THE CRUCIBLE
Written by Arthur Miller
Sept 19 - Oct 6
Photo by UnityMike. Alexa Cadete and cast of THT Rep’s The Crucible 2024.
Photo by UnityMike. Livy Scanlon (THT Rep’s Poe Double Header), Member of AEA.
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Land is sacred to all of us. Whether we consciously appreciate it or not, land is the space upon which we play, live, eat, find love and experience life. The land is ever-changing and ever-shifting, giving us and all other creatures and beings on the earth an infinite number of gifts and lessons. Today, we acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Nipmuc Nation on which we are working and performing. We recognize and respect Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories. This sort of acknowledgement is essential to human rights work across the world. It is essential to our work of honoring stories that explore the human experience. Find more information at native-land.ca/.
THE CRUCIBLE
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR MILLER
DIRECTED BY LIVY SCANLON
CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright .................................................................................................... Arthur Miller
Director Livy Scanlon*
Associate Director Dr. Kathryn Moncrief
Production Stage Manager .................................................................... Jane Siebels*
Assistant Stage Manager Jess Brennan*
Director of Movement + Music (U/S E. Proctor and T. Putnam)......... Janis Hudson
Costume Designer ...................................................................................... Chelsea Kerl
Makeup Designer Christi Dionis
Lighting Designer ............................................................................. Laura J. Eckelman
Sound Designer + Composer Scott O’Brien
Production Manager ................................................................................ Lisa Hackman
Wardrobe Supervisor ............................................................................. Perri Sylvester
DEIB Counselor Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Prison Guard ...................................................................................... Matthew Johnson
CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
Tituba ...................................................................................................MarHadoo Effeh*
Reverend Parris Amie Lytle
Abigail Williams ........................................................................... Jaclyn Kirby Morrison
Susanna Wallcott....................................................................................... Erica Shields
Ann Putnam Abigail Milnor-Sweetser* U/S Annie Kerins*
Thomas Putnam Cassie Tortorici
Mercy Lewis Astrid Bidwell
Mary Warren ............................................................................................Alyssa Morales
Betty Parris Maggie Hamel
John Proctor ..............................................................................................Alexa Cadete
Giles Corey Julie Nelson*
Rebecca Nurse Kathryn Graham Howell*
Reverend Hale...................................................................................... Danica Gabriele
Elizabeth Proctor Meri Stypinski*
Francis Nurse ..........................................................................................Tracy Grammer
Ezekiel Cheever Lyndsey Hawkes
Willard Mitra Sharif
Judge Hathorne ....................................................................................... Prreeti Tiwari*
Deputy Governor Danforth Dee Nelson*
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
My history with this play dates back to last century. As an eighth grader in the 1990s, I first encountered The Crucible in middle school English, where my teacher, Mr. Ladd, refused to let anyone else read the role of Giles Corey. The script captured my imagination and has never let it go. In graduate school, I had the time of my life playing Abigail at Trinity Rep in Providence, Rhode Island; in 2019, I assisted Eric Tucker on the acclaimed Bedlam production in New York; and in 2023, I directed an experimental staged reading right here at THT Rep, where we explored the all-female casting concept.
The play is simply astonishing. Not only in terms of its air-tight structure, its complex characters, and its rich language – all of which are impeccable – but also in terms of its enduring ability to lay bare the demons that have haunted this nation since its violent inception. In his day, Arthur Miller wrote in response to McCarthyism and the Red Scare. In 2024, the play continues to speak not only to our propensity to indulge conspiracy theories – although it’s still all too real – but also to the vicious divide between the haves and have nots, and the weaponization of a zealous form of decidedly un-Christian Christianity designed to persecute, oppress and control people, especially women and their bodies.
If the play has a flaw, it’s that despite chronicling the heinous treatment of women, the heroic protagonist is nevertheless a man, while the villain is a traumatized teenage girl. This flaw has been addressed through classics-inspired contemporary works like John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower and The Good John Proctor by Talene Monahon. Our creative team addresses that flaw and brings out the play’s most relevant themes in another way: by placing the entirety of the storytelling in womens’ hands, using womens’ bodies, womens’ voices, womens’ imaginations, womens’ talents and skills and craft and discipline and work.
That said, the play ultimately invites all of us to examine our relationship to feeling powerless. In the play, John Proctor must decide who he will be when he is forced to choose between lies and the truth, between himself and the common good, between life and death itself. In this moment, in this country, in this world, I hope our take on this stunning American play will ask the same of each of us: Who are you? What do you stand for? How will you be forged by the crucible of our time?
