Plays

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.

Play (2024)
by Levi Holloway
Emerson Colonial Theatre
Theater District, Boston
July 11-30, 2026
A thriller about a newly married couple and a haunted house.

Play (1978)
by Harold Pinter
Directed by Shana Gozansky
Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester, MA
July 9 – August 1, 2026
A taut and capable production of the late Pinter play about deceit in marriage and friendship.