Fivesparks

Chat with Mardie
2025-04-24 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-01 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-08 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-15 12:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Fivesparks
Exhibiting artist Mardie Luppold will be at Fivesparks on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout her exhibit to talk with visitors.
She welcomes your insights, questions, curiosities and reactions to her varied works on display as part of her current show Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible.
Mardie has a lifetime of fascinating experiences that translate into her work. You will gain a wealth of understanding by talking with her.
Stop in on Wednesdays of Thursdays between 12:00-2:30pm, through the end of the exhibit, May 24, 2025.

Taiwan Mahjong for Beginners
2025-04-26 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-03 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fivesparks Loft, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fay Childers has been playing and teaching Mahjong for years. She enjoys helping new players understand the game and grow to love it as much as she does.
Join this 5-week session to learn the basics so you can continue play on your own.
Taiwan Mahjong is a strategic game, easy to learn and fun to play. It is a four-person table game so bring a friend and have fun together.
5 Saturdays April 5 – May 10 (no class on 4/19). 1:00-3:00pm.
$125.
To register for this session, or with questions, contact Fay at faychilders@gmail.com
This class is best for adults (18+).

Artist Reception - Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible
2025-04-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Fivesparks
Join us at Fivesparks for our latest exhibit Artist Reception.
Mardie Luppold – Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible
Meet Mardie and enjoy light refreshments and jazz music by vocalist Maggie Galloway, Bob Nieske on acoustic bass and Billy Novick on clarinet.
Sunday, April 27, 4-6pm
Free and open to all.

Pastel Painting - Spring Session
2025-04-30 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-07 10:00 - 12:30 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
This session will cover landscape and general pastel painting techniques.
Ann will cover topics of composition, color and mark-making in this session. Each class will start with a demo followed by plenty of one-on-one feedback at your easel. If you are new to pastels this class will also cover all the basics to get you started with exploring this diverse medium.
All pastel levels are welcome but some previous drawing or painting experience is necessary.
$300.
Six Wednesdays, March 26 – May 7, 2025 (no class on 4/23)
10:00am-12:30pm
Contact Ann to register and for a supply list and with any questions you have.

email: agillespieart@gmail.com anngillespieart.com

Portrait Session with Mardie Luppold
2025-04-30 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-01 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-07 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-08 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-14 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-15 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-21 12:00 - 14:30 | Fivesparks
Exhibiting artist Mardie Luppold will draw your portrait!
Come and visit Mardie’s varied collection of work, ranging from delicate portraits to mysterious Kachinas. You can make an appointment with Mardie on Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 12noon-2:30pm to have your own portrait drawn in pencil! Mardie’s portraits are both abstract and realistic, each containing an element of pristine clarity and focus.
Fee of $175 per portrait, of which a portion will be donated by Mardie to Fivesparks to help us continue our mission of bringing wonderful art and cultural experiences to our community.
Portraits may be drawn in real time, or via a photograph, to be determined between you and Mardie. If you have questions or want to schedule an appointment, send an email to admin@fivesparks.org. Sessions can be scheduled on Wednesdays or Thursdays, April 24 – May 22, 2025.

Chat with Mardie
2025-04-30 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-07 12:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-14 12:00 - 14:30 | Fivesparks
Exhibiting artist Mardie Luppold will be at Fivesparks on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout her exhibit to talk with visitors.
She welcomes your insights, questions, curiosities and reactions to her varied works on display as part of her current show Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible.
Mardie has a lifetime of fascinating experiences that translate into her work. You will gain a wealth of understanding by talking with her.
Stop in on Wednesdays or Thursdays between 12:00-2:30pm, through the end of the exhibit, May 24, 2025.

Exhibiting Artist Talk with Mardie Luppold
2025-04-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Join us on Wednesday, April 30 at 2pm to hear exhibiting artist Mardie Luppold share the inspirations behind her collection on display in the Fivesparks Gallery – Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible.
Mardie will fascinate you in describing her progression of interests and in-depth studies of ancient cultures and belief systems that resulted in the creation of the ‘Kachina’ series. References of Baba Yaga and deified spirits dating from neolithic and paleolithic times, the study of work by Marija Giumbutas in excavating neolithic and paleolithic matrilineal societies, and cultures similar to our own First Nations in North and South America as well as contemporary examples in Siberia and Central Asia. The existence of Denisovan DNA in modern-day shamanistic peoples, such as Tibetans, Amazonian and Southeast Pacific peoples, among others, will be discussed.
Finally, Jungian theory ties it all together with exploration of the ‘Collective Unconsciousness,’ wherein lies the archetypes, racial memory, planetary and galactic memory, and our connection to the Earth, each other and all sentient life.
This is a free event.

Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS, by Nick Payne
2025-05-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show, Constellations, by British playwright Nick Payne.
Constellations is set in the multiverse and explores the various versions of the evolving relationship between Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. In addition to being an acting tour de force, the play is a provocative and poignant meditation on love, friendship and possibility – as well as string theory and quantum mechanics.
Performance Dates: May 2, 3, 4 (matinee), 15, 16 and 17, 2025. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date.
SEATING IS LIMITED, but if seats remain, tickets may be purchased at the door!
CAST

Michelle Mount has been acting with theater companies in Massachusetts for the past twenty years. At Vokes Players, her credits include: Sea Marks (Timothea), Communicating Doors (Jessica), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), Harvey (Myrtle Mae), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Richard III (Lady Anne), Amadeus (Constanze). At Arlington Friends of the Drama: Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Lawson), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). At Concord Players: The 39 Steps (The Girl: Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie). At Quannapowitt Players: Dearly Beloved (Frankie). At Gazebo Players: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). At Turtle Lane Playhouse: The Secret Garden (Martha). At Needham Community Theatre: The Crucible (Abigail). At Theater Company of Saugus: The Glass Menagerie (Laura). Michelle is a theater educator with a Master of Liberal Arts in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University Extension School. She completed the Advanced Graduate Study Program in Teacher Leadership at Brandeis University.

Jason Myatt is thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Fivesparks Theater production! Jason has performed with many Boston-area theaters over the years, with credits that include: Hovey Players: Stupid F#cking Bird (Sorn), The Clean House (Charles), Maytag Virgin (Jack), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Rocket Man (Donny), Twelfth Night (Malvolio). Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes (Mr. Assalone), To Kill a Mockingbird (Gilmer/Cunningham), Glengarry Glen Ross (Moss), Dear Elizabeth (Robert Lowell). Quannapowitt Players: Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve), Terra Nova (Evans), November (President Smith), Becky’s New Car (Steve), All My Sons (George), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry). Acme Theater: Brooklyn Boy (Eric), Moon Over the Brewery (Warren), Coyote on a Fence (Brennan), Self Help (Hal). Vokes Theater: Murder on the Orient Express (Ratchett), Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon), Bus Stop (Dr Lyman). Burlington Players: The Book of Will (John Heminges). Theatre Cooperative: Endgame (Clov), Waiting For Godot (Lucky), Romulus (Romulus), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio).
Director, Producer: Bob Eiland
Stage Manager: Carolyn Mitchell
Scene Design: Chris Kimball
Sign Language Consultant and Production Photographer: Sanjay Gulati
Bob Eiland has directed, acted in, written and produced a great many shows over the years, including in venues such as Stageloft Rep, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Image Theatre of Lowell, Cannon Theatre where he is on the Board, and Fivesparks Theater. He is founder of the Shakespeare in the Park group, The Gazebo Players; and for over a decade produced, directed and acted in staged readings of Old Time Radio Theater shows for Harvard Friends of the Arts. Some of his favorite directorial endeavors include The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Iguana and Arsenic and Old Lace. Some of his favorite acting roles include Charly in Flowers for Algernon, John Proctor in The Crucible, Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Sam in Philosophical Differences, one of his original plays.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Free Poetry Reading - Special Art Exhibit Event
2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Free Poetry Reading
Come to Fivesparks to enjoy listening to area poets read works that are inspired by the artwork of Mardie Luppold on display as part of her exhibit Archetypes: Making the Invisible, Visible.
Feel free to stop in between 2:00-4:00pm and experience this interplay between spoken word and visual art. Participating poets are Jim Laughlin, Daniel Junkins, Tom Laughlin and Sarah Laughlin.
– Tom Laughlin – Professor at Middlesex Community College in Lowell and Bedford.
– Jim Laughlin – Leadership Consultant and poet; taught at Virginia Tech; studied with Donald Junkins at UMass Amherst.
– Daniel Junkins – Leukemia Survivor/Consultant and poet; studied at UMass. Amherst.
– Sarah Laughlin – Restorative Clinician/ Social Service Expert
This is a free event, donations are always welcome.

Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS, by Nick Payne
2025-05-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show, Constellations, by British playwright Nick Payne.
Constellations is set in the multiverse and explores the various versions of the evolving relationship between Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. In addition to being an acting tour de force, the play is a provocative and poignant meditation on love, friendship and possibility – as well as string theory and quantum mechanics.
Performance Dates: May 16 and 17, 2025. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES ENDED at 12:00pm. SEATING IS LIMITED, but if seats remain, tickets may be available at the door. Fewer than 5 seats remain as of 12pm today.
CAST

Michelle Mount has been acting with theater companies in Massachusetts for the past twenty years. At Vokes Players, her credits include: Sea Marks (Timothea), Communicating Doors (Jessica), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), Harvey (Myrtle Mae), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Richard III (Lady Anne), Amadeus (Constanze). At Arlington Friends of the Drama: Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Lawson), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). At Concord Players: The 39 Steps (The Girl: Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie). At Quannapowitt Players: Dearly Beloved (Frankie). At Gazebo Players: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). At Turtle Lane Playhouse: The Secret Garden (Martha). At Needham Community Theatre: The Crucible (Abigail). At Theater Company of Saugus: The Glass Menagerie (Laura). Michelle is a theater educator with a Master of Liberal Arts in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University Extension School. She completed the Advanced Graduate Study Program in Teacher Leadership at Brandeis University.

Jason Myatt is thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Fivesparks Theater production! Jason has performed with many Boston-area theaters over the years, with credits that include: Hovey Players: Stupid F#cking Bird (Sorn), The Clean House (Charles), Maytag Virgin (Jack), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Rocket Man (Donny), Twelfth Night (Malvolio). Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes (Mr. Assalone), To Kill a Mockingbird (Gilmer/Cunningham), Glengarry Glen Ross (Moss), Dear Elizabeth (Robert Lowell). Quannapowitt Players: Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve), Terra Nova (Evans), November (President Smith), Becky’s New Car (Steve), All My Sons (George), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry). Acme Theater: Brooklyn Boy (Eric), Moon Over the Brewery (Warren), Coyote on a Fence (Brennan), Self Help (Hal). Vokes Theater: Murder on the Orient Express (Ratchett), Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon), Bus Stop (Dr Lyman). Burlington Players: The Book of Will (John Heminges). Theatre Cooperative: Endgame (Clov), Waiting For Godot (Lucky), Romulus (Romulus), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio).
Director, Producer: Bob Eiland
Stage Manager: Carolyn Mitchell
Scene Design: Chris Kimball
Sign Language Consultant and Production Photographer: Sanjay Gulati
Bob Eiland has directed, acted in, written and produced a great many shows over the years, including in venues such as Stageloft Rep, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Image Theatre of Lowell, Cannon Theatre where he is on the Board, and Fivesparks Theater. He is founder of the Shakespeare in the Park group, The Gazebo Players; and for over a decade produced, directed and acted in staged readings of Old Time Radio Theater shows for Harvard Friends of the Arts. Some of his favorite directorial endeavors include The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Iguana and Arsenic and Old Lace. Some of his favorite acting roles include Charly in Flowers for Algernon, John Proctor in The Crucible, Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Sam in Philosophical Differences, one of his original plays.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS, by Nick Payne
2025-05-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show, Constellations, by British playwright Nick Payne.
Constellations is set in the multiverse and explores the various versions of the evolving relationship between Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. In addition to being an acting tour de force, the play is a provocative and poignant meditation on love, friendship and possibility – as well as string theory and quantum mechanics.
Performance Dates: May 2, 3, 4 (matinee), 15, 16 and 17, 2025. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
*** NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date; tickets can still be purchased at the door! ***
CAST

Michelle Mount has been acting with theater companies in Massachusetts for the past twenty years. At Vokes Players, her credits include: Sea Marks (Timothea), Communicating Doors (Jessica), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), Harvey (Myrtle Mae), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Richard III (Lady Anne), Amadeus (Constanze). At Arlington Friends of the Drama: Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Lawson), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). At Concord Players: The 39 Steps (The Girl: Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie). At Quannapowitt Players: Dearly Beloved (Frankie). At Gazebo Players: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). At Turtle Lane Playhouse: The Secret Garden (Martha). At Needham Community Theatre: The Crucible (Abigail). At Theater Company of Saugus: The Glass Menagerie (Laura). Michelle is a theater educator with a Master of Liberal Arts in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University Extension School. She completed the Advanced Graduate Study Program in Teacher Leadership at Brandeis University.

