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Gentlemen Never Tell Opens This Weekend

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Edit: We are saddened to announce that, due to COVID, this weekend’s shows have been cancelled. While art is crucial, the health and safety of our cast, crew, and audience come first. But never fear … Team Hawking shall fly again! Keep an eye on our website and our social media for future updates about when how to watch Gentlemen Never Tell.

We at Team Hawking are delighted to be performing in person again!

Join us this weekend, Fri Jan 21-Sun Jan 23, 2022 for an all-new comedic spinoff featuring Mrs. Hawking’s other nephew, Justin!

While on a business trip to Venice during Masquerade, dashing bisexual rake Justin Hawking is there to make deals and make love: not necessarily in that order. But behind the masks of the ball is more intrigue than he bargained for, and Justin must interrupt his dalliances long enough to stick up for those without his privilege to float through life.

Friday, January 21st at 7:30PM

Saturday, January 22nd at 7:30PM

Sunday, January 23rd at 2:00PM

Live Stream tickets $20 per device: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/60178

Purchase limited in-house tickets ($20 per adult, $10 youth under 18): http://www.manchestercommunitytheatre.com/

Please note in your email requesting tickets which date you would like tickets for, and fill in your phone number so that we may contact you to complete your credit card purchase. Only those with tickets, proof of full vaccination (no exceptions for any reason), and masks will be allowed into the theatre. Sorry, walk-ins cannot be accommodated.

Audience members must be triple vaxxed (two vaxxes and a booster) and show proof of vaccination at the door. (Cast and crew will be required to have a negative PCR test.)

Art by SK Artistry

Cast

Justin Hawking – Eric Cheung

Peter Morgan – Pieter Wallace

Rosaline Pembroke – Naomi Floro

Cassius Evans – Andy LeBlanc

Cora Little – Elizabeth Ross

Theo Pryce – Andrew Prentice

Annabel Broadwater – Arielle Kaplan

Mrs. Broadwater – Jenn Day

Martin Quincy – Jason Tilton

Nathaniel Hawking – Christian Krenek

Hector – Phil Pierre-Louis

Crew

Written by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin

Director – Phoebe Roberts

Technical Director – Bernie Gabin

Sound Design – Neil Marsh

Stage Manager – Cari Keebaugh

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PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT! Gilded Cages and Mrs. Frost at the Watch City Steampunk Festival 2019

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We have a date for our next round of performances of Mrs. Hawking shows!

Our newest shows, Gilded Cages and Mrs. Frost, will be going up at the Watch City Steampunk Festival 2019 in Waltham, Massachusetts!

The latest installments of the Hawking series are returning with a stellar cast and crew to Waltham’s free spring steampunk festival with two free shows!

GILDED CAGES
By Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin

2PM on Saturday, May 11th
At the First Parish Church
50 Church Street, Waltham, MA

London, 1884—For 25 years, Mrs. Hawking has battled injustice as the Lady’s Champion of London. But it has been a difficult path that led her to her life’s work as a superhero, and finally the truth behind Mrs. H’s discovery of her calling will be revealed. As she takes on a case against an enemy beyond any she’s ever faced, the struggles and mistakes of her past have come back to haunt her. CN: parental abuse, mention of stillbirth.

Starring

1884

Mrs. Hawking – Cari Keebaugh
Mary Stone – Circe Rowan
Nathaniel Hawking – Christian Krenek
Arthur Swann – Matthew Kamm
Mrs. Chaudhary – Naomi Ibatsitas
Lord Brockton – Pieter Wallace
Ensemble – Andrew Prentice, Pieter Wallace

1859

Victoria Stanton – Cari Keebaugh
Malaika Shah – Naomi Ibatsitas
Elizabeth Danvers – Arielle Kaplan
Reginald Hawking – Christian Krenek
Lt. Governor Stanton – Sam Jones

MRS. FROST
By Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin

6PM on Saturday, May 11th
At the First Parish Church
50 Church Street, Waltham, MA

London, 1886— The reveal of Mrs. Hawking’s greatest enemy yet has left our hero brooding over past failures, so consumed in destroying the criminal mastermind that even apprentices Mary and Nathaniel feel frozen out of her life. But when Nathaniel is taken captive, and an important figure from her past returns, Mrs. Hawking must work with some remarkable women to defeat her nemesis once and for all. CN: mention of sexual assault, Victorian mental health practices.

Starring

Mrs. Hawking – Cari Keebaugh
Mary Stone – Circe Rowan
Nathaniel Hawking – Christian Krenek
Madam Malaika Shah – Naomi Ibatsitas
Arthur Swann – Matthew Kamm
Clara Hawking – Sara Smith
Mrs. Frost – Arielle Kaplan
Roland Davies – Andrew Prentice
Dr. Enfield – Jason Tilton
Ensemble – Jason Tilton, Pieter Wallace

Our shows run ninety minutes without intermission, and admission is free. If you missed us at Arisia 2019, be certain to mark your calendars to join us for this open festival performance, produced by Breaking Light Productions and brought to you by the Waltham Watch City Steampunk Festival!

