Plays

Play (1998)
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Eric Tucker
Central Square Theater
October 1 – November 15, 2015
With Steven Barkhimer, Robert_Najarian, Debra Wise, Han Nah Son
A superbly good rendition of the dense, thoughtful and deeply interesting play about the mysterious and celebrated meeting between the fathers of quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr, in 1941.

Play
Written and directed by
Wesley Savick
Based on the novel
Einstein’s Dreams (1993)
by Alan Lightman
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
September 24 – November 14, 2015
A compendium of brief vignettes based on Einstein’s imagined musings on the subject of time.

Play (1603)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by
Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Modern Theater
at Suffolk University
Theater District, Boston
September 23 – October 25, 2015
A superb production of the great tragedy about jealousy gone wild.

Play
by Daniel Beaty
Directed by David Dower
ArtsEmerson
Liebergott Black Box
Paramount Theater
Theater District, Boston
September 22 – October 18, 2015
A moving and evocative piece set in Harlem featuring a tour de force portrayal of a dozen characters by solo performer Tangela Large.

Play
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by M. Bevin O’Gara
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 12 – October 11, 2015
A tragicomedy set in Arkansas about a family going through their packrat father’s possessions after he dies.