Thank you, friends, for joining us. Please lean in and experience The Crucible.
Livy (Goody) Scanlon
Photo by UnityMike. Dr. Kathryn Moncrief, Livy Scanlon* and Jane Siebels*. *Member, AEA
CAST
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
MATTHEW JOHNSON he/him/his (Prison Guard)
Matthew is happy to be back performing at the BrickBox Theater to help support the cast as a special guest. His two previous roles and performances at the BrickBox were Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night directed by Brendan Fox (Second Officer) and Macbeth directed by Livy Scanlon (Murderer). Matthew is also a proud Worc at Play alum, taught by Livy Scanlon. For the past five years, Matthew has been a student of The Hanover Theatre Conservatory, where he has been taking numerous classes to help his craft under the guidance of their talented and supportive staff. Matthew has also leant his talent of playing percussion for his previous BrickBox performances and drumming on many stages in the region has now brought him here.
MARHADOO EFFEH* she/her/hers (Tituba)
MarHadoo is very excited to be back in Worcester for this production of The Crucible. Other credits with The Hanover Theatre include: Twelfth Night, Macbeth and Julius Caesar. MarHadoo is a proud alumna of the University of Massachusetts Theater and the British American Drama Academy. MarHadoo wants to remind you to stay child-like in spirit and use your imagination to recreate structures, and build new, revolutionary spaces for art, community and equity. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Enjoy the show and thank you all for your support!
AMIE LYTLE (Reverend Parris)
Amie is thrilled to return to THT Rep after performing in Macbeth and Julius Caesar. Select regional credits:Church, Uncle Vanya, The Kritik (Harbor Stage); Sister Act (Lyric Stage); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Around the World in 80 Days, Nevermore, W4Kids (WHAT); Collective Rage, Romeo & Juliet, 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress (Burbage Theatre Company); Finish Line, Much Ado About Nothing (Boston Theater Company, Boch Center); Cry it Out, Chelsea People (Apollinaire Theatre); Holy Laughter (WAM); Momologues, She Did All That, Onward (Birch Tree Productions); Not Jenny (Bridge Rep). She is also a yoga teacher and the author of “Rescue Lou.” She sends her love to her family. amielytle.com
JACLYN KIRBY MORRISON she/her/hers (Abigail Williams)
Jaclyn is thrilled to be in her first production with The Hanover Theatre Rep. She is a student at Worcester State University and is also very active in their theatre department. As always, she is infinitely grateful to her wonderful family and friends for their constant support and dedication to making sure she doesn’t wander into oncoming traffic. One of these days, she’ll look both ways.
CAST
ERICA SHIELDS she/her/hers (Susanna Wallcott)
Erica is excited to be back in her second production with THT Rep in The Crucible . Stage performances include Little Shop of Horrors (Matt Hawkins), Twelfth Night (Brendon Fox), Mary Poppins (Scott Weinstein) and The Wolves (Lindsay Rae Taylor). Other performances include voice-over works such as “Voices from the Field” and “Kula Kula Island”. She would like to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support!
ABIGAIL MILNOR-SWEETSER* (Ann Putnam)
Abigail is elated to be making her debut at The Hanover Theatre Rep in such an intrinsic production! Regional: Hangmen (The Gamm Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Majestic Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival). Off-Off Broadway: Wait Until Dark (Double Down Productions), The Cover of Life (Gene Frankel Theatre). Film: Badpuss: A Popumentary (IndieFlix). She has trained internationally at LAMDA, BADA, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Oxford Shakespeare Company, and nationally at the National Theater Institute, the William Esper Studio and the Robert X. Modica Studio. Abigail holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School and a BA in Theatre from Smith College. Upcoming: Hamlet (The Gamm Theatre).
CASSIE TORTORICI (Thomas Putnam)
Cassie is thrilled and honored to be joining THT Rep once again after performing in Twelfth Night this past spring as part of Worc at Play. Most recently, she played Hippolyta/Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with The Hudson Armory Project in their inaugural Shakespeare in the Park. Other notable performances include Michaela in The Translator (Museful Intent), Joanne in Godspell (Ghost Light Players) and Bananas Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves (Ghost Light Players). She wants to thank her partner, Dave, and her family for supporting all her creative endeavors.
