The Hills of California
September 12 â October 12, 2025Â
Written by Jez ButterworthÂ
Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta GrecoÂ
In association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
The Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115
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Approximate Run Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, including one 10-minute intermission
Content Advisories: Please note this production contains the use of herbal cigarettes and theatrical haze. Click here for a content advisory that addresses thematic elements.
Notable Dates:Â
Press Opening: Wednesday, September 17th at 7:00 pm
Audio Described: Â Saturday, October 4th at 2:00 pm â
Open Caption: Tuesday, October 7th at 7:00 pm â
Synopsis:
Internationally renowned Olivier and Tony Award–winning playwright Jez Butterworth (The Ferryman, Jerusalem) weaves the compelling, tender, and savagely funny tale of the four adult Webb sistersâ homecoming to the seaside guest house where they grew up. As girls, their fierce and ambitious mother Veronica trained them for a singing career Ă la The Andrews Sisters. Now adults, the sisters must reconsider the choices their mother made, the nostalgic call of youthful harmonies, and the unbreakable bonds of family. Critically acclaimed on Broadway and the West End, The Hills of CaliforniaâŻwill be seen in a new production at The Huntington, directed by Loretta Greco (The Triumph of Love, Prayer for the French Republic).âŻâŻâŻ
âTransfixing! A shattering drama bursting with life and rowdy humor!â
â The Boston Globe
âIt hits home! The acting is great, the music is great, and the set is great.â
– Margery Eagan, GBH âBoston Public Radioâ
âAn aural and visual feast!â
â The Boston Globe
âThe Hills of California explodes in an earthquake of revelation and catharsis!”
â Joyce Kulhawik, JoycesChoices.com
Interview: Loretta Greco Takes THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA in a New Direction at The Huntington Theatre
Complex family dynamics take center stage in âThe Hills of Californiaâ
The Huntingtonâs latest show focuses on a family of sisters whose mother wanted them to be a singing group
Cast & Crew:
Allison Jean White
Veronica
Allison Jean White
Allison Jean White Broadway: Man and Boy (Roundabout). Off Broadway: Party Face (City Center); The Shaughraun (Irish Rep); Santa Doesnât Come to the Holiday Inn (EST). Regional: The Whistleblower (Denver Center); King Charles III (A.C.T., Seattle Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company); The Realistic Joneses, The Circle, Travesties, The Imaginary Invalid, The Real Thing (A.C.T.); Disgraced (Arizona Theatre Company); Heartbreak House (Berkeley Rep); Orwell in America (Northern Stage); The Odd Couple (Virginia Stage Company); The Crowd Youâre In With, Tir na nĂg (Magic Theatre); Red Light Winter (WHAT); Uncle Vanya (Living Room Theatre); Abigailâs Party (SF Playhouse).
Amanda Kristin Nichols
Gloria
Amanda Kristin Nichols
Amanda Kristin Nichols Off Broadway: Three Sisters (The Sheen Center). Regional: Advice, Bad Books (Florida Studio Theatre – NNPN Rolling World Premiere); Noises Off (Bucks County Playhouse); Let There Be Love, The Steel Man (Penguin Rep); The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Great Gatsby (Bay Street Theater).
Aimee Doherty
Ruby / Mrs. Smith
Aimee Doherty
Aimee Doherty (she/her) The Huntington: Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music. Regional: Hello Dolly!, Into the Woods [Elliot Norton Award], On the Town [Elliot Norton Award], Thirst (Lyric Stage); Far from Heaven [Elliot Norton Award], A Man of No Importance (SpeakEasy Stage); Hairspray [Elliot Norton Award] (Wheelock Family Theatre). aimeedoherty.net  Â
Karen Killeen
Jillian
Karen Killeen
Karen Killeen (she/her) Off Broadway: The Dead, 1904 (Irish Repertory Theatre). Regional: Pride and Prejudice (Chautauqua Theatre Company); Dr Ride’s American Beach House (Yale Cabaret).
