Play (1592)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Walsh
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Swedenborg Chapel
50 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
February 7 – March 11, 2018
An intensely and intimately evocative rendition of the tragedy about the ultimate narcissist.
Hype Man:
A Break Beat Play
Play
by Idris Goodwin
Directed by Shawn LaCount
CompanyOne Theatre
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 26 – February 24, 2018
A terrifically edgy, interesting portrayal of a hip-hop ensemble in crisis, filled with issues about race, class, sex, professional success, compromise and integrity.
Lonely Planet
Play (1994)
by Steven Dietz
Directed by Jim Petosa
New Repertory Theatre
Co-produced with Boston Center for American Performance
Arsenal Center for the Arts
February 3 – March 4, 2018
Set during the height of the AIDS crisis, a treatment of isolation, discovered friendship, and the threat of loss.
Bad Dates
Play (2003)
by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Jessica Stone
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Univerity Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
January 26 – February 25, 2018
With Haneefah Wood
A spunky and funny one-woman play about middle-aged hopes and disappointments in love.
Death And The Maiden
Play (1990)
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
January 30 – February 11, 2018
An intimately intense production of the drama about a woman in an unspecified Latin American country who identifies the perpetrator of violence against her during her political imprisonment years before and takes him to task for it.