ASTRID BIDWELL she/her/hers (Mercy Lewis)
Astrid is thrilled to have this opportunity to play Mercy Lewis and to be part of this phenomenal cast of The Crucible . Her recent roles have included Paulette, Legally Blonde (The Hanover Theatre Conservatory Summer Program), Fraulein Schneider, Cabaret (The Hanover Theatre Conservatory’s Youth Acting Company) and Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Hanover Theatre Conservatory’s Youth Acting Company). Astrid recently completed a short course on Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She lives in Worcester and is a senior at Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, CT. She is so grateful to the creative team, her family and friends for their continuous love and support, and she hopes you enjoy the show.
CAST
ALYSSA MORALES she/they (Mary Warren)
Alyssa is excited to be a part of this special production of The Crucible. Their favorite acting credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Calliope Productions), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Apple Tree Arts), Rock of Ages (The Hanover Theatre Youth Acting Company) and The Seagull (The Hanover Theatre Youth Acting Company). She is beyond grateful for this opportunity and wants to dedicate this performance to their biggest supporter, their grandmother.
MAGGIE HAMEL she/her (Betty Parris)
Maggie is delighted to join The Hanover Theatre Rep in The Crucible . Past credits include Pippa Hailsham-Brown in Spider’s Web and Rebecca Gibbs in Our Town (The Barnstormers Theatre), Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden and Fan/Belle in A Christmas Carol (Creative Spirit) and Alison Summers in Billy Elliot (Seacoast Rep). Soon she will appear in Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at The Majestic Theater and Haunted, an Evening of Ghost Stories with Creative Spirit. Maggie volunteers at a free healthcare clinic and enjoys sewing and writing.
ALEXA CADETE she/they (John Proctor)
Twelfth Night (The Hanover Theatre Rep), The Good John Proctor (Trinity Rep), Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), The Play That Goes Wrong (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), I Give You My Home (Guerilla Opera) Doubt, A Parable (Studio Theatre Worcester) @alexacadete
JULIE NELSON* (Giles Corey)
Selected Credits: Mac in The Broken Machine, Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists, Silverthorne Theater; Dark Room (Livy Scanlon, Director) Bridge Rep, Boston; Grace in Vigil , Portland Stage Company, ME; Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Mrs. Gardiner, Pride and Prejudice, Playmakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill, NC. A Shakespeare & Company founding member, she acted in leading roles in Shakespeare and contemporary plays. Her work with Merry Conway in theatrical clown was a vital part of her training, leading to further study with Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaulier, and others. On joining the full-time Theater faculty at UMass Amherst, she introduced clown to the curriculum and has been teaching and investigating it ever since.
KATHRYN GRAHAM HOWELL* she/her/hers (Rebecca Nurse)
Kathryn is honored to be part of The Hanover Theatre Rep’s production of The Crucible . Kathryn’s stage work includes Still Crazy (Gloucester Stage), The Mousetrap (The Wilbur Theatre) and Pump Boys & Dinettes (Foothills & the Charles Theatres). Her film work includes Tim Young’s “Abort” (winner at Cannes, Black Swan, Boden Intl), Mike Squid’s “The Chrysalis” (Best Actress - Houston Horror Fest) and Sara Friedman’s “Heightened” in which she had the thrill of working with Whip Hubley, Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke. A proud member of AEA and SAG, Kathryn holds a BFA from Syracuse University; and is grateful for the love of her family, her friends and Roberto Mighty.
CAST
DANICA GABRIELE she/her (Reverend Hale)
Danica is pumped to join the cast of The Crucible. Her most recent credits are a short film “Since I Last Saw Amara,” The Crucible (The Hanover Theatre Rep) staged reading in which she also played Hale, and “Doria” a short film that she wrote, directed and starred in. She has an MA in Text and Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Birkbeck, University of London, and has a minor in theatre from Swarthmore College. She has finished writing a fantasy-adventure novel, the first in a series, which she hopes to share with the world soon!
MERI STYPINSKI* she/her/hers (Elizabeth Proctor)
With The Hanover Theatre Repertory: Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), The Glass Menagerie (Laura Wingfield), Julius Caesar (Cassia/ Cassius), The Marvelous Party (Laura). Other regional credits include: A Christmas Carol (The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts), Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Opera House Arts), The Wild Party (MoonBox Productions) and Dark Room (Bridge Repertory Theatre). Favorite roles include: Maria ( Twelfth Night ), Dora Strang ( Equus ), Lysistrata ( Lysistrata ), Abby ( The Musical of Musicals (The Musical)!) and Liz Morden (Our Country’s Good ). Meri earned her BFA from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee and has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2015. Practicing witch since 1998.
