Donovan Holt (Understudy/Assistant Director) (he/him) is thrilled to be making his Central Square Theatre debut in Ain’t Misbehavin’. From Chicago, Illinois, Donovan is a third year at Northeastern University studying Theatre and Human Movement Science. Donovan would like to thank Maurice, the Front Porch Arts Collective and the rest of the Ain’t Misbehavin’ team.
Vanessa C. Hart* (Stage Manager) (They/She) is a stage manager and new resident of Massachusetts. They have stage managed every season at the Peterborogh Players since 2017. In New York, they recently stage managed the acclaimed production of Mad Forest at the Fisher Center at Bard College and Theatre for A New Audience, The Attendants 2020 by the NerveTank presented by Arts Brookfield NY, and pssst…The Boot with Beth Morrison Projects, as well as being the resident stage manager for the Fisher Center at Bard College in Spring 2021. Previously, they stage managed Cleveland Playhouse’s Light It Up! (World Premiere), Rebel and Misfits Productions’ of Uncle Vanya, Sex with Strangers, and Hamlet: See What I See in St. Louis, MO. The People’s Shakespeare Project of Lancaster’s The Tempest, and Wee Keep Company’s Three Sisters and A Wolf in Lancaster, PA.
* Member of Actor’s Equity Association
Becky Bass, (Company) (she/her) hailing from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, is delighted to make her debut with The Front Porch Arts Collective and Central Square Theater! Off-Broadway: Yermede
Elisabetta Polito+ (Costume Designer) (she/her) Recent Costume Design work: Film: YE (Jagun Fly Productions), Theater: Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Book of Will, Breath and Imagination, Camelot, Peter, and the Starcatcher, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, City of Angels, Into the Woods, Water by the Spoonful, Stones in His Pockets, Time Stands Still(Lyric Stage Company).Cymbeline (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Cyrano, The Last Schwartz, Out of Sterno (Gloucester Stage Company). Inherit the Wind (Ocean State Theater Company). Dog Fight, Big Fish, A Future Perfect, Necessary Monsters, The Color Purple, Kurt Vonnegut: Make up your mind, In the Heights, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (SpeakEasy Stage). Mary Poppins (Wheelock Family Theater). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Addams Family: The Musical, Unbleached American, Bernarda Alba, These Shining Lives, The Nutcracker, The Rimers of Eldritch (Stoneham Theater). Pajama Game (Boston Conservatory). Blood at the Root, The Wiz, Othello, Inner City Blues, In the Heights (Boston Arts Academy). Marie Antoinette: Color of Flesh (Providence College). White Christmas (The Company Theatre). L’Elisire d’amore, L’ Amico Fritz, Il Campanello, Martha, The Bartered Bride, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Boston Midsummer Opera). The Love of the Nightingale (Emerson College). Into the Woods, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Cherry Orchard, Hairspray, Metamorphoses, Imaginary Invalid (Concord Academy). Rent, Dr. Faustus (Suffolk University). Funnyhouse of a Negro, Three Sisters (Brandeis Theatre Company). 2016 recipient of an Elliot Norton Award. Fashion Technology Program Director at Boston Arts Academy.
+Member of United Scenic Artists.
Anthony Pires, Jr.* (Dan) is excited to return to CST, having appeared last season in the 2023 Elliot Norton Award winning musical for Outstanding Musical Production Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Company) co-produced with Front Porch Arts Collective and GBSC. Anthony is a local Boston Actor and a 2-time Elliot Norton Award Winner. Recent credits, Addams Family (Fester), Matilda (Mr. Wormwood/Escapologist), Ragtime (Coalhouse) Wheelock Family Theatre, The Prom (Mr. Hawkins) SpeakEasy Stage, Preludes (Chalipan) Lyric Stage Boston Company, Passing Strange (Mr. Franklin/Joop/Hugo) Moonbox Productions, Hair (Hud) New Repertory Theatre. Special thanks to his friends and family for all the support!www.anthonypiresjr.com
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association