Past Shows

THE THIRD STORY
by Charles Busch
August 9-18, 2012
The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

cast
Shelley Brown: Peg/Dr. Rutenspitz
Jordan Sobel: Drew/Steve
Rick Park:* Queenie/Queenie 2/Baba Yaga
Erin Eva Butcher: Verna/Vasalisa
Alisha Jansky:* Dr. Constance Hudson
Brett Milanowski: Zygote

production staff
Adam Zahler:** Director
Sam Bondi: Stage Manager
Christine Begin: Assistant Stage Manager
MIchael Ricca: Sound Designer
Nancy Stevenson: Costume Designer
Marc Harpin: Set Designer
Christopher Brusberg: Lighting Designer
Robbie Dookhran: Electrics Crew
Joe Aliberti: Research Assistant

*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
**Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM
by Christopher Durang
July 18-August 10, 2013
The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

cast
Caroline Rose Markham: Felicity
Alexander J. Morgan: Zamir
Shelley Brown: Luella
Jeff Gill: Leonard
Jonathan Barron: Reverend Mike
Alisha Jansky*: Hildegarde
Brett Milanowski: Voice/Narrator

production staff
Adam Zahler**: Director
Sam Bondi: Stage Manager
Christine Begin: Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Ricca: Co-Producer
Marc Harpin: Set Designer, Co-Producer
David Reiffel: Sound Designer
Meredith Magoun: Costume Designer
Chris Bocchiaro: Lighting Designer
Kristin Myers: Prop Designer
Emily Bono: Costume Design Assistant

*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
**Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

WONDER OF THE WORLD
by David Lindsay Abaire
July 24-August 9-2014
The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

cast
Meredith Saran: Cass
Johnnie McQuarley: Kip
Alisha Jansky:* Lois
Laurie Singletary: Karla
Damon Singletary: Glenn
Matthew Zahnzinger: Cap'n Mike
Alissa Cordeiro: Janie

production staff
Adam Zahler:** Director
Sarah Megan Kelley: Stage Manager
Alessa Natale: Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Ricca: Producer
Shelley Brown: Producer
Julie Dauber: Costume Designer
Chris Bocchiaro: Lighting Designer
Joshua Kigner: Scenic Designer
David Reiffel: Sound Designer
Jason Margossian: Sound Intern
David Higginbottom: Prop Designer
Tasha K. Matthews: Movement Coordinator

*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
**Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

POLISH JOKE
by David Ives
October 8-18, 2015
Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

cast
Dan Prior: Jasiu
Will Bowry: Roman, Ladislaw Sadlovski, Sanitation Worker, Leon, Doctor
Matthew Zahnzinger: Wojtek, Priest, Policeman, Mr. O'Flanagan, Kosciusko
Becca A. Lewis: Magda, Portia, Mysterious Woman in Black, Rachel, Miss MacFlanagan, Olga
Janelle Mills: Helen, Zosia, Florist, Enid, Mrs. Flanagan, Nurse, Stewardess

production staff
Sarah Gazdowicz: Director
Alisha Jansky: Assistant Director
Elizabeth Ramirez: Stage Manager
Janelle Mills: Co-Producer
Marc Harpin: Co-Producer
Eric Hamel: Sound Designer
Erica Desautels: Costume Designer
Ian King: Lighting Designer
Rebecca Lehnhoff: Prop and Set Designer
Megan Holl: Wig Designer
Marta Rainer: Dialect Coach
Charles Linshaw: Dialect Coach

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

THE RETURN TO MORALITY
by Jamie Pachino
September 8-25, 2016
Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

cast
Alisha Jansky*: Woman 1, Jo
Laura Baronet: Woman 2
Jennifer McCartney: Woman 3
Regine Vital: Woman 4
Adam Siladi: Man 1/Arthur
Phil Thompson: Man 2

production staff
Michelle M. Aguillon: Director
Elizabeth Ramirez: Stage Manager
Shelley Brown: Producer
Dayle Ballentine: Associate Producer
Tom Powers: Set Designer
J. Mark Baumhardt: Sound Designer
Anna Silva: Costume Designer
Ian King: Lighting Designer
Victoria Taylor: Prop Designer

*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

PENNY PENNIWORTH: A STORY OF GREAT GOOD FORTUNE
by Chris Weikel
June 8-25, 2017
Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

cast
Ashley Risteen: Ms. Havasnort & Others
Caroline Keeler: Penny Penniworth & Others
Brooks Reeves: Hotchkiss Spit & Others
Isaiah Plovnick: Rupert Stryfe & Others

production staff
Sarah Gazdowicz: Director
Sophia Giordano: Stage Manager
Alisha Jansky: Producer
Erica Desautels: Costume Designer
Rebecca Lehrhoff: Scenic & Props Designer
Connor S. Van Ness: Lighting Designer
Sarah Gazdowicz: Sound Designer
Leigh Downes: Technical Director
Bob Mussett: Assistant Technical Director

production photos by Evgenia Eliseeva

THE LYONS
by Nicky Silver
April 19-May 5, 2018
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston, MA

cast
Shelley Brown: Rita Lyons
Phil Thompson: Ben Lyons
Alisha Janksy*: Lisa Lyons
David Hansen*: Curtis Lyons
Ashley DiFranza: Nurse
Alex Jacobs: Brian

production staff
Josh Glenn-Kayden: Director
Betsy Pierce: Stage Manager
Alisha Jansky, Shelley Brown, Phil Thompson & David Hansen: Producers
Stephanie Brownell: Costume Designer
Marc Harpin: Scenic Designer
Connor S. Van Ness: Lighting Designer
Jay Mobley: Sound Designer
Kelly Smith: Prop Designer
Nate Sullivan: Scenic Builder

*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
production photos by Paul Fox Photography