Boston Arts Diary

Play (2013)
by Madeleine George
Directed by Melia Bensussen
The Nora Theatre Company
A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
March 2 – 26, 2017
A beautifully acted and cleverly written takeoff about a lesbian linguistics professor having genetic counseling during pregnancy.

Play (2014)
by Heidi Schreck
Directed by
Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
March 3 – April 1, 2017
An evocative production about faith, service and forgiveness set in a Bronx soup kitchen.

Play (2014)
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by Dale J. Young
Apollinaire Theatre
Chelsea Theatre Works
Chelsea, MA
February 17 – March 12, 2017
A genetic research project violates the mores of an indigenous tribe.

Play (1961)
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Michael Wilson
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Theatre, Harvard University,
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
February 18 – March 18, 2017
With Bill Heck, Amanda Plummer, Dana Delany, James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Ashley
A beautifully produced version of the Tennessee Williams classic about despair and unexpected love set in a seaside town in Mexico.

Play (2017)
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Shawn LaCount
Company One Theatre
at Matter & Light Fine Art, SoWa
with support from Gallery Kayafas
January 25 – March 5, 2017
An existential meditation on photography, art, expressiveness, mortality and realism.