James Lavenburg
Matthew Silverstein
Kate Tonner
Daemeon Pratt
Rocco Sperazzo
Ben Aldridge
Shannon Allen
Justin Budinoff
Matthew Silverstein
Michael Tonner
Gordon Ellis
Michelle M. Aguillon
Michelle M. Aguillon
Ronni Marshak
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Biographies
Richard Rininsland (Bobby Gould): Richard joins us for his second Hovey production.
He recently enjoyed performing as Feste for Twelfth Night last season and is very pleased
to have a chance to play for you again. Rich can also be seen in many Renaissance festivals
throughout the New England area, including playing the Connecticut Yankee this spring at
Hammond Castle.
Bill Stambaugh (Charlie Fox): Bill is happy to be making his Hovey debut for this
production of Speed-the-Plow. Bill is an active member in community theatre and in the
past some of his favorite roles have included R.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over The
Cuckoo’s Nest, Willie Conklin in Ragtime, Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret, Stanley in Streetcar
Named Desire, Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross, Roy Cohn in Angels in America Part I, John
Proctor in The Crucible, Lucien P. Smith in The Boys Next Door, Marc in Art, Ellard in The
Foreigner, as well as productions of The Dresser, Follies (w/ Len Cariou), Cinderella, The
Unexpected Guest, The Nerd, The Dining Room, Broadway Bound, The Substance of Fire,
Rumors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors, The Lion in Winter, and
The Wizard of Oz among many others. He has performed in the EMACT Festival 4 years
running and has been recognized for his performances in Glengarry Glen Ross and Angels
in America Part I, as well as making the finals for production 3 years in a row. At the 2003
EMACT Festival, Bill was awarded “Best Actor” for his performance in Lonely Planet.
Thank you to his cast and crew for their hard work, and to his Mom for her undying
patience and support through everything.
Renee Tyzbir (Karen): Renee is thrilled to be doing her first show with the Hovey
Players. Having just moved from Washington, D.C., she performed murder mystery
comedy dinner theater at the Blair Mansion in D.C. While attending the University of
Vermont, Renee minored in theatre and performed in several productions including the role
of Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. She is ecstatic to be acting once again!
Currently, Renee is a middle school English teacher in Weston. Renee is very grateful to
Nancy for casting her in this show. Renee would like to thank her cast for making every
rehearsal full of endless entertainment. She would also like to thank her family and friends
for always encouraging her to pursue her dream of doing theatre.
Nancy Curran Willis (Director): is pleased to be directing at Hovey for the first
time. Nancy is the Managing Director for Boston Theatre Works where she made her main
stage debut with the Elliot Norton award-winning production of The Laramie Project. She
also directed BTW productions of Coyote on a Fence and the world premiere of
Conspiracy of Memory. Nancy has directed over 50 productions for theater companies
throughout eastern Massachusetts. She spent two seasons as Managing Director of
Gloucester Stage Company, where she directed Berlin to Broadway, restaged her BTW
production of The Laramie Project and directed Israel Horovitz’ Ten Minutes After
Paradise for the Boston Theater Marathon. She was a founding member and artistic
director of the Boston-area Second Stage Theatre Company and directed their debut
production, Neil Simon’s Proposals. Nancy directed the 1999 Gassner award-winning play,
Mockba, A Play about Moscow at Boston Playwrights Theater. She worked as Assistant
Director with Rick Lombardo at New Repertory Theatre on the area premiere of Beast on
the Moon. Nancy has directed shows for the Quannapowitt Players, Burlington Players,
Arlington Friends, Concord Players, Winchester Players and Vokes Players. Her shows
have won many EMACT honors, and she earned NETC's Best Director honors for Woman
in Mind; as well as directing the NETC/EMACT Best Productions of A Stye of the Eye, The
Boys Next Door, and A Piece of My Heart.
