The Trustees of the Helltown Players…
Find out more about the 8 seasoned dramatists hell-bent on reviving the tradition begun by the Provincetown Players. We are excited to share our expertise with the Outer Cape performing arts community to accomplish something that is rare on Cape Cod – the development and production of new and relevant plays written by Cape Cod dramatists.
But we are more than just playwrights, directors, and producers. Our Trustees include people with experience in business, finance, law, software, marketing, higher education, arts administration, and the military. These experiences lend breadth as well as depth to our expertise.
John Dennis Anderson
Trustee
“I discovered oral interpretation of literature in school and fell in love with performance as a way of embodying language. As a playwright, I channel the voices of authors who inspire me and adapt their words for performance.”
Meryl Cohn
Trustee
“What do humans do under pressure? How do we find home, whether in a place or another person? As a kid, watching conflict play out on stage felt compelling and inspirational. Even now, I read and watch and write plays to find out how to be human.”
Jim Dalglish
Trustee / Founder / President
“I gave up writing plays after graduate school. I rediscovered my passion for theater after my first move to the Outer Cape more than 20 years ago. You can blame Provincetown and its fertile arts community for my renewed addiction…”
Gary Garrison
Trustee Emeritus
“The man heals the boy as the boy heals the man.”
Fermin Rojas
Trustee
“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Ian Ryan
Trustee / Secretary / Treasurer
“Find your light is a direction actors often hear at a technical rehearsal, where a quarter turn to the left or right integrates the actor with work of the lighting, set, wardrobe, and sound designers, and where all of the underlying work, the actor’s preparation, direction, writing, even the production planning and budgeting, are revealed to an audience as whole, visible, and vital. This is the collaboration where art resides. We are here to find our light.”
Lynda Sturner
Trustee
“To be alive is to be continually in the process of becoming. ”
Margaret Van Sant
Trustee
“Moliere said to do theater, all you need is a play, a plank, and a passion! We at Helltown Players have all three!”