Kate Fitzgerald
Young Joan
Kate Fitzgerald
Kate Fitzgerald (she/her)Â The Huntington: The Light in the Piazza. Regional: The Crucible (Bay Street Theatre); Peter Pan (North Shore Music Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Coachella Valley Repertory); Double Helix (Goodspeed Opera House Festival of New Musicals, Bay Street Theatre); Thirst, A Gentlemanâs Guide to Love and Murder (Lyric Stage); Pride and Prejudice (Barnstormers Theatre); The Childrenâs Hour (The Gamm Theatre); Josh Grobanâs Harmony Tour, Bridges Tour regional chorus.
Meghan Carey
Young Gloria
Meghan Carey
Meghan Carey (she/her) Regional: Pinocchio (Commonwealth Lyric Theater); A Midsummer Nightâs Dream (Prague Shakespeare Company). Film: Graduation Day (Five Hundred West Film). University: The Vagina Monologues, Something Rotten (Boston Conservatory). Education: BFA Musical Theatre (Boston Conservatory). Represented by DGRW. @meghancareyyÂ
ChloĂŠ Kolbenheyer
Young Ruby / Patty
ChloĂŠ Kolbenheyer
ChloĂŠ Kolbenheyer (she/her) Off Broadway: Disco Fever: The Music of the Bee Gees (54 Below). Off Off Broadway: Whoâd Love Lucy? (Tank NYC). Regional: Bug (Witchhunt Theatre Company). Film: Fireplace Ridge. TV: What Would You Do?. Represented by Stewart Talent NY and Blue Ridge Entertainment. Education: BFA in acting (Boston University). chloekolben.comÂ
Nicole Mulready
Young Jillian
Nicole Mulready
Nicole Mulready (she/her) Regional: Frank & Bean The Musical! (The WBUR Festival Kidstage); Troilus and Cressida (Prague Shakespeare Company). University: Iâm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire; Escape From Happiness; The Convent. Original Works: U Had 2 B There; Home for the Weekend.
Kyle Cameron
Dennis / Jack Larkin
Kyle Cameron
Kyle Cameron (he/him) Off Broadway: Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. (The Public); By the Water (MTC); Chains (Mint Theater); Night Sings Its Songs (New Light); Pushkin (the american vicarious). Proud member of the 52nd Street Project.
Jack Greenberg
Tony / Mr. Halliwell / Mr. Smith
Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg (he/him) The Huntington: The Hills of California, John Proctor is the Villain. Regional: The Hills of California (Berkeley Repertory); Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Reagle Music Theatre); The Soldierâs Tale (Brandeis Theater).
Patrice Jean-Baptiste
Penny / Biddy
Patrice Jean-Baptiste
Patrice Jean-Baptiste (she/her) The Huntington: The Grove. Regional: Her Portmanteau, Building the Wall (Central Square); Trouble in Mind, Broke-ology (Lyric Stage); King Hedley [Elliot Norton nomination for Best Ensemble], The Taming of the Shrew, Coriolanus, Hamlet (Actors Shakespeare Project); Henry V (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Black Odyssey (Front Porch Arts Collective); Boy x Man (Centastage).
Mike Masters
Bill / Joe / Fogg / Dr. Rose
Mike Masters
Mike Masters Off Broadway: Sumpân Like Wings (Mint); An Evening at the Carlyle (Algonquin); Face the Music (Encores!). Regional: Catch Me If You Can (The REV); The Foreigner, South Pacific, The Man Who Came To Dinner, The Big Bang, Beauty and the Beast (Flat Rock Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre); Night and Her Stars (JTS); Twelfth Night (ATL Shakespeare). National: The 101 Dalmatians Musical (MSG); Irving Berlinâs White Christmas (4 seasons – San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto, Minneapolis/St. Paul companies); I Say Tomato, You Say Shut Up!.
Lewis D. Wheeler
Mr. Potts / Luther St. John
Lewis D. Wheeler
Lewis D. Wheeler (he/him) The Huntington: The Triumph of Love, Joe Turnerâs Come and Gone, Butley. Regional: No Manâs Land (ART); Cost of Living, Pass Over (SpeakEasy Stage), Long Dayâs Journey Into Night (New Rep); A Number (Lyric Stage); Every Brilliant Thing (Cape Rep). Over 70 productions at American Stage, Actorsâ Shakespeare Project, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Nora Theatre, Boston Playwrightsâ Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, Gloucester Stage, five seasons at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (WHAT), Underground Railway, Wheelock Family Theatre, Vineyard Playhouse, founding member of Harbor Stage.