The Hovey Players would like to thank our friends and
benefactors for their kind and generous support:
Benefactors ($200-$2,000)
Friends ($5-$49)
Anonymous
Lissi Engvall
Joseph Lomardi
John Tierney
Albert Arena
Tom Arena
Sidney and Rita Bourne
Gordon Buck
Elaine Chico
Anne Deangelis
Glen Ellis
Patricia Howard
Jeanine Leonard
Viola Leone
Lucille Lopresti
Violet P.Maguire
Michelle Mulvaney
John Murtaugh
Jennifer Patton and Scott Schurr
Liz and Fred Robbins
Jean Roche
Constance Tonner
Phyllis Weaver
William G and Alice Webb
Angels ($100-$199)
Thomas Berry
Doris Goldstein
Lorraine Halgas and Steven Wolfe
Eric Houghton and Erika Foin
David and Joyce Wilbourn
Sponsors ($50-$99)
David Berti
Nancy Curran Willis
Peter M. Floyd
Ronni Marshak
Lida Bander McGirr
Marjorie McNicholas
George Sauer
Herman and Joan Suit
Daniel Taylor and Joan Smith
Ralph Tomao
Your support does make a difference. Please consider making a donation and helping us to
continue to bring live theater to the community. Contributions are tax deductible.
Please make checks payable to:
The Hovey Players
If you wish, mail your check to:
(Or you can just hand your check
to a member of the company!)
The Hovey Players
Treasurer
PO Box 540101
Waltham, MA
02254-0101
Biographies
Richard Rininsland (Bobby Gould): Richard joins us for his second Hovey production.
He recently enjoyed performing as Feste for Twelfth Night last season and is very pleased
to have a chance to play for you again. Rich can also be seen in many Renaissance festivals
throughout the New England area, including playing the Connecticut Yankee this spring at
Hammond Castle.
Bill Stambaugh (Charlie Fox): Bill is happy to be making his Hovey debut for this
production of Speed-the-Plow. Bill is an active member in community theatre and in the
past some of his favorite roles have included R.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over The
Cuckoo’s Nest, Willie Conklin in Ragtime, Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret, Stanley in Streetcar
Named Desire, Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross, Roy Cohn in Angels in America Part I, John
Proctor in The Crucible, Lucien P. Smith in The Boys Next Door, Marc in Art, Ellard in The
Foreigner, as well as productions of The Dresser, Follies (w/ Len Cariou), Cinderella, The
Unexpected Guest, The Nerd, The Dining Room, Broadway Bound, The Substance of Fire,
Rumors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors, The Lion in Winter, and
The Wizard of Oz among many others. He has performed in the EMACT Festival 4 years
running and has been recognized for his performances in Glengarry Glen Ross and Angels
in America Part I, as well as making the finals for production 3 years in a row. At the 2003
EMACT Festival, Bill was awarded “Best Actor” for his performance in Lonely Planet.
Thank you to his cast and crew for their hard work, and to his Mom for her undying
patience and support through everything.
Renee Tyzbir (Karen): Renee is thrilled to be doing her first show with the Hovey
Players. Having just moved from Washington, D.C., she performed murder mystery
comedy dinner theater at the Blair Mansion in D.C. While attending the University of
Vermont, Renee minored in theatre and performed in several productions including the role
of Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. She is ecstatic to be acting once again!
Currently, Renee is a middle school English teacher in Weston. Renee is very grateful to
Nancy for casting her in this show. Renee would like to thank her cast for making every
rehearsal full of endless entertainment. She would also like to thank her family and friends
for always encouraging her to pursue her dream of doing theatre.
