The Halfway House Club

Holland Productions presents:

The Halfway House Club

Written by: Philana Gnatowski
Directed by: Krista D’Agostino

December
18-20, 2008

What happens to the broken hearted?

For four mismatched strangers seeking mending, a halfway house promising a 14-step program provides hope. Within the walls of their one room sanctuary, these cupid’s rejects explore their individual failures at love and find opportunity to reconnect

*All proceeds to benefit Bostons Health Care for the Homeless

In hard economic times, putting others ahead of your own needs can be difficult. The Factory Theatre, Holland Productions, and all those involved with “The Halfway House Club” prove that, though it may be challenging, it can yield rewards to those truly in need.

In the spirit of the holiday season, all proceeds from the show will benefit the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Since 1985 this organization has been providing quality health care for the Boston homeless community.

Boston Health Care for the Homeless has been managing the broken hearts and other physical ailments of Boston’s homeless since 1985. They provide medical, mental-health, and dental services to 11,000 homeless men, women, and children a year at over 80 different sites around Boston with clinics in the city’s homeless shelters and three of its major hospitals.

This summer, they moved into their new home at Jean Yawkey Place, located a half mile from The Factory Theatre next to Boston Medical Center. Here they run their own halfway house for broken hearts, the Barbara McInnis House.

The Barbara McInnis House is an inpatient medical facility with 104 beds that provides short-term medical and recuperative services for homeless people far too ill for life in shelters but not sick enough to warrant a hospital stay. In this way, the Barbara McInnis serves as a literal halfway house, a house for homeless persons halfway between the shelters or streets and the hospital.

The Factory Theatre is proud to have this opportunity to contribute to the BHCHP’s Jean Yawkey Place capital campaign, and support those who manage the hearts of the homeless everyday. You can find more information about Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program at their website, www.bhchp.org