Zach Kautter
US Tony / Mr. Halliwell / Mr. Smith
Zach Kautter
Zach Kautter (he/him) Regional: Constellations (BCA Plaza Theatre). Education: BFA in Acting (Boston University). He is the founder of PK Productions Inc., a non-profit dedicated to emerging artists. zachkautter.comÂ
Michael Poignand
US Mr. Potts / Luther St. John / Dennis / Jack Larkin
Michael Poignand
Michael Poignand (he/him) is a Boston-based actor and creative returning to the stage after many years in advertising and marketing. Off Broadway: Speaking in Tongues (Theatre 54); Taming of the Shrew (Secret Theatre); Navy Pier (Theatre Row Studio); Orange Flower Water (InProximity Theatre); Rush’s Dream (HERE Arts Center); The Wind in the Willows (New Victory Theatre).
Lila Grace English
US Young Ruby / Young Patty / Young Jillian
Lila Grace English
Lila Grace English (she/her) University: The Skriker, Sense & Sensibility, King Lear. Education: BFA in Acting (Boston University). lilagraceenglish.comÂ
Ruth Sullivan
US Jillian / Ruby / Mrs. Smith
Ruth Sullivan
Ruth Sullivan (she/her) Off Broadway: Tomorrow in the Battle (Ars Nova). TV: FBI (NBC); REDRUM, Over My Dead Body (Discovery ID).
Bridgette Hayes
US Gloria / Veronica
Bridgette Hayes
Bridgette Hayes (she/her) is a Boston-based actor, educator, and designer. Off Broadway: The Contrast (Mirror Repertory Theater). Regional: Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Lyric Stage);  Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets (Gloucester Stage Company); Everyday Life (Sleeping Weazel / Arts Emerson); Men on Boats (SpeakEasy Stage); Tiny Timâs Christmas Carol (Greater Boston Stage Company); Dog Paddle and Julius Caesar (Bridge Repertory Theater); An Octoroon (Company One / Arts Emerson).
Annika Bolton
US Young Joan / Young Gloria
Annika Bolton
Annika Bolton (she/her) Regional: Llorona, Or The Weeping Women (Boston Center for the Arts); Soft Star (Boston Playwrights’ Theater); How to Kill a Goat (Moonbox Productions/Boston New Works Festival). University: Richard III, Fucking A, El Nogalar (Boston University). Film: Swipe Right for Danger (Verdi Films).
Yewande Odetoyinbo
US Penny / Biddy
Yewande Odetoyinbo
Yewande Odetoyinbo (any pronouns) The Huntington: Fat Ham. Regional: Waitress (Majestic Theatre); FELA! (Olney Theatre Center / Round House Theatre); The Colored Museum (American Stage Company); Sister Act, The Light, Breath Imagination [IRNE Award winner] (Lyric Stage); The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Stage / Front Porch Arts Collective); Fairview, Once On This Island, The View Upstairs (SpeakEasy Stage); Macbeth in Stride (ART); Passing Strange, Caroline or Change [Elliot Norton nomination], Parade (Moonbox Productions); Hair (New Rep); Show Boat (Fiddlehead Theatre); The Sound of Music, Show Boat (Reagle Music Theatre); Finish Line, The Gay Agenda (Boston Theatre Company); In the Heights, Seussical, Ragtime (Wheelock Family Theatre); Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It! (Merrimack Repertory Theater).Â
Jez Butterworth
Playwright
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth was born in London in 1969 and studied English at St. Johnâs College, Cambridge. His first play, Mojo, won seven major awards, including the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. His other plays include The Night Heron, The Winterling, Parlour Song, Jerusalem, The River, and The Ferryman (nominated for nine Tony Awards and winning four, including Best Play 2019). His latest play, The Hills of California, was highly acclaimed on Broadway and in the West End.
