Plays

Play (1753)
by Carlo Goldoni
Yale Repertory Theatre
at ArtsEmerson
Paramount Mainstage
Boston, MA
January 29 – February 10, 2010
A rollicking version of the Commedia dell’Arte farcical classic, with an abundance of topical riffs flying from every direction.

Play (2011)
by Jon Robin Baitz
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
January 11 – February 9, 2013
After a long separation, a liberal, young writer from the East returns to the West Coast and her conservative parents, revealing that she is publishing a memoir about a difficult episode in her family’s history.

Play (2009)
by Katori Hall
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theatre
Cambridge, MA
January 10 – February 3, 2013
An imaginatively and mythically inspired look at the end of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life.

Play (2007)
by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Boston, MA
January 4 – February 2, 2013
An ingeniously interwoven narrative about Beethoven and his authoring of the Diabelli Variations, and a contemporary musicologist who tries to uncover their secrets, in a beautifully tuned production.

Play (2012)
Adapted for the stage
by Oren Jacoby
Based on the novel
by Ralph Ellison
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston, MA
January 4 – February 3, 2013
A heartfelt and dutiful recapitulation of the numerous episodes from the novel, with ten actors playing twenty-five characters, surrounded by many videos projected on a background of multiple screens.