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!!!Auditions!!!!
SPF12 Auditions
Noah Tobin’s
Expecting
A bitterly funny exploration of a young woman facing the modern thirty-something’s crisis.
The headstrong and quirky
Gabrielle (Jennifer Reagan) may be single, but she’s reached her
mid-thirties largely unscathed. She has a successful career and a loving
family, but something is missing (and it isn’t a man). Gabrielle wants a
child, but without a boyfriend or a husband waiting in the wings,
what’s a girl to do? With the help of her protective sister, her
liberated mother, an imaginary sperm donor and the most unlikely of
suitors, Gabrielle’s five-year plan might just have to be re-imagined!
 
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This summer, Boston Actors Theater is elated to team with our good friends at Happy Medium Theatre and Heart & Dagger Productions to bring the Boston community one of the most hauntingly visceral shows ever written:
POLAROID STORIES
by Naomi Iizuka
Naomi Iizuka's 1997 play, Polaroid Stories, consciously uses stories, characters and themes from Ovid's Metamorphoses to tell the stories of street kids living on the edge in a desolate, urban landscape. Because these characters are named after Orpheus and Eurydice, and Echo and Narcissus, or based on stories of Dionysus, and Ariadne and Theseus, and because scenes are entitled "The Story of Semele" or "Theseus in the Labyrinth," Iizuka creates a world that has two dimensions: the gritty realm of drug dealers, homeless kids, and prostitutes and the realm of self-fashioning and shape-shifting gods. By blending these two dimensions, Iizuka comments on several Ovidian themes: the relationship of the gods to humans, women as victims, and the power of story-telling.
The show will be directed and choreographed by Joey C. Pelletier and Elise Weiner Wulff, with assistance from Mikey DiLoreto. Lighting will be designed by Michael Clark Wonson. The set will be designed by Sean A. Cote. Sound will be designed by Tony Knapp.
The production will star: Danielle Leeber as Philomel, Mikey DiLoreto as D, Elizabeth Battey as Echo, Erin Rae Zalaski as SkinheadGirl, Kiki Samko as Persephone, Michael Underhill as Narcissus, Amy Meyer as Daphne, Michael Caminiti as SkinheadBoy, Jesse Wood as G, Robyn Linden as Semele, Melissa DeJesus as Eurydice, and Luke Murtha as Orpheus.
The production will also feature a high-octane, dance-infused ensemble: Nicole Howard, Lauren Elias, Sarah Sixt, Ashley Gramolini, Kate Shanahan, Denise Drago, and Danny Raps.
On behalf of Boston Actors Theater, we would like to thank the following donors for so generously supporting our KickStarter campaign:
NYMPHS:
Rick Park, Anat Sagi, Cassie M. Seinuk, and Terry Torres
DRYADS:
Maggie Carmany, Krista D’Agostino, Marlee Delia, Derek Nelson Fraser, Caryn Hirsch, David Levinson, Robyn Linden, Christina Malanga, Amy Meyer, David Miller, Lesley Anne Moreau, Daneil Morris, Daniel Schuettinger, Meg Taintor, Meredith Tardiff, Molly Yarn
SATYRS:
David S. Brenner, Anne Continelli, Denise Drago, Lauren Elias, Linda Farnham, Brian Halligan, Stephen Kyle, David Lucas, Bob Mussett, William Schuller, Deb Shea, Yael Shy, S. Zalaski, Andy Zelenak
VESTAL VIRGINS:
Elizabeth Battey, Deirdre Benson, Shirley Browne, Aaron Cohen, Tara Dykens, Dawn Gelino, Bob & Joyce Link, Jen McCoy, Vincent Morreale, Karen Raps, Audrey Lynn Sylvia
OLYMPIANS:
Elaine Brooks, Bernice Cramer, Catherine Cramer, Richard St. Germain, Susanne Morreale Leeber
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Although you know Boston Actors Theater as a home for local artists on the stage, did you also knowthat our Sister Company is making a name for itself as a home for local writers, directors and talent on the on the web? Its true!
This fall, Paracelsus Films is producing its first Feature Length Sketch Comedy Film, How to Win the Internet (and other Questionable Endeavors)! Featuring origial works by Paul Ezzy, Lara Jay, Dan Minkle, Jennifer Reagan, Dennis Hurley and many many more!
  
But
Paracelsus Films is no stranger to working withsuch a large and diverse
cast and crew of local talent. In recent years, Paracelsus Films has
produced a number of short films and web content, including the sequel
to our original production Hence These Tears (Project Nephilim: Salvation), as well as the award winning short film, Death on Toast (Grand Prize Winner and Audience Choice for Best Comedy, 2011 Massachusetts Flash Film Festival).
If
you'd like to learn more about Paracelsus Films and how you can help
support them as they bring unique and award winning entertainment to the
Boston film scene head on over to their page on Indie Go Go to make a
donation, or head on over to their web site and sign up for their free
newsletter!
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n 2004, Boston Actors Theater has attracted both critical acclaim and unique talent. Our first two productions, A.R. Gurney's Love Letters and Steve Martin's The Underpants were widely considered successes, but it was 2005's Love From Beginning to End and Everything in Between
that helped move the company to larger spaces. As the company has grown
it has taken on more daring projects, including the critically
acclaimed Criminal Hearts original piece Hence These Tears and, most recently, the Boston Premier of Mary Zimmerman's Tony Nominated Metamorphoses.
Continuing its tradition of supporting local artists, this summer,
Boston Actors Theater will again produce its Summer Play Festival,
featuring four original one-act plays by local playwrights.