Seek and Ye Shall Find

THT Rep actors, led by Livy Scanlon, artistic director, tour Downtown Worcester prior to the first rehearsal of Julius Caesar. Photo by UnityMike.

Bringing Fresh, Live Theatre to Downtown

Currently, Worcester audiences must trek to either the Berkshires or Boston to see professional, dramatic plays, including productions of iconic works.

Given The Hanover Theatre’s mission to ignite and nurture a passion for the performing arts in audiences and artists of today and tomorrow, it seems only fitting that we would create The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep) to fill the void.

Specifically, THT Rep is committed to engaging, entertaining and energizing audiences with dynamic theatrical events made in and for Worcester, focusing on classics, modern classics and classics-inspired works.

While Julius Caesar will play outdoors on the common, THT Rep’s regular home is across the street in the new BrickBox Theater at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC), which The Hanover Theatre manages in partnership with the Worcester Cultural Coalition. With its intimate seating and industrial aesthetic, the BrickBox is perfect for fresh, sophisticated stagings of classic texts written before 1900 (e.g. Julius Caesar), modern classics written between 1900 to 2000 (e.g. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry) and contemporary works that are somehow classics-inspired (e.g. Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa, inspired by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible).

Some core principles at THT Rep include:

• Hiring theatre professionals who share a commitment to rigorous practice, have achieved a level of training commensurate with the demands of their role onstage or off and represent a wide range of ages, genders, skin colors, ethnicities and lived experiences.

• Creating professional development opportunities for students from our conservatory and greater Worcester.

• Cultivating an audience diverse across all demographics, including but not limited to age, gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic class.

Learn more at TheHanoverTheatre.org/THTRep and jmacworcester.org/brickbox.