Plays

Play (1983)
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Olivia D’Ambrosio
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge
January 12 – February 12, 2017
A terrific production of a brilliantly witty play in which two actors play at least five characters and in which the action changes from performance to performance.

Play (2013)
BÉLA PINTÉR AND COMPANY
from Hungary
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theater
Theater District, Boston
January 19-22, 2017
A drama about state surveillance in Hungary in the 1980s.

Play (1962)
by Edward Albee
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area
With Steven Barkhimer, Paula Plum
January 13 – February 12, 2017
A riveting production of the modern tragedy about an embittered middle-aged academic couple and two young visitors.

Play (1879)
by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area
January 6 – February 5, 2017
A tautly directed and powerfully staged rendition of the Ibsen classic, in a recent translation and adaptation by a British feminist playwright.

Play (2011)
by Robert Askins
Directed by David R. Gammons
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 6 – February 4, 2017
A wackily unleashed improvisation on what happens when, as part of what is meant to be a disciplined church puppet program in central Texas, the puppets begin to think and speak for themselves.