Plays

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.

Play (2012)
by Simon Stephens
Based on the novel (2003)
by Mark Haddon
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Movement Direction by Yo-El Cassell
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
October 20 – November 25, 2017
A beautifully produced version of the hit play based on the popular psychological mystery novel about a mildly autistic boy who tries to come to grips with the mystery of a murdered dog and other conundrums in his life.

Play
A Non-Fiction Invention
From the words of Truman Capote
and Andy Warhol
Adapted by Bob Roth
Directed by Michael Mayer
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
September 10 – October 13, 2017
With Stephen Spinella, Dan Butler
A surfacy, though beautifully acted, portrayal of the relationship between artist Andy Warhol and writer Truman Capote based on Warhol’s tapes of their conversations.