Performance, Play
The 7 Fingers
Written, Directed and Choreographed by Shana Carroll
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
September 2-26, 2025
A riveting amalgamation of acrobatics, juggling, and other circus-like delicacies, blended exquisitely within a poetic landscape of dance and music.
Performance Art
The Life and Times of Michael K.
Play (2022)
A Baxter Theatre Centre Production
Adapted and directed by Lara Foot in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel Life and Times of Michael K (1983)
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Theater District, Boston
January 31 – February 9, 2025
A beautifully lilting, dance-like account of the odyssey of a South African boy and his mother during a time of war, told through magically inspired puppets interacting with live actors.
Diary of a Tap Dancer
Play, Performance, Dance
Written and Choreographed by Ayodele Casel
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
December 12, 2024 – January 4, 2025
An outstandingly conceived autobiographical show about a Black-Hispanic female tap dancer, exquisitely performed by the author and a troupe of women tap dancers.
Nassim
Play, Performance
by Nassim Soleimanpour
Directed by Omar Elerian
Huntington Theatre Company
October 4-27, 2024
A very entertaining and cleverly conceived performance piece by an Iranian playwright living in Berlin, and featuring a different celebrity guest actor at each performance.
And So We Walked
Play (2017)
An Artist’s Journey Along The Trail of Tears
Written and performed by DeLanna Studi
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
Theater District, Boston
April 26-30, 2023
A one-woman autobiographical account of coming to terms with her Cherokee background.