True Repertory Theatre announces the premiere of a new play Hold Please! Drama, Dialysis, Dead-End Jobs, and How Katherine Helmond Saved My Soul from October 17-25, 2026 at Beal House in Kingston, MA (222 Main Street). Hold Please! is written by a collaboration of True Rep artists, based on Artistic Director Donald Sheehan’s personal experience battling kidney disease.
The equally funny and poignant play is based on Sheehan’s own journals, chronicling his 17-year journey through the circus-like ups and downs of medical uncertainty while holding a series of 9-5 jobs and starting the fledgling True Repertory Theatre. The premiere will be directed by Associate Artistic Director Victoria Bond (Plymouth), and will feature Donald Sheehan (Pembroke) as himself. Bond and Sheehan have collaborated with writers James Sullivan (Braintree), Maureen Cornell (Quincy), John Shea (Somerville), and Mike Hoban (Brookline) to bring this story to life.
Hold Please! will run for 6 performances: October 17, 23 and 24 at 8 PM, and Oct 18, 24 and 25 at 3 PM. All tickets are $25 and are available at www.truerepertorytheatre.org and at the door with cash or Venmo.