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Jane Staab is an actor, director and composer currently living on Cape Cod. She was co-founder and served as co-artistic director of Boston's Wheelock Family Theatre for 33 years.

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[Off-Broadway]
1976
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY Extended at Wheelock Family Theatre


The Addams Family has been extended at Wheelock Family Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

THE ADDAMS FAMILY to be Presented at Wheelock Family Theatre


WFT@BU is thrilled to launch its 2023/24 season with spooky favorite, The Addams Family. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Cape Cod Theatre Company Announces Summer 2021 Season


Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre will inaugurate a new Outdoor Stage to celebrate its 70th Season.

MOULIN ROUGE, JAGGED LITTLE PILL & More Earn Nominations for 23rd Annual IRNE Awards


The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) today announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual IRNE Awards, which honor the best of the previous year's actors, directors, choreographers, designers and companies across the full spectrum of large, mid-size and fringe theater companies. Moulin Rouge!, a new musical produced by Global Creatures, and An American in Paris, produced by the Ogunquit Playhouse, led with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively, in the Large Stage Musical Category. The Huntington Theatre led all companies with 31 nominations across seven productions, including 11 for Man in the Ring, the story of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith.

BWW Review: Cape Cod Theatre Company's Triumphant BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Is A Fable For Our Time


Director Jane Staab's Beauty & the Beast is a fable for our time, emphasizing the humanity of its enchanted castle's 'objects' (and even its titular beast) through costume and demeanor, while stressing the power of kindness and the promise of change. The themes run throughout this show - from its winning, broad comedy to its vivid, heartfelt moments.

IN THE HEIGHTS and More Set for Wheelock Family Theatre's 2017-18 Season


Wheelock Family Theatre has announced its 2017-2018 season. Join them for three dazzling productions that celebrate the love and warmth of family: In the Heights, Disney's Beauty & The Beast and Stuart Little!

IN THE HEIGHTS and More Set for Wheelock Family Theatre's 2017-18 Season


Wheelock Family Theatre has announced its 2017-2018 season. Join them for three dazzling productions that celebrate the love and warmth of family: In the Heights, Disney's Beauty & The Beast and Stuart Little!

BWW Preview: The Cape Cod Theatre Company Presents ON GOLDEN POND


The Cape Cod Theatre Company, home of the Harwich Junior Theatre, is pleased to bring Ernest Thompson's beloved 1979 play On Golden Pond to its stage as the first show of its anticipated fall season. Thompson's play, which was made into the well-known 1981 movie starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, will run as a CCTC main-stage production from September 16th thru October 9th, under the direction of Susan Kosoff.

BWW Review: We ALL Want Some More of OLIVER! at CCTC


Formerly the Harwich Junior Theater, CCTC may have changed its name but it has hardly lost its niche for bringing the Cape Cod community productions of the utmost quality, and its most recent production of Oliver! has done much more than provide a wonderfully entertaining time for children and adults alike: it has proven that the magnificence and professionalism with which CCTC instills its shows will remain an unchanged beauty in all the group's productions for years and years to come. If you were among the many fortunate enough to see Oliver! this past month, than you have witnessed only a smidgen of why CCTC is a wonderful place in which to behold what magic a memorable performance can bring.

BWW Review: Dickinson's Words Ring Forevermore in Harwich


Dickenson believed in the power and majesty of the written word, and so, too, can a Cape Cod audience now embrace her passion in a new production which portrays not only the life of Massachusetts' own world-renown poet, but more specifically those emotions which made her one of the most memorable and fascinating people an audience can ever become acquainted with on stage. The Belle of Amherst is hereby brought to the Cape with an ecstatic bang in the form of subtle Emily Dickinson, who's basic essence on stage makes this a truly remarkable production that any director would be proud of.

BWW Reviews: Majesty At Its Peak at Harwich Junior Theatre


As part of a very impressive sixty-forth summer season, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon makes its Cape Cod premiere with Harwich Junior Theater's current production…and what a clever idea it was to bring such a heartwarming story to its stage! Written by Grace Lin, adapted by Jeannine Coulombe and directed by the magnificent Jane Staab (an HJT alumna herself), the one word that came to mind when thinking of how Where the Mountain Meets the Moon can be described is "majestic." Telling the story of a young girl who embarks on a quest to find the mystical, omniscient being who can reveal to her the secret of wealth, this Newbery-honored novel is transformed into something Staab has made beautiful to behold on stage.

ALL THE WAY, PIPPIN & More Nominated for 2014 IRNE Awards


The Nominating Committee of the Independent Reviewers of New England has just announced nominees for the 2014 IRNE Awards. The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards, founded by Beverly Creasey of the Journal Newspapers and Larry Stark of TheaterMirror in 1997, recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community.

The Hobbit Opens Season at Wheelock Family Theatre


"THE HOBBIT" to open at Wheelock Family Theatre; 33rd year of professional Equity theatre in Boston. The Wheelock Family Theatre's production of The Hobbit captures the humor, excitement, shadows of evil, and beacons of good of one of the world's best-loved stories. Filled with compelling characters, vivid imagery, and brilliantly evocative language, The Hobbit and two volumes of The Lord of the Rings are among the six best-selling novels of all time.

BWW Reviews: One for the Kids with Wheelock Family Theatre's PIPPI LONGSTOCKING


Pippi Longstocking, a story that has been around since the 1940s, tells of a little girl who is left by her pirate father alone with her horse and pet monkey, Mr. Nilsson, to fend for herself and teach the meaning of fun to the rule-following children of the town. Along the way, Pippi fights burglars and policemen alike, shows off her unmatchable strength at the fair, throws cake at a dinner party, and brings happiness and friendship to her peers

2013 Independent Reviewers of New England Award Nominees Announced!


2013 IRNE Nominations have been announced, as updated on the organization's Facebook page today, February 18, 2013. As of yet, no April date has been set for the awards ceremony. Scroll below for the full list of nominations!

Wheelock Family Theatre Presents OLIVER!, Beginning 1/25


Adapted from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Book, music, and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Directed by Susan Kosoff. Musical direction by Jon Goldberg. Choreography by Laurel Conrad. Scenic design by Anthony Hancock. Lighting design by Franklin Meissner, Jr. Costume Design by Charles G. Baldwin.

Wheelock Family Theatre Announces New Staff Members


Wheelock College President Jackie Jenkins-Scott announced the appointment of two new leaders for the Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT).

Wheelock Family Theatre Announces Season, PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH To Open


Wheelock Family Theatre has been recognized both locally and nationally for its commitment to accessible, multi-cultural, multi-generational productions for all families.

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