Loving, Wendy
A play by Kathryn Zaniboni
(World Premiere)
When Linda and Paul Jr find a box of mysterious letters between their mother and a woman she met 50 years ago in Amsterdam, another version of her is revealed that challenges the decisions they’re currently making in their own lives.
Performance is in English
Approximate running time: 1.5 hours with a 20 minute intermission
Dates:
Friday Feb 6, 2026 - 7:30 pm
Saturday Feb 7, 2026 - 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday Feb, 8, 2026 - 2:30 (Followed by Q&A Session)
PLACE:
Het Amsterdam Theaterhuis
M van B Bastiaansestraat 54
1054 SP Amsterdam
Tickets:
€ 20
€17 - Early Bird
(Early Bird tickets available until December 24, 2025. Dinner at the WG Cafe and a show - a prefect holiday gift for the Theater Lover in your life)
BECKY BLOMGREN (Wendy) is originally from a town called Normal (really!) in the US and spent nearly 15 years in Chicago’s performing arts scene before moving to Amsterdam in 2021. Here she’s collaborated with Internationaal Theater Amsterdam on Shakespeare programs, English-language tours, and projects for international audiences. Becky also performs regularly with Downstage Left, touring their award-winning show I’m Home across Europe in 2025, and leads a monthly Shakespeare Club now two-thirds through reading all the Bard’s plays. She also works as a private acting and performance coach.
QUIN LEMS (Karen) Quin Lems is an actor, director, and writer who has worked both on and off stage in the Amsterdam theatre scene since 2017. You may have seen her in Downstage Left’s productions and playgrounds, including Gobby, Proof, and Don’t Dress for Dinner, to name a few. She has also been a part of productions with The InPlayers and Strike Me Pink Productions. With no formal training beyond years of observing people on public transport, she considers every commute a masterclass in character study.
ROSAN TAN (Linda) Rosan started seriously exploring acting in New York City, with improv and sketch comedy classes at The Peoples Improv Theater and acting classes at The Barrow Group. She has performed in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway dance theatre productions with Kinding Sindaw, a traditional Filipino dance troupe and a resident company of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. In Amsterdam, she has acted in productions by Acting Club Netherlands (The Wedding Dress, The Cagebirds) and InPlayers (Murder in the Studio). Rosan is thrilled to join the cast of Loving, Wendy. She thanks her family for their unwavering support.
SEAN OLSON-ROY (Paul Sr.) Originally from the US, Sean is an actor and singer now based in Amsterdam after retiring from corporate life in 2019. Since the move, he has kept busy on stage performing with InPlayers, Playhouse, Happily Ever After Productions (HEAP), and Downstage Left and singing at several Spotlight jazz and blues showcases. He is thrilled to be a part of the world premiere of Loving, Wendy. This will be his 13th production in Amsterdam. When not on stage, Sean is a husband, a father to two now all-grown-up wonderful boys, a live-in servant to two chill-huahuas, a volunteer, an avid traveler and postcard scribe.
SAMUEL ARONSON (Paul Jr.) Sam Aronson moved to Amsterdam from Philadelphia in 2022 to follow his creative passions and to leave behind his corporate career. His primary focus is everything theatre – as an actor, a director, and as various roles supporting production. He has previously worked with InPlayers International Drama Group and with Playhouse Theatregroup. He is excited to be a part of the world premiere of a new production. When not acting, Sam likes to write poetry and to test the limits of his 3D printer. You can see some of his quirky optimistic work @glasshalffullofwhat
LOUISE O’MEARA (Sarah/Lawyer) Louise is Irish and lives in The Hague. She has trained as an actor with Galway Youth Theatre, Eolia Conservatory, Barcelona, Michael Chekhov Performance and The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin. She has acted in plays at The Gaiety Theatre, Smock Alley Theatre, Bewley’s Café Theatre and The Mill Theatre in Ireland.Since moving to the Netherlands she has played in Leiden English Theatre’s The Seagull, Macbeth and Couch, the InPlayers Under Milkwood, OTC's A Christmas Carol, Reckless Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and BirdBrain Theatre's Little Women.She is very excited to be part of this debut production of Loving, Wendy.