Jason Myatt is thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Fivesparks Theater production! Jason has performed with many Boston-area theaters over the years, with credits that include: Hovey Players: Stupid F#cking Bird (Sorn), The Clean House (Charles), Maytag Virgin (Jack), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Rocket Man (Donny), Twelfth Night (Malvolio). Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes (Mr. Assalone), To Kill a Mockingbird (Gilmer/Cunningham), Glengarry Glen Ross (Moss), Dear Elizabeth (Robert Lowell). Quannapowitt Players: Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve), Terra Nova (Evans), November (President Smith), Becky’s New Car (Steve), All My Sons (George), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry). Acme Theater: Brooklyn Boy (Eric), Moon Over the Brewery (Warren), Coyote on a Fence (Brennan), Self Help (Hal). Vokes Theater: Murder on the Orient Express (Ratchett), Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon), Bus Stop (Dr Lyman). Burlington Players: The Book of Will (John Heminges). Theatre Cooperative: Endgame (Clov), Waiting For Godot (Lucky), Romulus (Romulus), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio).
Director, Producer: Bob Eiland
Stage Manager: Carolyn Mitchell
Scene Design: Chris Kimball
Sign Language Consultant and Production Photographer: Sanjay Gulati
Bob Eiland has directed, acted in, written and produced a great many shows over the years, including in venues such as Stageloft Rep, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Image Theatre of Lowell, Cannon Theatre where he is on the Board, and Fivesparks Theater. He is founder of the Shakespeare in the Park group, The Gazebo Players; and for over a decade produced, directed and acted in staged readings of Old Time Radio Theater shows for Harvard Friends of the Arts. Some of his favorite directorial endeavors include The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Iguana and Arsenic and Old Lace. Some of his favorite acting roles include Charly in Flowers for Algernon, John Proctor in The Crucible, Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Sam in Philosophical Differences, one of his original plays.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS, by Nick Payne
2025-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show, Constellations, by British playwright Nick Payne.
Constellations is set in the multiverse and explores the various versions of the evolving relationship between Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. In addition to being an acting tour de force, the play is a provocative and poignant meditation on love, friendship and possibility – as well as string theory and quantum mechanics.
Performance Dates: May 15, 16 and 17, 2025. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date.
SEATING IS LIMITED, but if seats remain, tickets may be purchased at the door. Fewer than 10 seats remain as of today at 10am.
CAST

Michelle Mount has been acting with theater companies in Massachusetts for the past twenty years. At Vokes Players, her credits include: Sea Marks (Timothea), Communicating Doors (Jessica), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), Harvey (Myrtle Mae), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Richard III (Lady Anne), Amadeus (Constanze). At Arlington Friends of the Drama: Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Lawson), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). At Concord Players: The 39 Steps (The Girl: Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie). At Quannapowitt Players: Dearly Beloved (Frankie). At Gazebo Players: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). At Turtle Lane Playhouse: The Secret Garden (Martha). At Needham Community Theatre: The Crucible (Abigail). At Theater Company of Saugus: The Glass Menagerie (Laura). Michelle is a theater educator with a Master of Liberal Arts in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University Extension School. She completed the Advanced Graduate Study Program in Teacher Leadership at Brandeis University.

Jason Myatt is thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Fivesparks Theater production! Jason has performed with many Boston-area theaters over the years, with credits that include: Hovey Players: Stupid F#cking Bird (Sorn), The Clean House (Charles), Maytag Virgin (Jack), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Rocket Man (Donny), Twelfth Night (Malvolio). Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes (Mr. Assalone), To Kill a Mockingbird (Gilmer/Cunningham), Glengarry Glen Ross (Moss), Dear Elizabeth (Robert Lowell). Quannapowitt Players: Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve), Terra Nova (Evans), November (President Smith), Becky’s New Car (Steve), All My Sons (George), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry). Acme Theater: Brooklyn Boy (Eric), Moon Over the Brewery (Warren), Coyote on a Fence (Brennan), Self Help (Hal). Vokes Theater: Murder on the Orient Express (Ratchett), Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon), Bus Stop (Dr Lyman). Burlington Players: The Book of Will (John Heminges). Theatre Cooperative: Endgame (Clov), Waiting For Godot (Lucky), Romulus (Romulus), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio).
Director, Producer: Bob Eiland
Stage Manager: Carolyn Mitchell
Scene Design: Chris Kimball
Sign Language Consultant and Production Photographer: Sanjay Gulati
Bob Eiland has directed, acted in, written and produced a great many shows over the years, including in venues such as Stageloft Rep, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Image Theatre of Lowell, Cannon Theatre where he is on the Board, and Fivesparks Theater. He is founder of the Shakespeare in the Park group, The Gazebo Players; and for over a decade produced, directed and acted in staged readings of Old Time Radio Theater shows for Harvard Friends of the Arts. Some of his favorite directorial endeavors include The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Iguana and Arsenic and Old Lace. Some of his favorite acting roles include Charly in Flowers for Algernon, John Proctor in The Crucible, Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Sam in Philosophical Differences, one of his original plays.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

