I am Victoria Bond and I have been creating theatre for forty years. I earned my bachelor's degree in theatre, with a concentration in acting, from Emerson College. I spent the next ten years living in New York City working in all aspects of theatre. I broadened my knowledge from onstage to backstage, delving into technical theatre and design, as well as theatre management. My husband and I relocated to Massachusetts after 9/11 and started a family. I became involved in local theatre when my daughter was just a toddler and was a founding member of Rogue Theatre Company which performed in Taunton, MA for eight years. While with Rogue, I was an actor, director, producer, designer, and writer, as well as handling several administrative jobs for the company. Rogue still produces shows from time to time but I have branched out and now volunteer with several theaters on the South Shore.
I believe that theatre can not only entertain but raise awareness and support for organizations that need it. Just before COVID hit, I performed the one woman show, Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell. It was a fundraiser for The Breast Center at Beth Israel Lahey Hospital in Plymouth. I am currently working on a production of Auntie Mame that will raise money and awareness for the Senior Behavioral Unit at BID Plymouth, where my mother passed away in 2020. That production was slated to open in May of 2022 but an outbreak of COVID among the cast forced us to cancel just two days before opening. We are planning to open that show on Dec. 9 in Kingston. I co-wrote two shows that mix magic with theatre and storytelling, Fun-de-Mental and the Bonds of Marriage -- both of which have been performed as fundraisers -- and am currently working on the third show in the trilogy, The Bonds of Aging. I also have several children's theatre scripts in the works.
As I am aging, I find my commitment to the value of local theatre only strengthens. I believe that theatre should be available, at an affordable price, to every community. It not only has the power to change our perspectives, to broaden our understanding, and shape our beliefs, it has the power to bring us all closer. Community theatre should be a mirror that reflects the good and the bad within our society, so that we may continue to grow.
I believe that theatre can not only entertain but raise awareness and support for organizations that need it. Just before COVID hit, I performed the one woman show, Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell. It was a fundraiser for The Breast Center at Beth Israel Lahey Hospital in Plymouth. I am currently working on a production of Auntie Mame that will raise money and awareness for the Senior Behavioral Unit at BID Plymouth, where my mother passed away in 2020. That production was slated to open in May of 2022 but an outbreak of COVID among the cast forced us to cancel just two days before opening. We are planning to open that show on Dec. 9 in Kingston. I co-wrote two shows that mix magic with theatre and storytelling, Fun-de-Mental and the Bonds of Marriage -- both of which have been performed as fundraisers -- and am currently working on the third show in the trilogy, The Bonds of Aging. I also have several children's theatre scripts in the works.
As I am aging, I find my commitment to the value of local theatre only strengthens. I believe that theatre should be available, at an affordable price, to every community. It not only has the power to change our perspectives, to broaden our understanding, and shape our beliefs, it has the power to bring us all closer. Community theatre should be a mirror that reflects the good and the bad within our society, so that we may continue to grow.