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.
Plays
Emma
Play (2022)
by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Regine Vital
Actors Shakespeare Project
Multicultural Arts Center
Lechmere area, Cambridge, MA
November 14 – December 15, 2024
A rambunctious and contemporary take on the novel about a young woman who seeks satisfaction by directing the lives of others.
Noises Off
Play (1982)
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Ilyse Robbins
Lyric Stage of Boston
Copley Square area
November 15 – December 22, 2024
A capable production of the great farce depicting a play seen from both sides of the stage, front and back.
Sojourners
Play (2016)
by Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
A play about a woman from Nigeria who comes to study and work in the United States.
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.