Play (1901)
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Mara Rainer
Wellesley Summer Theatre
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
May 21 – June 21, 2015
An intimately persuasive account of the Chekhov classic about three sisters, their companions, a regiment of soldiers, and everyone’s dashed hopes, set in a Russian village at the turn of the twentieth century.
Plays
After All The Terrible Things
I Do
Play (2014)
by A. Rey Parmatmat
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 22 – June 21, 2015
A thoughtfully written and beautifully acted drama about brutal responses to youthful homosexuality.
Albatross
Play (2014)
by Matthew Spangler
and Benjamin Evett
Directed by Rick Lombardo
Inspired by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Produced by Michael Seiden
and The Poets’ Theatre
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts,
Watertown, MA
Mary 21-24, 2015
An extraordinary solo performance by Benjamin Evett in an inventive and dramatic rendering of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Henry VI, Part 2
Play (1591)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tina Packer
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Modern Theatre
at Suffolk University, Boston
May 13 – June 7, 2015
A dynamic and engaging production of the very early Shakespearean history play about an ineffectual king and the massive ensuing conflict – the Wars of the Roses – stimulated by the vacancy of his leadership.
Light Up The Sky
Play (1948)
by Moss Hart
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Lyric Stage Company
Copley Square area, Boston
May 15 – June 13, 2015
A light and lively morsel about a Boston preview of a play, set in the historic Ritz-Carlton Hotel, filled with 1940s pizzazz and style.