TRACY GRAMMER (Francis Nurse)
Tracy is thrilled to be making her Hanover Theatre Repertory debut. A writer, storyteller and celebrated singer-songwriter with a 25+ year touring history, Tracy recently reclaimed her childhood love for acting as a way to connect with community and compost her deeply-lived experience in service of others’ stories. Recent work: The Mill Project (TheatreTruck), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Easthampton Theater Company), Marvin’s Room (Westfield Theater Group), Elephant Man (Sloan Theater); Asst. Director, Angels in America, Parts 1 and 2 (Sloan Theater). Tracy thanks Livy Scanlon for the opportunity to help tell this story and hopes the performance moves you. tracygrammer.com
LYNDSEY HAWKES she/her/hers (Mercy Lewis)
Lyndsey is over the moon to be returning to the Hanover Theatre Repertory since her debut in Julius Caesar in Summer ‘21 (Ensemble). A graduate of Clark University’s Theatre Arts program (‘19), Lyndsey is a Freelance Theatre Artist, as she is known to direct, stage manage and supervise child actors in various professional and student productions. However, acting and singing will always be her true loves. Recent projects include Legally Blonde (Director, Clark University), A Christmas Carol (Child Supervisor, The Hanover Theatre Rep.), Merrily We Roll Along (Dory, WCLOC), Fractured Mosaics (ASM, White Snake Projects) , Small Mouth Sounds (Director, Clark University), Cosmic Cowboy (ASM, White Snake Projects) and The Fantasticks (Assistant Director, Studio Theatre Worcester). When she’s not storytelling, she enjoys hiking, camping, karaoke bars, podcasts and Game of Thrones. She and her partner recently moved to Southbridge. Immense love and gratitude to Aaron, Maddox and her “village.”
CAST
MITRA SHARIF she/her (Willard)
Mitra is elated to be making her Hanover Theatre Repertory debut! Mitra is a proud Iranian-American Jersey girl. She approaches art and life through a dialectical lens, embracing the coexistence of contradictory perspectives. Recent theatre credits: The Importance of Being Earnest (What If? Boston), Everybody (Northeastern University) and Problem Play (Northeastern University). Training: Northeastern University, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Boston Casting and The Improv Asylum. Mitra will take the stage again in the world premiere of SPACE at Central Square Theatre Jan 30-Feb 23, 2025, an inspiring true story about female astronauts. She sends love to her beautiful family and friends. Woman Life Freedom! mitra-sharif.com | @mitra_nice_to_meet_yah @mitramotivates
PRREETI TIWARI* (Judge Hathorne)
Prreeti feels blessed to return to The Hanover Theatre. Since her journey as a thespian began 12 years ago, Prreeti has performed in 54 straight plays across five states and major cities including Los Angeles, Boston and Manhattan. Professional: Far, Far Better Things (WAM Theatre), Ibsentia (The Tank NYC), Jado Jehad (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre) and Macbeth (The Hanover Theatre). Prreeti has portrayed diverse characters such as Lennox (Macbeth), Celia ( Calendar Girls ), Theodora ( The Haunting of Hill House ), Phyllis (Body Awareness), Iva Archer (The Maltese Falcon), Sexy Nurse (The Sunshine Boys) and Gert Franklyn (California Suite). She is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Prreeti is grateful for the opportunity. Website: PrreetiTiwari.com
DEE NELSON* she/her/hers (Deputy Governor Danforth)
Broadway: The Heiress with Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn. Other NYC: The Doctor (Park Avenue Armory, transferred from London’s West End), in which Dee succeeded Juliet Stevenson in the title role; Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company); Ken Urban’s The Awake (59E59). Favorite regional productions include Into the Breeches , Silent Sky , The Man Who Came to Dinner (Barnstormers Theatre), An Inspector Calls, Heartbreak House (Peterborough Players) and the original production of Sons of the Prophet (Huntington Theatre Company). Film and TV: “FBI,” “Dexter: New Blood,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Olive Kitteridge,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Judging Amy” and others.
ANNIE KERINS* (U/S Ann Putnam)
Annie is honored to make her THT Rep debut. Off-Broadway: Looking for Billy Haines (Theatre Row). Regional: Romancing the Throne (Goodspeed Opera House), A Christmas Carol (The Hanover Theatre), Animal Farm (New Repertory Theatre) and The Rocky Horror Show (Foothills Theatre). Film/TV credits: “A Book by Their Cover” (Continental Shoemakers) currently on the film festival circuit, “The Food That Built America” (The History Channel), “Out of Body” available on Amazon, “Central Intelligence” (Warner Brothers/New Line Cinema) and fittingly the TV Mini Series pilot “The Devil You Know” by Jenji Kohan, a reimagined drama centered around the Salem Witch Trials. Annie is a graduate of The Hartt School and a proud member of AEA.
