Props Please!

It's nice to see our staff get the recognition they deserve. This week it was our own Props Master Kristine Holmes who was featured in the Globe's Sunday South section.

(Photo: Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff) 

Click here to read the article online at Boston.com

Congrats Kris!

35Below Rock and Rolls

35 Below is the Huntington Theatre Company's exclusive club for the culturally curious aged 35 & under. 35 Below patrons are invited to special parties and receive news about special events, exclusive contests, and backstage gossip. And best all, tickets to any Huntington performance are just $25 through our 35 Below program. The program was first implemented in 2007 - and we sold just under 300 tickets. This year we have surpassed 3000. It is great to see our audiences begin to reflect the greater diversity that is the city of Boston.

Enjoy these photos from our March 5 Becky Shaw wrap party titled Leave with the Wrong Girl.

A Guest stakes his claim on "Susan" played by Maureen Anderman 

Guests and Dress Forms picked their favorite character from the show to identify their own personalities 

Miss Fairchild rocks all night long

35 Below Guest and Staff danced to Miss Fairchild

 
35Below tickets are available for every performance, and our next Event, One Kiss Changes Everything, will be on Friday May 21, 2010

Contributed by M. Bevin O'Gara

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Tickets for the Huntington Theatre Company's 35Below patrons can be purchased online 24/7 or by visiting or calling our box office at 264 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115 617 266-0800. Proper ID required at ticket pick up.

Stick Fly update

News came this morning that, as of 9AM, there were only 25 unsold tickets remaining for the run of Stick Fly (through March 28th). The show has been very popular and we wish we were able to add more performances! Tickets are extremely limited but you are interested in catching the show please give our box office a call at 617 266-0800. Subscribers who are unable to use their tickets should call us and release their seats.

In other news - we are still looking to sell off the SUB ZERO refridgerator from the set on behalf of our friends at Arena Stage. More info here.

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The Huntington Theatre Company's production of Stick Fly by Lydia Diamond is playing February 19 through March 28, 2010 at our second space, the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St Boston MA 02116. Online tickets and information available 24/7 or call our Box Office (click for hours this week) at 617 266-0800.

Becky Shaw opening Night

Contributed by Lisa McColgan (photo left)

 The Lane-Comley Studio 210 at the BU Theatre complex was transformed into a festive event space for the Opening Night pre-performance dinner of Becky Shaw this past Wednesday night.

Huntington Trustees, Overseers, Opening Night sponsors and members of the Huntington Circle and other VIPs joined Becky Shaw playwright Gina Gionfriddo and Artistic Director Peter DuBois for this special celebration.

Opening Night dinners are a chance for our Board members, donors and Production Sponsors to gather prior to curtain, have a relaxing dinner and drinks, network with friends old and new, and get to know some of the talented artists and staff members behind-the-scenes. Often, guests are given a little “inside baseball” regarding the production they’re about to see: something in the script or on the set to be on the lookout for, or interesting insight into the creation of the production, the artistic process or one of the cast members.

Artistic Director Peter DuBois addressed the eighty or so guests talking about his relationship with Becky Shaw playwright Gina Gionfriddo (photo right). The pair first met as grad students at Brown University and have worked on the play together since 2008 when it had it's premiere at the Humana Festival. “We’ll talk about what’s going on in our personal lives or with friends and their dating lives, and she’ll have a read on situations where it’s like, Whoa! That actually sounds correct - and terrifying!’’ said DuBois  “She’ll come up with a psychological read that always astonishes me in its brutal honesty. Gina sees the darker motivations of human behavior very clearly, and then she puts it in the mouths of the characters.’’

The food was provided by Max Ultimate Food and the Salmon was delicious!

For more information about attending the Huntington’s Opening Night dinners, or to join the Huntington Circle, our most generous donors, or for production sponsorship opportunities, please contact Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273-1596 or mwhite@huntingtontheatre.bu.edu.

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The Huntington Theatre Company's production of Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo directed by the Huntington's Artistic Director Peter DuBois is playing at the Huntington's mainstage The Boston University Theatre at 264 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115 now thru April 4th. Tickets available online 24/7 and by visiting or calling our box office locations.