Ben Wilder in END DAYS.
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Photos by Cassie Swartz
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THE WAVERLY GALLERY
By Kenneth Lonergan February 7th, 12th, and 14th at 7:30 PM February 8th at 3:00 PM - SOLD OUT February 15th at 3:00 PM Congregation Agudat Achim 268 Washington Street in Leominster, MA |
Gladys Green has run an art gallery in New York City for many years, but now the building owner wants to replace it with a trendy coffee shop. As they try to help Gladys hold on to her independence, her family becomes worried about her increasingly erratic behavior. Inspired by Lonergan’s own grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s, THE WAVERLY GALLERY is an ode to the humor and strength of a family in crisis.
“A play that delivers the hard truth about aging with eloquence and empathy…its heartfelt honesty sets the stage for a very talented company to remind us to cherish the time we’ve got.” – Roma Torre, NY1
Featuring Lucas Cardwell, Pamela Kathleen Hill, Scott Kurland, Nathaniel Malone, and Chelsey Patriss.
Director: Jack Crory
Producer: Debbie Moylan
Stage Manager & Sound Designer: Samantha deManbey
Lighting Designer: Matt Valeri
Costume Designer: Valerie Schillawski
Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager: Bethany Johnson
“A play that delivers the hard truth about aging with eloquence and empathy…its heartfelt honesty sets the stage for a very talented company to remind us to cherish the time we’ve got.” – Roma Torre, NY1
Featuring Lucas Cardwell, Pamela Kathleen Hill, Scott Kurland, Nathaniel Malone, and Chelsey Patriss.
Director: Jack Crory
Producer: Debbie Moylan
Stage Manager & Sound Designer: Samantha deManbey
Lighting Designer: Matt Valeri
Costume Designer: Valerie Schillawski
Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager: Bethany Johnson
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This production is supported in part by a grant from the Leominster Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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About the Playwright
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Kenneth Lonergan is an American film director, playwright and screenwriter. His plays include The Starry Messenger, Lobby Hero, This Is Our Youth, and The Waverly Gallery, and he wrote and directed the films You Can Count On Me, Margaret, and Manchester by the Sea, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The Waverly Gallery was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prime for Drama.
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To learn more about the stories from Lonergan's own life that inspired The Waverly Gallery, watch this CBS Sunday Morning interview from 2018, when the play was being revived on Broadway with Elaine May playing Gladys. Lonergan is joined by his childhood friend Matthew Broderick, who grew up across the street from the the actual Waverly Gallery.
COMING UP LATER IN 2026!
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SWEAT by Lynn Nottage: A Staged Reading
Auditions March 29th and 30th June 2026 in Lancaster and Ashby Directed by Samantha deManbey In Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of friends have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs together while working on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines start to chip away at their trust, they find themselves pitted against each other in a struggle to hold on to what used to bring them together. City on a Hill Arts is excited to present this Pulitzer Prize-winning play as a staged reading. “Passionate and necessary…a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us.” – Time Out New York |
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PRODIGAL SON by John Patrick Shanley
November 2026 in Leominster Directed by Brenda Lillie 17-year-old Jim Quinn from the Bronx suddenly finds himself at a private school in New Hampshire. He’s violent, gifted, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. His teachers and roommate find their own lives altered in profound ways as they wrestle with a passionate, explosive young man on the edge of salvation or destruction. “PRODIGAL SON is a heart-sore portrait of adolescent turmoil that bears the stamp of hard-earned truth on every scene…the best thing that Mr. Shanley has given us since DOUBT.” – The Wall Street Journal |
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And...Kevin Scott Hall's Annual Holiday Concert!
November 28, 2026 at Leominster City Hall It's officially a tradition! Cabaret singer Kevin Scott Hall will be back at Leominster City Hall on the Saturday after Thanksgiving for his annual concert to kick off the holiday season! Come see Leominster's famous Festival of Trees while listening to classic holiday hits--plus original songs you won't hear anywhere else--from Kevin and musical guests. |
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Bethany Johnson, David Allen Prescott, and Debbie Moylan in AN ACT OF GOD. Photo by Jen Knight.
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