Play (1998)
by David Hare
New Repertory Theater
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 2 -23, 2016
With David Bryan Jackson
A superb solo account of an articulate, witty and heartfelt autobiographical sketch of the playwright’s trip to Israel and Palestine in 1997.
Plays
The Winter’s Tale
Play (1623)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Willet Hall at United Parish
Coolidge Corner area
Brookline, MA
December 10, 2015 –
January 3, 2016
A delightful production of the great late Shakespearean treatment of a jealous king who learns to repent.
Matchless and
The Happy Prince
Plays
By Gregory Maguire and
Oscar Wilde
Directed by Debra Wise
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
November 27, 2015 –
January 3, 2016
A pair of delightful interpretations of two tales: Matchless by the great contemporary Boston-area writer Gregory Maguire and The Happy Prince by the great Oscar Wilde, done simply and elegantly with live actors and inspired puppetry.
Beowulf
Play (2015)
based on Seamus Heaney’s translation
Adapted for the stage by
David Gullette
Directed by Benjamin Evett
The Poet’s Theatre
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
Cambridge, MA
December 10-20, 2015
A passionately delivered and interestingly conceived theatrical rendition of the Scandinavian epic in a translation by the great contemporary Irish poet.
It’s A Wonderful Life:
A Live Radio Play
Play (1996)
Adapted by Joe Landry
from Frank Capra’s film
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
November 25 – December 20, 2015
With Nael Nacer, Celeste Oliva, Joel Colodner, Jason Bowen, Veronika Duerr
A beautifully produced adaptation of the popular film, reset as a radio drama performed in 1946.