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SUMMARY:Masterclass with Michi Wiancko\, Composer / Violinist / Curator
DESCRIPTION:Masterclass with Michi Wiancko\, Composer / Violinist / Curator \n\nMICHI WIANCKO is a versatile and highly imaginative composer\, violinist\, and collaborator\, whose multi-faceted creative projects and organizational work prioritize artistic discovery\, as well as community resilience and social change. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/masterclass-with-michi-wiancko-composer-violinist-curator/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Ourselves
DESCRIPTION:Performers\, colleagues and teachers for more than 40 years\, festival co-directors Rhonda Rider and Judith Eissenberg sit down together and talk about the whats\, hows and whys they do what they do.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/conversations-with-ourselves/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Music Listening Party with David Russell
DESCRIPTION:Cellist and contemporary music champion David Russell will present and discuss some of his favorite composers and pieces at an informal listening session on Monday afternoon.  Utilizing both live and recorded performances\, David will share his passion for iconoclastic voices and dive into the rich tapestry of styles and expression that make up today’s music.  Please join us for a stimulating afternoon of listening and conversation.\n \n \n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/new-music-listening-party-with-david-russell/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates: May 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\nNOTE: 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. \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/fivesparks-theater-presents-constellations-by-nick-payne/2025-05-17/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates:  May 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\nNOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date.\nSEATING IS LIMITED\, but if seats remain\, tickets may be purchased at the door!  ** Fewer than 12 seats remain for each show as of today. ** \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/constellations-by-nick-payne-2/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates: May 15\, 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\nNOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date. \nSEATING IS LIMITED\, but if seats remain\, tickets may be purchased at the door. Fewer than 10 seats remain as of today at 10am. \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/fivesparks-theater-presents-constellations-by-nick-payne-2/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates: May 2\, 3\, 4 (matinee)\, 15\, 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\n*** NOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date; tickets can still be purchased at the door! *** \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/fivesparks-theater-presents-constellations-by-nick-payne-3/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates: May 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\nNOTE: 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. \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/fivesparks-theater-presents-constellations-by-nick-payne/2025-05-03/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Fivesparks Theater presents: CONSTELLATIONS\, by Nick Payne
DESCRIPTION:Fivesparks Theater is excited to announce its first show\, Constellations\, by British playwright Nick Payne.\nConstellations 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.\nPerformance Dates: May 2\, 3\, 4 (matinee)\, 15\, 16 and 17\, 2025.  PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.\nNOTE: ONLINE TICKET SALES END at 12:00pm on the performance date.\nSEATING IS LIMITED\, but if seats remain\, tickets may be purchased at the door!  \nCAST \n \nMichelle 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.  \n\nJason 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). \nDirector\, Producer:  Bob Eiland\nStage Manager:  Carolyn Mitchell\nScene Design:  Chris Kimball\nSign Language Consultant and Production Photographer:  Sanjay Gulati \nBob 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.  \n \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/constellations-by-nick-payne/2025-05-02/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:LAST DAY TO VIEW: Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:January 4th\, 2025 is the last day to view this exhibit. \nA juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/last-day-to-view-destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:exhibit
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SUMMARY:LAST WEEK TO VIEW: Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:This is the last week to view this exhibit.  \nA juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/last-week-to-view-destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic-2/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:exhibit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250105
DTSTAMP:20260613T194922
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SUMMARY:Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:On view through January 4\, 2025 – more info at www.destination-nature.org\nA juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination. 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/last-week-to-view-destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T194922
CREATED:20240606T151830Z
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SUMMARY:ART RECEPTION : Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:DESTINATION: NATURE 2024 \nART RECEPTION\, OPEN AND FREE TO ALL.   \nSaturday\, November 23\, 2024. 3:00-6:00pm.  \nA juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/art-reception-destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:exhibit
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T194922
CREATED:20240606T151648Z
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SUMMARY:ARTIST RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY : Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION ONLY – ARTISTS RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY \nSaturday\, November 16\, 2024. 5:00-7:00pm.  \nA juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/artist-reception-awards-ceremony-destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:exhibit
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SUMMARY:Destination:Nature 2024 - "Wild and Scenic"
DESCRIPTION:A juried art show featuring art inspired by the balance between society and nature in the Nashua River Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering again with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a juried art show.  This partnership will highlight the beauty of the diverse environments of the Nashua River Watershed: the river with all its tributaries\, its wildlife\, plant life and the lands and communities it nourishes.  \nThis year’s theme is “Wild and Scenic”\, offering artists the chance to reflect their interactions with and response to the wild and scenic Nashua River Watershed. Artists are free to interpret this theme in any way that captivates viewers’ attention and imagination.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions open September 6\, 2024
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/destinationnature-2024-wild-and-scenic/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:art,exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T213000
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SUMMARY:Harvard Music Festival Celebration Concert
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/harvard-music-festival-celebration-concert/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 9 Ayer Road\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
CATEGORIES:music
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240624
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Harvard Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:THE HARVARD MUSIC FESTIVAL\nThe Harvard Music Festival is a weeklong summer chamber music festival in historic Harvard\, Massachusetts\, with many events open to the public.  Participating professionally-bound  musicians work together in their small ensembles with daily coaching.  Mentored by coaches who are renowned musicians and teachers\, groups work to shape their music in the rehearsals\, coachings and masterclasses\, culminating in concerts for the community in local venues. \n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/7th-annual-harvard-music-festival/
LOCATION:Fivesparks
CATEGORIES:music
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