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Jane Austen's "EMMA" - a musical by Paul Gordon - AFD Theatre (Arlington, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 22, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" - by Moisés Kaufman - City on a Hill Arts (Leominster, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 14, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Waitress" - by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 3, 2025 through June 15, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Light in the Piazza" - by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 8, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder" - Cannon Theatre (Devens, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 9, 2025 through May 25, 2025 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

"Rumors" - by Neil Simon - Georgetown Theatre Workshop (Byfield, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 9, 2025 through May 18, 2025 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" - by Jocelyn Bioh - SpeakEasy Stage Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 31, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Urinetown the Musical" - by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis - Concord Players (Concord, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Diary of Anne Frank" - by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett - Theatre Of Northeastern Connecticut, Inc. at the Bradley Playhouse (Putnam, CT) - REVIEW

Performances: April 25, 2025 through May 11, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Shark Is Broken" - by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 11, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Mean Girls" - By Tina Fey - Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: April 29, 2025 through May 4, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Spitfire Grill" - by Fred Alley and James Valcq - Umbrella Arts Center (Concord, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: April 25, 2025 through May 18, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Light in the Piazza" - by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: May 8, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Hello, Dolly!" - by Michael Stewart & Jerry Herman - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: May 16, 2025 through June 22, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)" - by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan - American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: May 20, 2025 through June 29, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Mrs. Warren's Profession" - by George Bernard Shaw - Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: May 29, 2025 through June 22, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"American Idiot" - by Green Day - Wilbury Theatre Group (Providence, R.I.)

Performances: May 29, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Waitress" - by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.)

Performances: June 3, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Glass Menagerie" - by Tennessee Williams - Gloucester Stage Company (Gloucester, MA.)

Performances: June 5, 2025 through June 28, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Cottage" - by Sandy Rustin - ACME Theater (Weston, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 21, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" - by Moisés Kaufman - City on a Hill Arts (Leominster, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 14, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"And Then There Were None" - by Agatha Christie - TCAN Players (Natick, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

Jane Austen's "EMMA" - a musical by Paul Gordon - AFD Theatre (Arlington, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 22, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - by William Shakespeare - Theatre Of Northeastern Connecticut, Inc. at the Bradley Playhouse (Putnam, CT)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 15, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Cottage" - by Sandy Rustin - ACME Theater (Weston, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 21, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Ride the Cyclone" - by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell - Theatre Company of Saugus (Saugus, MA.)

Performances: October 17, 2025 through October 26, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Radical Welcome" by the Boston Public Quartet returns to the Strand Theatre (Boston, MA.)

One Night Only! May 22, 2025 at 7:30pm

"Fun Home" - by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, and Alison Bechdel - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

Sarah Blacker returns to Club Passim April 26, 2025 (Cambridge, MA.)

One Night Only! April 26, 2025 at 8:00pm Doors open at 7:00pm

"Zombie Prom" - by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe - StageWorks (Fitchburg, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 8, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Much Ado About Nothing" - by William Shakespeare - THT Rep at Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.)

Performances: April 10, 2025 through April 27, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"I Hate Hamlet" - by Paul Rudnick - Washington Street Players (Holliston, MA.)

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

Wayne Newton "Up Close & Personal" - Stadium Theatre (Woonsocket, R.I.)

One Performance Only! August 24, 2025 at 3:00pm

"Lizzie" - by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt - Stadium Theatre (Woonsocket, R.I.)

Performances: October 17 & 18, 2025 at 7:30pm October 19, 2025 at 2:00pm

"Period" - by Mary Darling - Museful Intent (Sturbridge, MA.)

Performances: May 23, 2025 through June 1, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Stayin' Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees" tribute show returns to the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (Worcester, MA.)

One Night Only! May 10, 2025 at 7:30pm

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" - Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater - Sterling Community Theatre (Sterling, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: June 8, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm June 9, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm By appointment only! Please register for your audition time slot Callbacks June 11, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm

"Ride the Cyclone" - by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell - Theatre Company of Saugus (Saugus, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: June 16, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm June 17, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm June 18, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm Callbacks: June 21, 2025 from 10:00am until 4:00pm

"The Minutes" - by Tracy Letts - Studio Theatre Worcester (Worcester, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: June 28, 2025 from 12:00pm until 3:00pm Callbacks (if necessary) will be held virtually on July 2, 2025 from 7:30pm until 10:00pm.

"The Chosen" - by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok - New England Repertory Company (Sharon, MA.) - AUDITONS

AUDITION DATE: June 21, 2025 at 7:00pm June 22, 2025 at 7:00pm

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Kevin has over 35 years of theatre experience as writer, actor, producer and director.

From 2005 to 2008 he served as adjunct theatre professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. and has directed shows at Clark University, Bentley College and WPI.

For 20 years he ran the theatre company “K & K Productions, Inc.” in Worcester, MA.

For 12 years he directed the middle school musicals at West Boylston Middle High School. He has directed shows all over Massachusetts.

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