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Press and media.

Everything you need to write about Polly in the Colony: the media kit, the facts, and a way to reach us. Interviews are on the way.

Press & Media Kit

Special Premiere Edition · July 2026

Synopsis, company, production history, images and contacts, in one file. Please credit photographs to Friends of Polly Sumner.

Download the kit ↓

PDF · 6 pages · 7.4 MB

Available to the press

  • High-resolution premiere poster, print-ready at 300 dpi
  • Cast and creative headshots: author, director, producer
  • Revolutionary Spaces and partner logos
  • Full synopsis, fact sheet and production credits
  • Interview availability with the author, director and producer
  • Educator and curriculum information for schools
  • Rehearsal and production photography, on request
The play
One act. Sixty minutes. Ten scenes.
Next run
Old South Meeting House, Boston. November 2026.
Presented with
Revolutionary Spaces, who also care for the original Polly doll.
Premiere
Bulger Performing Arts Center, Boston. August 8 and 9, 2026.
Playwright
Robert Brisk
Book by
Richard C. Wiggin
Directed by
Dori Bryan-Ployer
Audience
Grades 2 to 6. Ages 7 and up.

Interviews

Conversations with the company are being recorded now. They will land here as they publish.

Soon

The playwright

Robert Brisk on writing a revolution at a doll's eye level.

Soon

The author

Richard C. Wiggin on the book behind the play, and the real Polly.

Soon

The director

Dori Bryan-Ployer on staging sixty minutes of history for eight-year-olds.

Soon

The museum

Revolutionary Spaces on two hundred and fifty years of caring for one doll.

Writing about Polly, or want to arrange an interview? Get in touch.

info@friendsofpolly.com →

Follow along

Follow Polly's journey.

News from the road to Boston in November, photos from the rehearsal room, and the occasional note from Polly herself.