Nancy Curran Willis (Director): is pleased to be directing at Hovey for the first
time. Nancy is the Managing Director for Boston Theatre Works where she made her main
stage debut with the Elliot Norton award-winning production of The Laramie Project. She
also directed BTW productions of Coyote on a Fence and the world premiere of
Conspiracy of Memory. Nancy has directed over 50 productions for theater companies
throughout eastern Massachusetts. She spent two seasons as Managing Director of
Gloucester Stage Company, where she directed Berlin to Broadway, restaged her BTW
production of The Laramie Project and directed Israel Horovitz’ Ten Minutes After
Paradise for the Boston Theater Marathon. She was a founding member and artistic
director of the Boston-area Second Stage Theatre Company and directed their debut
production, Neil Simon’s Proposals. Nancy directed the 1999 Gassner award-winning play,
Mockba, A Play about Moscow at Boston Playwrights Theater. She worked as Assistant
Director with Rick Lombardo at New Repertory Theatre on the area premiere of Beast on
the Moon. Nancy has directed shows for the Quannapowitt Players, Burlington Players,
Arlington Friends, Concord Players, Winchester Players and Vokes Players. Her shows
have won many EMACT honors, and she earned NETC's Best Director honors for Woman
in Mind; as well as directing the NETC/EMACT Best Productions of A Stye of the Eye, The
Boys Next Door, and A Piece of My Heart.
The Hovey Players would like to thank our friends and
benefactors for their kind and generous support:
Benefactors ($200-$2,000)
Friends ($5-$49)
Anonymous
Lissi Engvall
Joseph Lomardi
John Tierney
Albert Arena
Tom Arena
Sidney and Rita Bourne
Gordon Buck
Elaine Chico
Anne Deangelis
Glen Ellis
Patricia Howard
Jeanine Leonard
Viola Leone
Lucille Lopresti
Violet P.Maguire
Michelle Mulvaney
John Murtaugh
Jennifer Patton and Scott Schurr
Liz and Fred Robbins
Jean Roche
Constance Tonner
Phyllis Weaver
William G and Alice Webb
Angels ($100-$199)
Thomas Berry
Doris Goldstein
Lorraine Halgas and Steven Wolfe
Eric Houghton and Erika Foin
David and Joyce Wilbourn
Sponsors ($50-$99)
David Berti
Nancy Curran Willis
Peter M. Floyd
Ronni Marshak
Lida Bander McGirr
Marjorie McNicholas
George Sauer
Herman and Joan Suit
Daniel Taylor and Joan Smith
Ralph Tomao
Your support does make a difference. Please consider making a donation and helping us to
continue to bring live theater to the community. Contributions are tax deductible.
Please make checks payable to:
The Hovey Players
If you wish, mail your check to:
(Or you can just hand your check
to a member of the company!)
The Hovey Players
Treasurer
PO Box 540101
Waltham, MA
02254-0101
Director’s Notes
Hovey Players Season Subscription Form
(2003-2004 Season is printed on the back of this program)
We are also accepting subscriptions for our 2004-2005 season (TBA soon)!
A bit about the playwright…
David Mamet is credited with reinventing American theatrical language. His terse,
cryptic dialogue is marked by a staccato rhythm and tough, often profane
Please use one form per household; list all names that apply (add extra names at the bottom
of this sheet).
Name:
Phone:
power of the playwright's characters stems from the way they reveal themselves
Name:
Phone:
through language that conveys its meaning as much from what is being withheld
Address:
Email:
as from the words actually spoken. Many Mamet plays deal with declining
City:
language, has become a major element of the theatrical lexicon: Mametspeak. The
morality reflecting his view of society as a spiritual wasteland. His best known
State:
Zip:
Please reserve ___ Subscribing Memberships at $60 each
=
=
estate office; Speed-the-Plow, written four years later (1988) focused on the
Please reserve ___ Senior Subscribing Memberships at $50 each
(Over age 62)
Active Membership dues only ___ at $10
underbelly of show business. Con artists and their games in life dominate both
I would like to make an additional Tax Deductible contribution of
plays explore these themes through tough male macho characters. For example,
the Pulitzer Prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross was set in a grungy Chicago real
plays. In Speed-the-Plow, Mamet makes use of his increasing knowledge of
Hollywood to provide an updated, insider's look at the city emblematic of both
success and corruption. Speed-the-Plow's portrait of the "buddy-movie" formula
rings with the wry humor of one who has observed the pattern at close range.
