Painting Churches

by Tina Howe

June 6 - July 5, 2025

Gardner and Fanny Church are preparing to move out of their Beacon Hill house to their summer cottage on Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, now is retired. He slips in and out of senility as his wife Fanny valiantly tries to keep them both afloat. They have asked their daughter, Mags, to come home and help them move. Mags agrees, for she hopes as well to finally paint their portrait. She is now on the verge of artistic celebrity herself and hopes, by painting her parents, to come to terms with them and they with her. Mags triumphs in the end as Fanny and Gardner actually step through the frame and become a work of art ineffable and timeless.

This play was directed by Sam Martinez & Soraya Ahmadi and featured Barbara Brandt, Adrian Collinson & Carrie Lee Sparks with Maddie Koenig, Amelia Knowles & Kathryn Collins backstage and London Tye in the tech booth.

Cast & Crew

Sam Martinez

Sam Martinez

Director
Soraya Ahmadi

Soraya Ahmadi

Assistant Director
Barbara Brandt

Barbara Brandt

Fanny Sedgwick Church
Adrian Collinson

Adrian Collinson

Gardner Church
Carrie Lee Sparks

Carrie Lee Sparks

Margaret (Mags) Church
Kelly Swinehart Wehrer

Kelly Swinehart Wehrer

Understudy
Maddie Koenig

Maddie Koenig

Stage Manager
Amelia Knowles

Amelia Knowles

Stage Crew
Kathryn Collins

Kathryn Collins

Stage Crew
London Tye

London Tye

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