“Gilded Cages” and “Mrs. Frost” by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin will be performed on Saturday, May 11th at 2pm and 6pm respectively at the First Parish Church at 50 Church Street, Waltham, MA as part of the Watch City Steampunk Festival.

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Hawking Arisia membership raffle 2017

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Want to catch our shows at Arisia 2016, but the cost of membership is a little too high for you? Well, here’s your chance to win two full weekend memberships for FREE in Mrs. Hawking’s Arisia membership raffle!

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For the next two weeks, we are raffling off not one but TWO passes to the Arisia 2017 convention! This will give you complete access to all hours and events of the con in the Westin Waterfront Boston hotel January 13th through 16th.

To enter:

– Share the show information page or our 2017 poster on social media— Facebook, Twitter, Gogle+, Instagram
– Tag us in the post! You can use @mrshawkingweb for Twitter and Instagram, or tag our Facebook page, or use the hashtag #mrshawkingatarisia
– Each share across the platforms counts as one entry
– Share across as many platforms as you like for additional entries

Entries will close on Wednesday, December 21st at 12AM. A winner will be drawn at random and announced at 12PM on the 21st. The selected person will provide us with their contact information so that we can transfer the Arisia memberships into whatever names they choose. We shall be pleased to have you as our guests at our performances!

Happy sharing!

Vivat Regina and Base Instruments by Phoebe Roberts will be performed January 13th-15th at the Boston Westin Waterfront Hotel as part of Arisia 2017.

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Show times at Arisia 2017!

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We are officially on the schedule at Arisia 2017!

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The MRS HAWKING shows
By Phoebe Roberts

VIVAT REGINA
Friday, January 13th at 7:30PM

and

BASE INSTRUMENTS
Saturday, January 14th at 4PM
Sunday, January 15th at 12PM

In Grand Ballroom B

At the Westin Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210

Please come join as at Arisia 2017 this January and come see our shows, including the debut performance of Base Instruments!

Vivat Regina and Base Instruments by Phoebe Roberts will be performed January 13th-15th at the Boston Westin Waterfront Hotel as part of Arisia 2017.

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Vivat Regina and Base Instruments at Arisia 2017

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MRS. HAWKING part 2 and 3

at the Arisia 2017 Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

presented by The Chameleon’s Dish Theatre

Vivat Regina
by Phoebe Roberts
Friday, January 13th at 7:30PM

and

Base Instruments
by Phoebe Roberts
Saturday, January 14th at 4PM
Sunday, January 15th at 12PM

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In Grand Ballroom B

January 13th – 17th
in the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
at 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA

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On the schedule at the Watch City Steampunk Festival ’16!

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Our shows are on the schedule of events happening at the Watch City Steampunk Festival 2016!

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On the festival day of May 7th, our first show, Mrs. Hawking, will be performed at 2PM, and our second show, Vivat Regina, at 6PM, both in the auditorium at Waltham Government Center at 119 School Street in Waltham. Check out the exciting theatrical trailer for a glimpse of the excitement:

But we’re not the only great events happening that day. The festival will be full of entertainment, including live music, art displays, vendors, and food. Rumor has it the kraken that lives in the Charles River will rise up for a grudge match against a clockwork robot!

Be sure to check out the schedule not only for the information for Mrs. Hawking and Vivat Regina, but also for all the other great events happening that day at this totally free family event. Our shows are quick, free, and fun– only one hour each with no ticket price! –so be sure to make a day out of it. Come for the shows, stay for the rest of the festival!

Mrs. Hawking and Vivat Regina will be performed on May 7th at 119 School Street, Waltham, MA at 2PM and 6PM as part of the Watch City Steampunk Festival 2016 in Waltham, MA.

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Vivat Regina character arc previews – Mary

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Despite the fact that the series is named after Mrs. Hawking, in many ways this is really the story of Mary. It’s about her growing into a true hero, and in saving others finding the way to save herself.

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Played by Circe Rowan, Mary’s journey comes from the fact that her world used to be very small. As a servant and a member of the lower classes, everything about her life encouraged her to never use her own mind, to never speak her own thoughts, that she was of most use to others doing what she was told. She has seen very little of life, and has never been encouraged to see herself as a person with skills and strength to give.

In being Mrs. Hawking’s assistant, she must learn many new skills— how to fight, to move with stealth, to operate without detection, to take on personas, to come up with plans of attack. The level of excellence required to pull off something so difficult as saving people from the traps of society is enormous, and when we enter Vivat Regina, Mary is struggling to meet the high expectations. And with her mentor’s constant pushing, she’s begun to doubt whether or not she has it in her to meet it all.

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But it’s not enough to just learn what Mrs. Hawking has to teach. Mary has to learn her own strength, her own way of doing things. And part of this is developing the confidence in herself, both her abilities and her own judgment, to push herself to do what she has to do. And sometimes that’s going to mean speaking out, disagreeing, making her own path.

It’s no small task for a former servant girl who was supposed to make herself invisible at all times. But Mary is an exceptional person, and watching her grow into her potential shapes a huge portion of this story.

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Mrs. Hawking and Vivat Regina will be performed on May 7th at 119 School Street, Waltham, MA at 2PM and 6PM as part of the Watch City Steampunk Festival 2016 in Waltham, MA.