MC² Repertory Theatre Company

02/08/2026

I can’t believe it’s 4 years since our world premiere!
Writing & directing OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE was one of the most difficult, heart-wrenching & purposeful journeys of my career. It cracked me open & pushed me far beyond comfort into spaces many would rather avoid. Art isn’t meant to be comfortable. It’s meant to be of service. That belief keeps my heart beating as an artist. At its core, this piece exists to give voice, perhaps not to all but to some, whose voices were silenced, dismissed, disbelieved & unprotected. Those denied safety, security, trust, nurturing, altruistic love & peace-the essential human needs every soul deserves. I am committed to giving voice, even if only a faint whisper, to every Bridger & Cat. Life isn’t easy & too many walk through Hades along the way. But they are not alone. I have to believe peace exists somewhere. Maybe it really is OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE.

“OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE is a journey about two broken souls desperately trying to survive their traumatic pasts. Pasts unimaginable to some yet devastatingly real to others. Those others have names: Bridger & Cat. Set in the late 1980s/early 90s, they unknowingly connect one hot, rain-soaked summer night through a fe**sh chatroom. What begins as anonymous escape becomes something dangerous & necessary. In each other’s presence, buried histories surface, stories long held in forced silence. Each becomes a mirror, a trigger & a witness as the weight of their trauma collides in real time. Their encounter ignites & agitates, challenging them to confront what they have spent their lives running from. What unfolds is an uphill battle toward peace. A peace where safety, security, trust, nurturing & unconditional love might converge. A place where survival may finally soften into hope.”

The Flight Theatre
Written & Directed by Mario A. Campanaro
Starring: Ashley Murray & Holly Hubbell
Produced: Mario A. Campanaro & Holly Hubbell
Associate Producer: Vishal Rampershad
Stage Mgmt/Board Op: Jesse Fiene
Set Design: Mario A. Campanaro
Sound Design: Nick Foran
Lighting Design: Aiden de Jong
Archive Filming: Gabe Golden
FOH: Lynne Mannino & Lynne Davis

06/15/2025

IT’S TRADITION
a new play
by Mario A. Campanaro

Christmas morning, 1996. In a cozy upper-middle-class home in Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey, 32-year-old Gina Marie—a mother of two and wife to the love of her life, together forming a perfectly happy and healthy family—prepares for the holiday like never before. Clinging to tradition, desperately holding onto memories, and summoning a strength she’s never had to muster, she readies herself for a full and highly emotional day with relatives, friends, and neighbors. Through determined resilience and a longing for normalcy, she does all she can to keep her family close—held safely in her embrace—with a love that is forever unwavering and eternally altruistic.

01/10/2025

We need your help! Please help support Holly Hubbell & Ashley Murray, two incredible people, actors and long term MC² Actors Studio ensemble members in ANY way possible. Anything helps! Even just sharing this is a huge support. Thank you in advance.

Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues, Past & Present MC² Actors S… Mario Campanaro needs your support for Please Help Holly Hubbell & Ashley Murray After Fire Loss

11/03/2024

Pure Goodness
a new play
by Mario A. Campanaro

Theresa: Holly Jo Hubbell

SET IN 1976, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. A YOUNG SINGLE MOTHER WITH FRATERNAL TWINS RECKLESSLY TRIES TO DESTROY THE BURDEN OF YESTERDAY, NUMB THE BURNDEN OF TODAY, AND BREAK AWAY FROM THE BURDEN OF TOMORROW.

11/02/2024

OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE
a new play
written & directed by
Mario A . Campanaro

Bridger Stanley: Ashley Murray

A JOURNEY ABOUT TWO BROKEN SOULS TRYING DESPERATELY TO SURVIVE THEIR TRAUMATIC PAST... A PAST THAT MAY SEEM COMPLETELY UNIMAGINABLE TO MANY...BUT IS DEVASTATINGLY A REALITY FOR OTHERS. AND THOSE OTHERS HAVE NAMES... NAMES LIKE BRIDGER AND CAT. THE PLAY TAKES PLACE IN THE LATE 80’S/EARLY 90’S. BRIDGER AND CAT CHOOSE TO ANONYMOUSLY CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER ONE HOT RAINY SUMMER NIGHT THROUGH A FE**SH CHATROOM ONLY TO UNEXPECTEDLY EXPERIENCE THEIR TRAUMAS SURFACE IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER’S VERY EYES. THEY ARE BOTH TRIGGERED BY THE WEIGHT OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES, AN INEXPLICABLE HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN HELD IN FORCED SECRET, RESULTING IN AN UNLIKELY BUT LIKELY CONNECTION. THIS HAPPENSTANCE INSTIGATES, AGITATES, ENCOURAGES AND INSPIRES THEIR OWN PERSONAL UPHILL BATTLE TOWARD THEIR VERSION OF PEACE...A PEACE THAT EXISTS SOMEWHERE SPECIAL WHERE THEY CAN BE EMBRACED AND HYDRATED BY SAFETY, SECURITY, PROTECTION, TRUST, NURTURING, OPEN HEARTEDNESS AND ALTRUISTIC LOVE...SOMEWHERE WHERE ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS CAN QUITE POSSIBLY MEET TOGETHER AT ONCE... MAYBE IT REALLY IS OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE.