CREATIVE TEAM
LIVY SCANLON* (Director)
Livy serves as Artistic Director of The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep) and Managing Director of the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC). Prior to her arrival in Worcester, Livy founded and helmed Bridge Repertory Theater, where she received an Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director and an IRNE Award for Outstanding Actress. Other regional credits include Urbanite Theatre, Trinity Rep, Asolo Rep, Hartford Stage and Paper Mill Playhouse. Livy teaches acting at WPI and in THT Rep’s Worc at Play program. She has been featured in Worcester Magazine’s Women to Watch and Worcester Business Journal’s Power 50. MFA, Acting, Brown University / Trinity Rep. BA, Theatre and Dance, Amherst College (summa cum laude). Love always to R and R. @_worcplaymaker__ worcplaymaker.com
DR. KATHRYN MONCRIEF (Assoc. Director, Dramaturg, Intimacy Choreographer)
Kathryn is Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor and Head of Humanities and Arts at WPI. She is co-editor of “Shakespeare Expressed: Page, Stage and Classroom in Early Modern Drama”; “Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England” and “Performing Maternity in Early Modern England.” Dramaturgy/text coaching: Prague Shakespeare Company (Henry VI 1, 2, & 3, The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida); Utah Shakespeare Festival (Twelfth Night, The Book of Will, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat); Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Love’s Labour’s Lost); Chesapeake Shakespeare (Wild Oats, Othello, She Stoops to Conquer, Henry IV 1 & 2, Hamlet); Nebraska Rep (Sense and Sensibility), Elements Theatre Company (King Lear); The Hanover Rep (Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Twelfth Night). Directing/WPI (Every Brilliant Thing, Silent Sky, Sense and Sensibility, Nothing is the End of the World). Intimacy Choreography: Prague Shakespeare, The Hanover Theatre Rep, The Hanover Theatre Conservatory, WPI, Clark University.
JANE SIEBELS* (Production Stage Manager)
Jane is excited to be back with THT Rep after stage managing Macbeth, The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header, The Crucible, Judith and The Glass Menagerie. In addition to stage managing A Christmas Carol with The Hanover Theatre, she has also stage managed at regional venues including The Huntington Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, American Stage Festival, Florida Studio Theatre and the Asolo. New York credits include The Pearl Theatre, Miranda Theatre Co, The John Houseman Theatre and Lincoln Center. Currently, Jane also enjoys working as a Children’s Librarian in Shrewsbury. Many thanks to her family for supporting her during this busy adventure!
JESS BRENNAN* (Assistant Stage Manager)
Jess, a freelance stage manager, is thrilled to be back with The Hanover Theatre Rep. Her most recent credits include Twelfth Night (THT Rep), Alabaster (Brown/Trinity), One Flea Spare (B/T), Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Imogen (B/T), The Book of Lucy (B/T) and Wolf Play (B/T). Jess has also worked with The Longwood Players, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Gloucester Stage Company, Flyleaf Theatre Company and Ghost Light Players. She is a member of AEA who has an MA in Theatre Arts from Middlesex University (London, UK) and a BA in Creative Arts from Siena College (Loudonville, NY). Jess would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support.
CREATIVE TEAM
JANIS HUDSON (Director of Movement + Music (U/S E. Proctor and T. Putnam))
Janis is grateful to be involved in her third production with The Hanover Rep. You may have seen her as Thomas Putnam in their staged reading of The Crucible last year, or more recently as Malvolia in their production of Twelfth Night Other recent credits include All Shook Up (Reagle Music Theater), Steel Pier (Sullivan Rep), Torch Song (Moonbox Prod.), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Concord Players), Rock of Ages (The Company Theater), The Rocky Horror Show (Moonbox Prod.) and Next to Normal (Civic Theater). She is also a choreographer, director, fitness guru and fancies herself a true hustler of the arts. Her work on stage is dedicated to the late and incomparable Dr. Sandra Hardy.
