Plays

Play (1959)
by Eugène Ionesco
With John Turturro and Paul Giamatti
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Theater Center
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
August 14 – September 27, 2026
A superb rendition of the absurdist political allegory from the late 1950s about a town in which almost everyone turns into a rhinoceros.

Play (2026)
by James Wilkinson
World Premiere
Exiled Theatre
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
July 31 – August 9, 2026
A mystery-thriller set in a Paris hotel, with unfortunate doings for an American visitor.

Play (1596)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common
July 22 – August 9, 2026
A colorful, exuberant and nicely acted production of the great Shakespeare comedy about lovers who get their wires crossed by some tricky fairies but eventually land in the right place.

Play (2013)
by Jonathan Tolins
Directed by Daniel Bourque
Hub Theatre Company
Club Cafe
209 Columbus Avenue, Boston
July 18 – August 1, 2026
A nicely acted and produced fictional one-man goof about a guy who is hired to work in Barbra Streisand’s shopping-mall basement.

Play (2026)
by Miranda Austen ADEkoje
Company One Theatre
produced in partnership with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture
The Strand Theater
Dorchester, MA
July 18 – August 8, 2026
An historically inspired account of the emergence of the black women’s suffragist movement in Boston.