10/30/2024

SINCERELY. SERIOUSLY.
a new play
written & directed by
Mario A. Campanaro

Frankie aka Fabulousity: Samson Zaoutis

SET IN 1986, CHRISTMAS MIGHT IN THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT, STREETWALKER FABULOUSITY SPENDS THE HOLIDAY WALKING THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS GRASPING ONTO THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS HER WALKING THE WALK.

10/18/2024

The Calm Before The Storm of…

MC² Repertory Theatre Company’s

Production of

OVER THE F #(%!NG RAINBOW, SOMEWHERE

written & directed by

Mario A. Campanaro

Produced by Mario A. Campanaro & Holly Hubbell

Associate Producer: Vishal Rampersad

Sponsored by:

MC² Repertory Theatre Company
MC² Actors Studio
Sapien Medicine
Enlightened States
Dream Seeds
Energetic Alchemy

Starring:

Bridger: Ashley Murray

Cat: Holly Hubbell

Stage Management & Board Op: Jesse Fiene

Sound Design: Nick Foran

Lighting Design: Aiden de Jong

Set Design: Mario A. Campanaro

Front Of House:

Lynne Mannino & Lynne Hunter Davis

Archive Filming: Gabe Golden
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10/01/2024

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09/30/2024

NICKY’S CLOSET
a new play
by Mario A. Campanaro

Cast
Brian: Julian Totah
Gabby: Holly Jo Hubbell
Vinnie: Samson Zaoutis

SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1987. HAMPTONS, NEW YORK. GABBY AND VINNIE, YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO RECENTLY DECEASED PRO-BASEBALL PLAYER NICKY MEET AT HIS LONGTIME BEST FRIEND AND TEAMMATE BRIAN’S “BACHELOR PAD” TO SORT THROUGH HIS BELONGINGS. WITH THE HELP OF SOME STIFF BOURBON, DOORS ARE OPENED, COLLECTIBLES ARE QUESTIONED, UNEXPECTED SECRETS COME OUT, AND HEARTS CLING TO MEMORIES OF WHAT WAS. BUT DOES LOVE EVER REALLY DIE? OR DOES DEATH GIVE BIRTH TO THE TRUTH? DOES THE TRUTH ALLOW FOR LOVE TO STAY ALIVE? OR DOES IT DISSOLVE BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY THE IDEA THAT WAS LOVED? DO WE BECOME SOMEONE DIFFERENT WHEN THE TRUTH COMES OUT? OR DO OTHERS BECOME DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE TRUTH CAME OUT? DOES IT REALLY MATTER? DOES IT REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING? CAN WE JUST LET IT GO? CAN WE JUST HOLD ONTO THE LOVE?

08/30/2024

THERESA,
FRANKIE, &
GINA MARIE:
A Family Trilogy ❌ Tragedy
by Mario A. Campanaro a.campanaro

Theresa, a single mother fraternal twins, Frankie aka Fabuloucity and Gina Marie, grasp on to what was as a means of filling the void of what is.

07/21/2024

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Join us at MC² Actors Studio’s Showcase for an evening of scenes featuring four Los Angeles Ensemble Members.

02/13/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MC² ACTORS STUDIO!!!!

To all our ensemble members in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and around the globe, we would like to thank you, for another year walking your artistic journey with us and sharing your talent, love, passion, imagination, immersion, collaboration, perseverance, focus, and professional commitment toward the cultivation of such a wonderfully beautiful & fulfilling craft! We look forward to more and more exploration, expansion, growth, art, success, and dreams realized! It’s artists like you that make our studio what is it!
Happy Birthday MC² Actors Studio Ensembles!!!
We will see you in the space…and of course, on stage and screen! ❤️🎭❤️
Much Love & Creative Light!
MC² Actors Studio
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