Plays

Play (1664)
by Molière
Translated by Ranjit Bolt
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
Symphony Hall area, Boston
November 10 – December 10, 2017
An innovative, sparkling and energetic interpretation of the once-controversial seventeenth century farce about a manipulative religious hypocrite.

Play (2004)
by Stephen Temperley
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
October 20 – November 19, 2017
With Leigh Barrett, Will McGarrahan
Set in the first half of the twentieth century, a funny as well as poignant portrayal of the famous heiress who could not sing in tune but who drew audiences by the thousands.

Play (2015)
by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Sean Daniels
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
October 18 – November 12, 2017
A witty and moving account of the career of Henrietta Leavitt, a Harvard researcher and a major contributor to astronomy in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Play (1992)
by David Mamet
Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
New Repertory Theater
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
October 14 – November 5, 2017
An interesting take on the Mamet drama about a tragic encounter between a male college professor and a female student.

Play (2017)
by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
October 19 – November 12, 2017
A fanciful dramatic comedy set in post-revolutionary France of the early 1790s, featuring four strong, mostly historic, female characters.