Hold That Thought While I Scream at The Hobgoblin Playhouse on Gardner (Main Stage)

Hold That Thought While I Scream is a dark comedy-drama written and directed by Barrett DeYoung, making its debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Set in a 1940s therapist's office, the play follows Lady Havilland, portrayed by Nicole Ohara, a fiercely ambitious therapist who begins to unravel as she guides three fractured clients through their own crises — all played by Benjamin J. Young. As breakthroughs and breakdowns arrive in equal measure, the play builds an intimate portrait of people grasping for control and connection. Though rooted in the 1940s, the story draws quiet parallels to the present through themes of loneliness, ambition, and the fragile hope of being enough.