Loretta Greco
Director
Loretta Greco
Loretta Greco is The Huntingtonâs Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director. Her extensive national directing credits include The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, Prayer for the French Republic, and Taylor Macâs world premiere of Joy and Pandemic at The Huntington, the premieres of runboyrun and A Park in Our House at New York Theatre Workshop, The Story, Lackawanna Blues, and Two Sisters and a Piano at The Public Theater, Sweat, The Realistic Joneses, Speed-the-Plow, and Blackbird at American Conservatory Theater, and productions for California Shakespeare, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf, La Jolla Playhouse, and Williamstown Theatre Festival, among others.
Alexandra Dietrich
Assistant Director
Alexandra Dietrich
Alexandra Dietrich (she/her) The Huntington: The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza; Regional: Vanessa (Boston Symphony Orchestra & Boston Lyric Opera); Jane & Steve Akin Emerging Artist 2025-2026, Macbeth, The Daughter of the Regiment, Mitridate, The Seasons, Concert in the Courtyard (Boston Lyric Opera); X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X [Associate Artistic Producer â Grammy nomination, Best Opera Recording] (Boston Modern Orchestra Project).
Kyle C. Frisina
Dramaturg
Kyle C. Frisina
Kyle C. Frisina (she/her) Off Broadway, as Director of Play Development at Second Stage Theater: How I Learned to Drive, Water by the Spoonful, Little Miss Sunshine, The Happiest Song Plays Last, The Substance of Fire, American Hero, The Tutors, Mala Hierba.
Andrew Boyce
Scenic Designer
Andrew Boyce
Andrew Boyce (he/him) The Huntington: The Light in the Piazza, Prayer for the French Republic, A Dollâs House, Part 2. Broadway: Dana H. Off Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theater Workshop, Vineyard Theater, Primary Stages, among many others.
Se Hyun Oh
Scenic Designer
Se Hyun Oh
Se Hyun Oh (he/him) is a South Korean set designer based in NYC. Off Broadway: Once Upon A Korean Time (Ma-Yi Theatre/ La Mama Theatre); The Unbelieving (The Civilians/ 59E59 Theatres).
Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer
Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Jennifer von Mayrhauser Broadway: Over 30 productions including Disgraced, Wit, Rabbit Hole, The Heidi Chronicles, Talleyâs Folly. Off Broadway: Night of the Iguana (Signature Theater); Prodigal Son (Manhattan Theater Club), The Miss Firecracker Contest, Uncommon Women and Others, Third (Lincoln Center); also, 20 productions at Circle Repertory Company, with an Obie Award for “Sustained Excellence of Costume Design.â
J. Jared Janas
Hair, Wig, and Makeup Designer
J. Jared Janas
J. Jared Janas (he/him) The Huntington: The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Art of Burning, Common Ground Revisited, The Bluest Eye, Indecent, Man in the Ring.
David Van Tieghem
Sound Design + Composer
David Van Tieghem
David Van Tieghem (he/him) Broadway: Burn This, How I Learned to Drive, Doubt, Heisenberg, The Gin Game, The Big Knife, Reckless, Arcadia, The Normal Heart, The Crucible, A Behanding in Spokane, A Man for All Seasons, Inherit the Wind.
Russell H. Champa
Lighting Designer
Russell H. Champa
Russell H. Champa The Huntington: We All Fall Down, Romeo and Juliet, A Guide for the Homesick, Now or Later, Captors. Broadway: China Doll (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre); In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Lyceum Theatre/Lincoln Center Theater); Julia Sweeneyâs God Said âHa!â (Lyceum Theatre). New York: Playwrights Horizons, Theater for a New Audience, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Vineyard Theater, MCC and New York Stage and Film.
Ashleigh Reade
Voice and Dialect Coach
Ashleigh Reade
Ashleigh Reade (she/her) The Huntington: The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza. Regional: Emma (Actorâs Shakespeare Project); The Anonymous Lover (Boston Lyric Opera); Driving in Circles, Jado Jehad (Boston Playwrightâs Theater); A Christmas Carol (Hanover Theater); Always, Patsy Cline (Delaware Theater Company); Sweeney Todd (Moonbox Productions); The Light Princess (ART); The Wizard of Oz (Wheelock Family Theater).
Misha Shields
Choreographer
Misha Shields
Misha Shields (she/her) The Huntington: Prayer for the French Republic, The Lehman Trilogy, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Witch, Yerma, Ripcord, A Dollâs House, Milk Like Sugar, I Was Most Alive With You. Off Broadway: Baghdaddy (Chita Rivera Award nominee for Best Choreography, St. Lukeâs Theatre); Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company); Whoâs Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started The Iraq War (The Actorâs Temple); The Orion Experience (XL Nightclub); also, Signature Theatre, Astoria Performing Arts Center, Dixon Place, Julia Miles Theater, The Zipper Factory, The St. Bartâs Players.
Jesse Hinson
Fight Director and Intimacy Consultant
Jesse Hinson
Jesse Hinson (he/him) is a Boston-based violence designer, intimacy choreographer, actor, and educator. The Huntington: The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, The Grove, Leopoldstadt, Fat Ham. Regional: Pru Payne, Cost of Living, Casa Valentina (SpeakEasy Stage); Rx Machina (Boston Playwrightsâ Theatre); The Minutes (Umbrella Arts); Anna Christie, The Little Foxes (Lyric Stage Company); Bud, Not Buddy (Wheelock Family Theater).
Daniel Rodriguez
Music Director
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez (he/him) The Huntington: The Bandâs Visit, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music. Regional: Hello, Dolly!, Urinetown, Assassins, Preludes (Lyric Stage); Evita, An American In Paris, Oklahoma (Reagle Music Theater); A Christmas Carol (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors (North Shore Music Theater); Guys and Dolls (Greater Boston Stage Company); Caroline or Change, Cabaret, The Wild Party (Moonbox Productions); Mr. Popper’s Penguins, In the Heights (Wheelock Family Theatre); The Lilyâs Revenge, The Blue Flower (ART); Ainât Misbehavinâ (Front Porch Arts Collective); Jerry Springer: The Opera, Drood (SpeakEasy Stage).
Janet Foster, CSA
NY Casting Director
Janet Foster, CSA
Janet Foster, CSA has been casting for over 35 years. At The Huntington, she recently worked on Fun Home, The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, The Grove, Sojourners, Leopoldstadt, Toni Stone, and The Bandâs Visit. Eight years at American Conservatory Theater included working with directors Carey Perloff, Mark Lamos, Mark Rucker, Annie Kaufmann, Loretta Greco, and many more.
Kevin Schlagle
Production Stage Manager
Kevin Schlagle
Kevin Schlagle has worked on many productions in 16 seasons with The Huntington including The Light in the Piazza, Prayer for the French Republic, and Sunday in the Park with George. Other credits include American Repertory Theater, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Boston Lyric Opera.
Ashley Pitchford
Stage Manager
Ashley Pitchford
Ashley Pitchford (she/her) The Huntington: The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, Leopoldstadt, John Proctor is the Villain, The Heart Sellers, Fat Ham, Joy and Pandemic, Joe Turnerâs Come and Gone, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Teenage Dick, Witch, We All Fall Down, Man in the Ring.
Special Events:
Sister Night
Friday, September 26th at 7:30 pm
đĽÂ Use code SISTERS for BOGO tickets and a free concessions item. Offer valid on 2-8 tickets for Sept. 26th performance only.
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From Playwright Jez Butterworth
“There is something at the heart of this play about the idea of really, really wanting to be special. And the folly of that. You can live through what we call âthe 60sâ and completely miss out on being a hippie or a punk, but that doesnât mean you didnât live. You donât have to be special to be worth remembering.”
From Artistic Director Loretta Greco
“I adore this stunning, truly sublime play from one of our greatest living writers, and I love the ferocity of Veronica Webb, who sees the road to transcendence for her four daughters through the power of performing a song. As the eldest of five sisters, this intense, mysterious, and hilarious homecoming resonates deeply for me, when the complicated past converses fluidly and passionately with the present. Iâm thrilled to create a new production of this big-minded West End and Broadway hit for Boston!”
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