Elizabeth Roberge ‘09 “Lovell Hall is my favorite place on the Hopkins campus. It never quite seemed like it was meant to be a drama building, but the weird array of rooms and that funky little auditorium that Hope and Mike skillfully transformed into whatever it needed to be will always be so special to me. My friends and I spent nearly every free period after lunch playing improv games in the lower level. We filmed video projects there, we practiced every- thing from Shakespeare to Monty Python there, I kissed my first boyfriend there (not that I con- done that sort of thing at school. . .), we laughed, we cried, and we hung out because we were comfortable there.”
Michael Fasano ‘98 “Lovell was my second home, honestly. It reminds me of Judy Magoveny sewing costumes and cackling. It reminds me of dreaming about going to theater school and becoming a profes- sional actor. It was a safe space for me when I felt I didn’t fit anywhere. It’s where I got the theater bug that would propel me into the life I live now—I actually am writing this from a dressing room at a theater in Florida! Lovell was my class- room, and I’ll never forget it, or the wonderful teachers who filled it, and the transformative magic within its walls.”
Silas Webb ‘24 “Around the beginning of my sophomore year, I auditioned for my first-ever play at Hopkins. This was not only my introduction to Lovell but my in- troduction to a space that would impact my high school experience tremendously. Throughout the past year and a half, I have shared moments and memories inside Lovell that heightened my love for the building as well as the program it bears. Lovell in that way made me feel safe, a quality which has guided me through so many difficult days and weeks, and as I prepare for my final two performances on the Lovell stage, will continue to assist me in mysterious ways throughout my future.”
Elizabeth Roberge ’09 in the 2009 production of Chicago.
Michael Fasano ’98 on the Lovell stage in 1998.
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