To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
On the eve of his late wife’s birthday, a young widower remains a captive of his grief and spends his evenings with her ghost.
2014/15 Season
4.48 Psychosis
Sarah Kane’s drama is the haunting journey of a woman in the throes of a terrifying psychological ordeal.
The Dream of the Burning Boy
A high school overachiever suddenly dies, exposing a secret that could destroy those left behind.
Summer Brave
The line between restraint and desire is blurred when an unpolished young stranger comes to town.
Cat Among the Pigeons
Treacherous lovers, wealthy heiresses and a Spanish general are flung together in a dizzying whirlwind of greed, lies and love.
Anna in the Tropics
This poetic Pulitzer Prize-winning play captures 1929 Florida, when cigars were still rolled by hand and “lectors” were employed to educate and entertain the workers. When the new lector reads aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American Dream prove a volatile combination.
The American Clock
More relevant than ever, Arthur Miller’s classic – set during the early years of the Great Depression – is a kaleidoscopic study of a tortured time in American history and of the indomitable spirit of the people who survived in the face of adversity.
The Seagull (MFA Repertory)
Along the Russian countryside, a discontented group of artists — a famed actress, her tormented writer son and various romantic triangles — are found in an entanglement of unrequited affection and longing.
The Servant of Two Masters (MFA Repertory)
Wiley trickster Truffaldino signs on to serve two masters in the hope of double wages (and double meals) in this madcap farce.
Blood Match (MFA Repertory)
Set in present-day Mexico, Blood Match is Associate Professor Oliver Mayer’s exciting new piece, inspired by Federico García Lorca’s tale of murder and revenge.
Red Noses
In 14th century France at the height of the Great Plague, a priest assembles a ragtag band of performers to spread joy in the midst of the devastation.
As You Like It
All the world’s a stage in the Forest of Arden where lovers become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
The Way of the World
Mirabell wants to marry Millamant, but to keep her fortune intact he must outwit her relatives who are bent on keeping them apart.
Grease
After a summer romance with new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski, bad boy Danny Zuko’s world is turned upside down when she appears at his school on the first day of classes.
The Waiting Room
In a modern doctor’s waiting room, three women from different centuries meet in Lisa Loomer’s dark comedy about the timeless quest for beauty — and its cost.
New Works Festival Year 2: Hide and Seek No More
Featuring exciting and diverse new works by the School of Dramatic Arts’ second-year MFA Dramatic Writing students.
New Works Festival Year 2: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chinese People But Were Afraid to Ask
Featuring exciting and diverse new works by the School of Dramatic Arts’ second-year MFA Dramatic Writing students.
What We’re Up Against and Other Short Plays
An annual tradition, a play will be announced in the spring that will spotlight the talents of the Bachelor of Fine Arts sophomore class.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Seventeen-year-old Ernestine’s world is turned upside down when her father moves her and her sister to Brooklyn in the late 1950s.
New Works Festival Year 2: That Long Damn Dark
Featuring exciting and diverse new works by the School of Dramatic Arts’ second-year MFA Dramatic Writing students.
New Works Festival Year 3: Child’s Play
A festival of plays by the graduating playwrights of the MFA Dramatic Writing program.
New Works Festival Year 3: Gambled Eggs
A festival of plays by the graduating playwrights of the MFA Dramatic Writing program.
New Works Festival Year 3: Sentience
A festival of plays by the graduating playwrights of the MFA Dramatic Writing program.
New Works Festival Year 1
The first public readings of exciting new works by the School of Dramatic Arts’ first-year MFA Dramatic Writing students.