Thus, Mamet has created a “buddy-play” which seems ultimately to argue for the
values of personal loyalty and male friendship in a world whose emotional note is
z
Total Enclosed
=
$__________
$__________
Your subscription includes: one admission to each of our five regular productions and your
annual membership dues, a total value of $85 ($75).
If for some reason we cannot mount a particular production, we reserve the right to
substitute a different title. You may allow anyone to use your subscription should you be
unable to attend a performance or actively involved in a Hovey production.
Additional Household Names:
cynical hypocrisy.
Name:
Many Thanks To…
Chad Council
Kate Pearson
Jeanne Petrangelo
Dave Sheppard
Ronni Marshak
Herman Scott
…and to those individuals who helped with the production after this program went to print
Name:
Name:
Rabid Skunk Entertainment
Meeting your creative media needs.
Film – Photography - Video - Audio – Contact Daemeon Pratt
at www.rabidskunk.com
This show contains graphic language and adult situations.
CAST
Richard Rininsland
Bill Stambaugh
Renee Tyzbir
Bob Gould
Charlie Fox
Karen
The setting is Hollywood in the 1980s. Speed-the-Plow takes place in movie producer
Bobby Gould's office and his apartment somewhere in LALA land.
The play is performed in three scenes: Scene 1 - Gould's office; Scene 2 - later that night in
Gould's apartment; Scene 3 - the next morning in Gould's office.
There will be a 15-minute intermission between Scenes 1 & 2. Refreshments are available
upstairs.
Baan Thai
Authentic Thai Cuisine & Sushi Bar
659 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451
Telephone 781-893-7700
Fax 781-893-7701
Business Hours
Mon-Fri 11:30 AM-3:00 PM, 5:00-10:00 PM
Sat 5:00-11:00 PM
Sun 5:00-10:00 PM
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director
Producer
Technical Director
Production Assistant
Stage Manager
Scenic Artist
Properties
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Box Office Manager
Photography
Crew Chief
Technical Crew
Special thanks to Sovereign Bank of Waltham for their
generous contribution.
Publicity
Program Cover
Program
Nancy Curran Willis
Michelle M. Aguillon
John MacKenzie
Jenna Lea Scott
Chris Wrenn
J.P. Nadeau
Karen Dervin
James Lavenburg
Matthew Silverstein
Kate Tonner
Daemeon Pratt
Rocco Sperazzo
Ben Aldridge
Shannon Allen
Justin Budinoff
Matthew Silverstein
Michael Tonner
Gordon Ellis
Michelle M. Aguillon
Michelle M. Aguillon
Ronni Marshak
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Hovey Players, Inc.
Waltham's Theater Since 1936
Hovey Players Presents
2003-2004 SEASON
HABEAS CORPUS
By Alan Bennett
Directed by John MacKenzie
G.R. POINT
By David Berry
Directed by Michelle Aguillon
ARCADIA
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Michael Tonner
SPEED THE PLOW
By David Mamet
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis
LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Luke Dennis
Reserve your tickets in April for our next production of
The Love of the Nightingale
SPEED
THE
PLOW
May 14-29, 2004
8th Annual Hovey Summer Shorts Festival!
By David Mamet
A Festival of New Works By Local Authors
Produced by Jerry Bisantz
August 26-28 and September 2-4, 2004
This year at Turtle Lane Playhouse!
Mailing Address:
Street Address:
P.O. Box 540101
Waltham, MA
02254-0101
Abbott Memorial Theater
9 Spring Street
Waltham, MA 02254
Email us at [email protected]
Please visit us on the web at www.hoveyplayers.com
Box Office: 781-893-9171 or [email protected]
Green Room: 781- 647-1211
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis