Play (2003)
by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Jessica Stone
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Univerity Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
January 26 – February 25, 2018
With Haneefah Wood
A spunky and funny one-woman play about middle-aged hopes and disappointments in love.
Plays
Death And The Maiden
Play (1990)
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
January 30 – February 11, 2018
An intimately intense production of the drama about a woman in an unspecified Latin American country who identifies the perpetrator of violence against her during her political imprisonment years before and takes him to task for it.
Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True
Play / Performance
Directed by Ifeoma Fafunwa
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
January 26 – February 11, 2018
A moving dramatized account, by a group of Nigerian women, of sexism, assault and repression.
Winter Panto 2018:
20000 Leagues Under The Sea
Play
Presented by Imaginary Beasts
Story by Matthew Woods
Written by the Ensemble
Charlestown Working Theater
Charlestown, MA
January 13 – February 4, 2018
A terrific romp through a wild world inspired, but not bound, by the famous Jules Verne tale, full of hysterical antics and lots of audience engagement, done in the fantastical and histrionic style of the British holiday panto(mime).
Shakespeare in Love
Play
Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 12 – February 10, 2018
A sweet, and slightly varied, adaptation of the celebrated film.