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Hovey Players Present A Shayna Maidel

WALTHAM, MA: Why pay Boston theater ticket prices, fight city traffic, and pay for parking? Currently in its 72nd Season, Hovey Players offers quality theatre, affordable ticket prices, and free parking! Hovey Players present A Shayna Maidel, directed by Frank Moffett.

A Shayna Maidel (a beautiful girl) by Barbara Lebow is a story (late 1940s) about a young polish girl, Rose, in her twenties, who came to the United States with her father, Mordechai, at the age of four and is now completely "Americanized." The plan had been for Rose's mother and sister to join the others, but her sister fell ill with scarlet fever, the mother stayed on to care for her, and soon the rise of the Nazis cut off their escape. Their ordeal in the concentration camps, which only the sister survived, has brought a burden of guilt to the aging Mordechai and deeply mixed feelings as he awaits the arrival of his elder daughter, Lusia, who has, at last, found her way to America. With her halting English and old world ways, Luisa is a striking contrast to Rose, who is somewhat embarrassed by her rediscovered sister's presence, and fearful that it will threaten her own hard-won independence. Distraught, and concerned that she may never be reunited with Duvid, her young husband, Lusia embraces a series of memories and fantasies which make real the joys and horrors of her life before the war. But when Mordechai gives Rose a letter from her mother, a "proof" of family is somehow restored, and old barriers give way to a renewed sense of hope and mutual dependence, and the conviction that a better future may yet arise from their troubled past. A Shayna Maidel features the acting talents of Kris Reynolds, Sonia Maslovskaya, Joel Hersh, Evan Bernstein, Kimberly McClure and Kate Lovell.

Performances: May 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8pm, and May 11at 2pm. Hovey Players is located at the Abbott Memorial Theater, Joel’s Way, 9 Spring Street, in Waltham. Tickets are $15, Seniors/Students $13. For reservations, please call (781) 893-9171.
Everyone who attends our opening night performance on Friday, May 2nd is cordially invited to the opening night party, which will be held at Baan Thai Restaurant, located at 659 Main Street in Waltham, a 5-minute walk from Hovey. Please join us for complimentary refreshments, cash bar, and meet our cast and crew.

Hovey Players, Incorporated, has been Waltham’s Community Theater since 1936. We are a true community theater using regional amateur talent both on our stage and behind the scenes. Hovey Players continues to treat Waltham audiences to a broad variety of performances, including full length and short plays, musicals, Shakespeare plays, new works, and short films. Hovey also displays artwork by local artists. For more information please visit www.hoveyplayers.com.