CHELSEA KERL (Costume Designer)
Chelsea is pleased to be back at the BrickBox having previously designed Twelfth Night and Edgar Allen Poe Double Header. Chelsea is a Boston based freelance artist and educator; she received her MFA in Costume Design from Boston University and previously attended the University of Maryland. Chelsea is the costume shop manager and costume design professor at Wellesley College; she also teaches at Bridgewater State University and previously worked in the costume shop of the American Repertory Theatre. Select recent designs include- Huntington Theatre Company: Witch (Elliot Norton Award Winner, Outstanding Design: Large Theatre), Wheelock Family Theatre at BU: Willy Wonka; SpeakEasy Stage Company/Front Porch Arts Collective: Pass Over; Company One/American Repertory Theatre: Greater Good. More of her work can be seen at chelseakerl.com.
CHRISTI DIONIS (Makeup Designer)
Christi returns to The Hanover Theatre Repertory for The Crucible, following her work on Macbeth. Now based in Worcester, MA, Christi has studied at M.U.D, The Makeup Designory in Burbank, CA, and holds a degree in Sculpture from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Her other recent credits include the short film “The Hit.” Drawn to storytelling from a young age, Christi is thrilled to once again collaborate with this talented cast and crew, bringing her unique perspective on visual storytelling to breathe life into the characters of Salem.
LAURA J. ECKELMAN (Lighting Designer)
Laura is delighted to be back at The Hanover Theatre Repertory after previously designing Twelfth Night, Judith and The Glass Menagerie, as well as a staged reading of The Crucible. Other credits include: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, Keegan Theater, Triad Stage, The Welders, Perseverance Theatre, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Bang on a Can, Capital Fringe, the New York Urban Theatre Festival, PTP NYC, the Byrdliffe Arts Festival, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and many others. Laura is an Associate Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she teaches design & management. She is a proud alumna of Middlebury College and Yale School of Drama. laurajeckelman.com
CREATIVE TEAM
SCOTT O’BRIEN (Sound Designer + Composer)
Scott has composed and designed theatre and dance for a variety of offBroadway and regional theaters. He was the Resident Composer/Sound Designer for American Globe Theatre (2000-2014), the Chautauqua Theater Company (2006-2009), Adirondack Theatre Festival (2013-2015) and the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN (2019 and 2021 seasons). He has lectured on Sound Design at SUNY-Rockland, Pace University, FairleighDickinson University, The Duke Ellington School for the Arts and Montclair State University (heading the sound design program there from 2015-2019). Recent projects include Clyde’s for George Street Playhouse and Playmakers’ Rep and the world premiere of Imbroglio at GRSF. His production company Duck & Trout Music is based out of Gardiner, ME.
LISA HACKMAN (Production Manager)
Lisa is excited to be back with The Hanover Theatre Repertory for this production. Lisa is currently the Vice President of Operations & Production at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory. Since January 1999, Lisa has been with Blue Man Group as a Stage Manager in Chicago & Boston, the Production Stage Manager with the Boston production from 2006-2022 and the PSM representative for the entire company from 2015-2020. Thank you for coming and please enjoy the show!
PERRI SYLVESTER (Wardrobe Supervisor)
Perri is the wardrobe manager at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory. She is a Worcester based artist who is happy to be involved in the local theatre scene. She loves teaching costume design classes at the Conservatory. In her free time she enjoys making sterling silver jewelry. Perri has designed costumes for the Youth Acting Company and the Youth Summer Program at the Hanover Theatre and Conservatory, as well as assisted on the THT Rep shows Twelfth Night and The Glass Menagerie The Nutcracker and the Youth Ballet Company productions.
VALERIE ZOLEZZI-WYNDHAM
SPECIAL THANKS
Dotty Lurier, Melanie Donegan and Don Donegan (Actor Housing); Patricia DeLorey (Dialect Assistance); The Creative Team of the 2023 Staged Reading (Guinea Pigs); Mercury International Trading Co. (Sponsor of the 2023 Staged Reading); Donna Harvey (Actor Transportation and Dialect Assistance)
Valerie is thrilled to join The Hanover Theatre Repertory for its production of Twelfth Night. She has served as DEIB Counselor for several productions helping the team practice inclusion and to proactively address challenges that arise in support of the organization’s DEIB commitments. Valerie is founder/CEO of Promoting Good, a Worcester based and national DEIB firm and an inclusive leadership coach. She thanks Livy for inviting her to be a part of the THT Rep team. She loves theatre and this role brings her great joy!
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Photo by UnityMike. MarHadoo Effeh, Member of AEA, as Olivia in THT Rep’s Twelfth Night.