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Wellesley College hosting free Shakespeare

Five members from Actors From the London Stage will be taking up temporary residency at Wellesley College in September and putting on three free performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It will be one of your first chances to check out the refurbished Alumnae Hall as well. Shows will be held Sept. 23-25 at 7pm.
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Wellesley College Alumnae Hall gets a makeover: A first look

Wellesley College‘s Alumnae Hall, a venue for public and student activities on campus, has undergone an $18 million makeover, its first-ever renovation since being built in 1923. The hall re-opens this fall (photos courtesy of Wellesley College). Now called Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall in honor of the college’s 12th president, the facility features a [...]
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Wellesley Players: Calling all cuckoos

The Wellesley Players will be auditioning all roles for Dale Wasserman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest directed by JulieAnn Charest Govang, which will run November 19-21, 2010 at the Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College. Auditions will be on Aug 23 & 24 at 7pm, no callbacks. They will consist of readings [...]
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Wellesleyites starring in Weston theatre productions

More than 3 dozen actors from Wellesley will take to the stage in Weston this month for a series of Weston Drama Workshop productions, including Children of Eden, The 25th-Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, HONK! and Alicia in Wonder Tierra. Ticket and schedule info here at the Weston Drama Workshop website.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears headed to Wellesley

Lock your doors, Goldilocks is coming to Wellesley this weekend and next, courtesy of the Wellesley Summer Theatre’s Company for Children. Shows are Saturday the 12th and 19th at 9:30 and 11:30AM, and Sunday the 13th and 20th at 11:30am. Tickets are $3 kids, $5 adults, 2 and under free. More info here.
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Wellesley High Drama club visits state house

The State Champion Wellesley High School Drama Club recently paid a visit to the Massachusetts State House hosted by Rep. Alice Peisch. Photo credit: Mark Kasianowicz
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Wellesley Summer Theatre presents “The Trip to Bountiful”

From Welleley Summer Theatre: Opening June 3 @ 7pm in the Schneider Center Theatre on the Wellesley College Campus Horton Foote’s tender, heartfelt study focuses on Carrie Watts (played by Lisa Foley) who dreams of returning to her childhood home in the small town of Bountiful, Texas, which she left three decades ago.  She sets [...]
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Wellesley Middle School to reprise gold medal winning play “Perfect”

From WMS drama, regarding a free reprisal of “Perfect” to be performed at Wellesley Middle School, Thursday May 6 at 7pm: Twenty two talented actors from the 7th and 8th grades at Wellesley Middle School won a gold medal in Mendon, MA on Saturday May 1 at the 2010 Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival. They [...]
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Willy Wonka coming to Wellesley this weekend

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Fiddler on the Roof kicks off tonight in Wellesley

The Wellesley Players begin their six-show run of Fiddler on the Roof, famous for songs such as “If I were a Rich Man [I'd be living in Wellesley]” etc., tonight at Babson’s Sorenson Center at 8pm. More details here. Here’s a look at the Wellesley members of the cast: L-R:  Top Row:  Tony DeMarco, Wil Breden, [...]
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Amazing play on the way to Wellesley Middle School

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Wellesley student to appear in TCAN play “Jake’s Women”

Wellesley 7th-grader Nora Panahi makes her debut with The Center for the Arts in Natick, portaying the character Mollie in Neil Simon’s “Jake’s Women.” PERFORMANCE DETAILS: Jake’s Women opens March 5 and runs through March 14. Performances are at 8 pm on March 5, 6, 12, and 13; at 7 pm on March 7, and [...]
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Boys Don’t Cry producer to speak at Wellesley College Feb. 18

A showing of the movie Boys Don’t Cry will be held Feb. 18 at Wellesley College at 7pm at Collins Cinema to commemorate the film’s 10th anniversary. Hilary Swank won an an Academy Award for best actress in the movie, which shed a new light on transgender issues. Producer Christine Vachon will be on hand [...]
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Alice in Wonderland coming to Wellesley

Students of Wellesley are gearing up for Broadway Bound Dance Center’s performance of Alice in Wonderland.  Fifty-six students of six surrounding towns will participate in the production, including Wellesleyites: Lydia Tuffy as Alice, Nicole DuBois as the White Rabbit, Julia Taibl as the Queen of Hearts, as well as Kate Dario, Chloe Diamond, Kate Fletcher, [...]
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Wellesley Middle School presents free, fun play Friday night

The play is called “Cases of Mistaken Identity (A Comedy in Three Cars)” and it starts at 7pm at the Wellesley Middle School auditorium. Recommended for ages 9 and up.  Free admission.
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