Register by May 5
Who's Coming?
J. Kalaora, Founder & Artistic Director of History At PlayTM, LLC in Literature, Life & Love. The Waterside Museum, one of many historic figures featured in the company’s repertoire.
History At PlayTM, LLC (HAP), has garnered nationwide applause for their solo Immersive Living History Experiences, chronicling the lives of legendary pioneers who changed society. In Literature, Life & Love. The Waterside Museum, HAP Founder and Artistic Director Judith Kalaora portrays the Boston author, philanthropist, and original Gossip Girl who shares stories about the lives of her closest literary friends: From Nathaniel Hawthorne to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Charles Dickens! Now, Annie Adams Fields travels to Worcester, MA to tell her story.
Mrs. Fields has an incredible influence on literary decisions at Ticknor and Fields Publishing House (forerunner to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing). Counting Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Sarah Orne Jewett amongst her closest friends, Annie witnessed a great deal of Victorian revelry at her waterside museum in Beacon Hill. No short of a Gossip Girl, Mrs. Fields kept 13 years of journals about her famous colleagues and wrote about their most intriguing moments in Authors and Friends (1896). She shares them with you during an intimate teatime conversation. There will be laughter, disbelief, and even some blushing cheeks, when you hear the tantalizing tales of Literature, Life & Love. The Waterside Museum.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
WPI Campus, The Alumni Center at Higgins House
10:00 AM Check-In & Guest Social
10:30 AM Welcome Remarks, Followed by Featured Program
11:45 AM Closing Remarks
12:00 PM Program Concludes
Parking pass is required and provided to guests via confirmation email at time of registration.
This program is hosted by WPI Voyagers for the enjoyment of current members and the WPI community, age 55+ and having an interest in learning more about WPI Voyagers.
History At PlayTM, LLC (HAP) has garnered international applause for their solo and ensemble Immersive Living History performances, chronicling the lives of influential and often forgotten figures. Since 2010, the HAP Troupe has brought the legacies of great trailblazers to life in museums, libraries, corporations, universities, historical societies, senior living residences, and schools across the United States. History At PlayTM, LLC is available for booking in-person, virtual, and hybrid performance and keynote speaking events. Visit HistoryAtPlay.com, email info@HistoryAtPlay.com, and call +1.617.752.2859 for inquiries.
Josh Lederman, NBC News Political Correspondent, attests: “History At Play connects the dots between the characters that made up our past and the events they shaped that still influence our lives.” Jordan Rich, of CBS WBZ Radio, states that Judith Kalaora, the Founder & Artistic Director of History At Play, LLC, is “a one-woman force of nature and inhabits these women…it takes people like her to bring these stories to life…these lost pieces of history.”
About History At PlayTM, LLC (HAP): HAP was founded in 2010 by Artistic Director Judith Kalaora in order to create educational entertainment and to chronicle the lives of influential and often forgotten figures. Kalaora is a resident of Massachusetts and a Magna cum Laude graduate of Syracuse University, as well as completing the Education Program of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London, England. Since 2010, History At PlayTM, LLC has brought the legacies of great pioneers to life in museums, libraries, universities, corporate settings, historical societies, senior living communities, and schools across the United States. Offering in-person, virtual, and hybrid experiences. To learn more, or to book an event, visit HistoryAtPlay.com, or across socials @HistoryAtPlay
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