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Hard at Worc at Play
Coriolanus (Shakespeare in Clark Park), The Johnny Shortcake Show (Johnny Showcase). Regional non-union wardrobe for the Annenberg Center at UPenn, Walnut Theater, Lantern Theater, Pig Iron and Trisha Brown Dance Company. In 2019, Natalia received a Barrymore nomination for the costume design of Three Sisters Two (EgoPo Theater Company). Training: MFA in Production Design, Ohio University. www.nataliadelatorre.com
Doménica Dillon (Production Assistant) is an incoming senior at Clark University, where she majors in Theatre Arts and minors in Community, Youth and Education Studies. Doménica is very excited to be working as a production assistant on Julius Caesar this summer! She recently Stage Managed an outdoor production of The Wolves, as well as a Zoom production of Titus Andronicus, and a walking production of Macbeth in the Hadwen Arboretum. Doménica is thankful to The Hanover Theatre for this opportunity! She hopes you enjoy the show!
Isabella Ferrari (Assistant Wardrobe) is a rising senior at WPI and is very excited to be working as assistant wardrobe on Julius Caesar at The Hanover Theatre. They are grateful for Dr. Kathryn Moncrief for this opportunity and they hope that mom and Ruth enjoy the show!
Sarah MacIntyre* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to debut with The Hanover Theatre. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she is thrilled to be back on the stage. Recent credits include A Christmas Carol (Central Square Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (Moonbox Productions) and Loot (The Company Theatre). Much love to her family and friends.
Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez* (Stage Manager) is a Bostonbased stage manager and director. SM credits include: Front Porch @ Starlight, Vanity Fair, A Christmas Carol 2018 & 2019, and Journey to the West (Central Square Theater), Keyping, Lonely Planet and Statements After an Arrest… (New Repertory Theatre) King Lear (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Three Musketeers, The Salonnieres and Being Earnest (Greater Boston Stage Company), Caroline or Change (Moonbox Productions), Who is Eartha Mae (Bridge Repertory Theatre), The Music Man and Anything Goes (Reagle Music Theatre). She was the Artistic Director of The Calliope Project and is now a company member and director at Flat Earth Theater. She is a proud member and elected delegate of Actors Equity Association.
Brenda Shepard (Production Electrician) Since 2008 Brenda has been the House Lighting Designer/ Head Electrician at The Hanover Theatre. Brenda’s role allows her to do what she loves: abuse electrons, bending them to do her will. In addition to this role, she teaches Lighting for The Hanover Theatre Conservatory, designs at TCAN in Natick and acts as a Head Electrician for the Mullins Center and Revelation Productions. Brenda holds a certification as an ETCP Entertainment Electrician. Her best gig, however, is wife to Steve and mom to Kat.
Rachael Weir (Production Assistant) is a rising senior at Clark University double majoring in Computer Science and Theatre Arts with a concentration in Technical Theatre. She is very excited to be working as a production assistant on Julius Caesar this summer for her first professional theatrical production. She has a genuine love of theatre and is very gracious for this amazing opportunity. She wants to give a big thank you to the entire creative team at The Hanover Theatre and she hopes you all enjoy the show.
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The inaugural class of Worc at Play actors at the BrickBox Theatre. Photo by UnityMike.
2020 was a year of many things. Most of all, it was a year of growth. While the world shut down, we had the opportunity to step back, rethink our organizational priorities and consider how they fit into what we do each and every day.
First, we committed to strengthening our practice of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We take our role and responsibility as a cultural gathering place seriously, and know that for us to play that role effectively, we must reflect the community around us in all that we do. Indeed, nothing could be more vital as we strive to ignite and nurture a passion for the performing arts in audiences and artists of today and tomorrow.
At the same time, we looked for creative ways to keep audiences engaged while the mainstage was dark. In this crucible, we formed The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep), a new initiative dedicated to producing homegrown, professional theatre in and for Worcester. THT Rep’s primary home is the new BrickBox Theater, where we produced The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header and A Christmas Carol Reimagined.
For both those productions, we prioritized cultivating equitable, diverse and inclusive creative teams, while examining and dismantling artistic and production practices that perpetuate racism and other inequities.
In conjunction with this production of Julius Caesar, we also launched Worc at Play, a no-cost actor training program for greater Worcester residents ages 18+. Auditions for the program were open to all, including absolute beginners. More than 30 adults came out. From them, THT Rep’s artistic director Livy Scanlon selected just six, who meet weekly for class in preparation to play ensemble roles in Julius Caesar.
“One goal with Worc at Play,” Scanlon explains, “is to build a pool of local, skilled adult actors who represent a diverse cross section of age, gender, ethnicity, immigrant status, sexual orientation and lived experience, so our casting at THT Rep can quite literally reflect the members of our community.”
Listen to Behind the Scenes interviews with the cast and creative team of Julius Caesar at
TheHanoverTheatreblog.org.
For more information on The Hanover Theatre Repertory and Worc at Play actor training program visit
