Bull in a China Shop

by Bryna Turner
Director: Lisa Tierney
June 13-29, 2025
Hovey Players, 9 Spring Street, Waltham, MA 02451

Inspired by the real letters between Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks spanning from 1899 to 1937, this fast-paced comedy asks: What is revolution? What does it mean to be at odds with the world? How do we fulfill our potential? And how the hell do we grow old together?

Friday June 13 - 8PM
Saturday June 14 - 8PM
Sunday June 15 - 2PM
Friday, June 20 - 8PM
Saturday, June 21 - 8PM
Sunday, June 22 - 2PM
Monday, June 23 (Industry Night) - 8PM
Friday, June 27 - 8PM
Saturday, June 28 - 8PM
Sunday, June 29 - 2PM

Ticketing coming soon!

Meet the Cast

  • Linnea Lyerly

    Linnea Lyerly (WOOLLEY)

    has been performing in concerts and theater in the Greater Worcester area since 2013. She has served on the Board of Directors at Calliope Productions in Boylston for almost 10 years, and has also worked on theater production teams as a vocal coach. Linnea received a BA in Vocal Performance and Arts Administration from the University of Maryland at College Park and was a Music Together teacher for 16 years. Linnea has performed with Calliope Productions, Worcester County Light Opera Company, Barre Players, JEMS, Weston Friendly Society, and Vanilla Box theaters. Some favorite roles include: Luisa Contini in Nine, Marie in Cinderella, Judy in Small Mouth Sounds, Helen Bechdel in Fun Home, Diva Raquel DeAngelis in Living On Love, Rita in Lucky Stiff, Jack's Mother in Into the Woods, and Truvy in Steel Magnolias.

  • Heidi White

    Heidi White (MARKS)

    has performed with several community theaters in the central Massachusetts area including Theater at the Mount, Worcester County Light Opera Company, The Gilbert Players, the Barre Players, Greater Worcester Opera, JEMS Theatre, and at Calliope Productions.  Some of her favorite roles include Sibella in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Nellie in South Pacific, Evelyn Nesbit  in Ragtime, Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins, Hope in Urinetown, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Amalia in She Loves Me, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, and Annie in Annie Get Your Gun. Heidi holds a master's degree in Biotechnology and has worked as a Medical Technologist at UMASS Memorial Healthcare for the past 18 years.

  • Hannah Young

    Hannah Young (FELICITY)

    is thrilled to be making her Treehouse Collective debut! Her Boston theatre credits include Little Women (Josephine March) at Needham Community Theatre and Marian, Or the True Tale of Robin Hood (Sir Theo) at Theatre@First. While studying theatre at university, she also appeared in Julius Caesar (Calpurnia/Messala) and Much Ado About Nothing (Hugh Oatcake/Musician). A choice credit was her participation in an ensemble-driven, character mask production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. A great lover of Shakespearean scansion and rhetoric, Hannah taught Shakespeare for Young Actors at the Great River Shakespeare Festival - culminating in a student performance of an abridged but unadapted Shakespeare play. Hannah would like to thank her family and Sadie for encouraging her to try everything and enjoy the process.

  • Karen Dervin

    Karen Dervin (DEAN WELSH)

    is making her Treehouse debut but is no stranger to Boston-area stages. As a Mount Holyoke alum, she is excited to help bring this story of "Uncommon Women" to life. Recent work at other theaters: Ada and the Engine (Castle Hill Productions), Kodachrome (Burlington Players), Silent Sky (Theatre III), Eleemosynary (Curtain Call), The Realistic Jones (Hovey Players), Blood Relations (Footlight Club), In the Forest, She Grew Fangs (AKA Theatre), and Antigone (Flat Earth). When not in a theater, Karen earns a living as a Lab Manager at MGH.

  • Lena Vani

    Lena Vani (Marks and Pearl Understudy)

    is thrilled to be a part of her first production based in eastern Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in Theater from the University Of Massachusetts, Amherst. Credits -- Off-Broadway: Etched Glass Decanter (Theater555). Selected Regional Credits: Much Ado About Nothing (The Hanover Theatre Rep), The Dog Days Are Now (Studio Theatre Worcester), P*ssy Sludge (Real Live Theatre),  Now You See Me (Cleveland Public Theatre) and REFUGEE (Joakim Interfest). She would like to thank Lisa and Katie for the opportunity to work on such an important play.

  • Anneke Salvadori (Pearl)

    Anneke Salvadori (Pearl)

    is a Canadian actor currently studying Acting at Emerson College, Class of 2026. Recent educational credits include Girl in The Big Meal, Claudette/Wendy in Second Star to the Right, and Fortitude in Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder. Select film credits include Roll for Reality (Antemeridian Studios) and Knight Life (Emerson College). @anneke.brigid