The Hanover Theatre Repertory
THT Rep entertains, engages and energizes audiences with dynamic theatrical events made in and for Worcester, with a focus on classics, modern classics, and classics-inspired works.
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From the Artistic Director
May 1, 2025
Dear friends,
Just like that, we’ve wrapped The Hanover Theatre Rep’s fourth season and are planning a fifth. Thank you for being part of this important journey. Given the uncertainty and divisiveness of the times, I have been thinking about the purpose of our work and have these thoughts to offer:
Although I trained as an actor at conservatory, I also have a strong background in athletics, having played varsity lacrosse through college. As such, I’ve always contemplated the similarities between sports and live performance. After all, one goes to a game for the excitement of live action, to celebrate victory, anguish in defeat, cheer heroes, boo bad guys and feel part of a common identity.
I believe that the theater – both in its immediate form as a single performance, and in its broader presence as a cultural institution – offers the same experiences and has the same potential to connect people to their city, to each other and to their own humanity.
In other words, the shows we make aren’t ends unto themselves, but the means to a far greater purpose: leaving the theater with a larger idea of ourselves and our world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining in that purpose with us.
Have a wonderful summer, and see you in the fall for DOUBT!
Sincerely,
Livy Scanlon
Artistic Director
THT Rep
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