Audiences Rave about “New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House,” Come See Why

November 13, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Audiences have been raving about the 2nd Act Players production of the all-new New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House with 85% of those filling out audience satisfaction surveys during the first two weeks of performances saying they would recommend the show to a friend. Audience members also gave the play high marks for character and […]

The fashions of New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House — Act II

November 11, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Act II of New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House takes place at the end of 1961, a time when fashion was changing thanks to the style influences of then First Lady Jackie Kennedy. 2nd Act Cofounder and costume designer Carolyn Calzavara sought to reflect that in her choices for women’s dresses in Act II. Hear […]

The fashions of New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House — Act I

November 10, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House spans two fashion decades, the 1950s and the 1960s, each very different and distinct in the looks it became remembered for. 2nd Act Players’ Cofounder Carolyn Calzavara took on the monumental task of creating outfits for the women in New Year’s Eve that would represent each of these decades. […]

Watch Liz Lauren talk about her character in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 9, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Stella is an outsider to the clanish Smaldone family who you’ll meet in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House.She’s not Italian, as the family is, so she has to constantly fight to be taken seriously as the wife of the oldest son in the family, sonny. But she has plans to change her situation. Listen […]

Watch Melissa Reeves talk about her character in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 8, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Del is the oldest sister in the Smaldone family, who you’ll meet in the 2nd Act Players’ production of New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House. There’s a lot of pressure on her to live up to her parents’ expectations. Life has not worked out as she hoped. Hear Melissa Reeves talk about her character, Del: […]

Watch Phil Troyk talk about his character in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 7, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Phil Troyk plays Sonny in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House. Sonny is momma’s oldest son, a big, blustery man who revels in telling of his glory days as an amateur boxer. Sonny wants to be accepted as American despite his Italian roots. But the price he will have to pay for that may be […]

Hear about the costumes for New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 7, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The costumes for the 2nd Act Players’ fall premiere of New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House are the most elaborate the theater has done in its five years in existence. 2nd Act Players’ Cofounder Carolyn Calzavara has made dresses for all the women in the Smaldone family who you’ll meet in our story. The time […]

Vote to help end fear, panelists advise

November 6, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

American immigrants, even those with green cards and those who have become naturalized citizens, today are living in fear for their own well-being and that of their families, said speakers at the 2nd Act Players’ post-show panel on immigration Sunday, Nov. 4. What the rest of us need to do to end the nightmare they […]

Opening Weekend Audiences Rave about New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 5, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Opening weekend audiences were almost universal in their praise for the new 2nd Act Players’ show, New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House. Comments such as “Great, it was great!” and “The acting was really good,” were common on audience feedback forms during the first two shows Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. Other comments: “Timely, serious, […]

Watch Julie Mitre discuss her character in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House

November 1, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Julie Mitre will be making her fourth appearance on the 2nd Act Players’ stage this November in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House, playing the matriarch of a large Italian-American family in 1960 and 1961. Hear Julie discuss her character here, then click here to buy your tickets to see her, Saturday nights at 7 […]