School Half Day Felting - Spring Otter
2025-05-16 13:15 - 14:45 | Fivesparks Cove
Come to Fivesparks on some school half days to create some adorable Spring critters! Come to one, two, or all three sessions.
Wednesday 4/2- Spring Duck
Wednesday 4/9 – Spring Bunny
Friday 5/16- Spring Otter
1:15-2:45pm
$29 for 1 class, $54 for 2 or $78 for all 3.
This class is for 5th-7th graders
To sign up click here:

Evening Felting - Otter
2025-05-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Fivesparks Cove
Felted Otter
Friday 5/16
5:30-7pm, $28
Open to teens and adults but kids 10+ can attend with a parent.Join Rachel at Fivesparks to learn the basics of felting. In this class you will learn needle felting while creating an adorable Otter!
To Sign up click the link here.

Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS, by Nick Payne
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show, Constellations, by British playwright Nick Payne.
Constellations is set in the multiverse and explores the various versions of the evolving relationship between Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. In addition to being an acting tour de force, the play is a provocative and poignant meditation on love, friendship and possibility – as well as string theory and quantum mechanics.
Performance Dates: May 16 and 17, 2025. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date.
SEATING IS LIMITED, but if seats remain, tickets may be purchased at the door! ** Fewer than 12 seats remain for each show as of today. **
CAST

Michelle Mount has been acting with theater companies in Massachusetts for the past twenty years. At Vokes Players, her credits include: Sea Marks (Timothea), Communicating Doors (Jessica), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), Harvey (Myrtle Mae), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Richard III (Lady Anne), Amadeus (Constanze). At Arlington Friends of the Drama: Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Lawson), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). At Concord Players: The 39 Steps (The Girl: Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie). At Quannapowitt Players: Dearly Beloved (Frankie). At Gazebo Players: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). At Turtle Lane Playhouse: The Secret Garden (Martha). At Needham Community Theatre: The Crucible (Abigail). At Theater Company of Saugus: The Glass Menagerie (Laura). Michelle is a theater educator with a Master of Liberal Arts in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University Extension School. She completed the Advanced Graduate Study Program in Teacher Leadership at Brandeis University.

Jason Myatt is thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Fivesparks Theater production! Jason has performed with many Boston-area theaters over the years, with credits that include: Hovey Players: Stupid F#cking Bird (Sorn), The Clean House (Charles), Maytag Virgin (Jack), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Rocket Man (Donny), Twelfth Night (Malvolio). Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes (Mr. Assalone), To Kill a Mockingbird (Gilmer/Cunningham), Glengarry Glen Ross (Moss), Dear Elizabeth (Robert Lowell). Quannapowitt Players: Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve), Terra Nova (Evans), November (President Smith), Becky’s New Car (Steve), All My Sons (George), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry). Acme Theater: Brooklyn Boy (Eric), Moon Over the Brewery (Warren), Coyote on a Fence (Brennan), Self Help (Hal). Vokes Theater: Murder on the Orient Express (Ratchett), Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon), Bus Stop (Dr Lyman). Burlington Players: The Book of Will (John Heminges). Theatre Cooperative: Endgame (Clov), Waiting For Godot (Lucky), Romulus (Romulus), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio).
Director, Producer: Bob Eiland
Stage Manager: Carolyn Mitchell
Scene Design: Chris Kimball
Sign Language Consultant and Production Photographer: Sanjay Gulati
Bob Eiland has directed, acted in, written and produced a great many shows over the years, including in venues such as Stageloft Rep, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Image Theatre of Lowell, Cannon Theatre where he is on the Board, and Fivesparks Theater. He is founder of the Shakespeare in the Park group, The Gazebo Players; and for over a decade produced, directed and acted in staged readings of Old Time Radio Theater shows for Harvard Friends of the Arts. Some of his favorite directorial endeavors include The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Iguana and Arsenic and Old Lace. Some of his favorite acting roles include Charly in Flowers for Algernon, John Proctor in The Crucible, Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Sam in Philosophical Differences, one of his original plays.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
