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Rx Machina at Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Dates: (2/17/2022 - 2/27/2022 )

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston,MA 02215

Phone: 6173535899

Tickets: $10-$35

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Rx Machina unpacks big pharmas impact on everyday American culture through the eyes of five women on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic. An ambitious drug sales reps relentless pursuit of a principled pain management doctor leads to an intoxicating, forbidden connection that comes with a cost. Ethical boundaries are blurred in a love triangle fueled by money, sex, and power. In a world where patients are consumers and pain is profitable, Rx Machina asks the important question Who gets better, and who gets left behind?

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RX MACHINA Comes to Boston Playwrights' Theatre
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The drama examines big pharma's impact on everyday American culture through the eyes of five women on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic, blurring ethical boundaries in a love triangle fueled by money, sex and power.

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) today announces the new plays that will comprise its 2021-2022 season. The line-up includes LORENA: a Tabloid Epic by Eliana Pipes, Gone Nowhere by Daniel C. Blanda, Incels and Other Myths by Ally Sass, Rx Machina by Caity-Shea Violette and Beasts by Cayenne Douglass.

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre today announces the continuation of its series of conversations about new plays, BPT Talks. The upcoming conversations, BPT Talks About Design, will be held via the video conferencing tool Zoom.

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre today announces a series of conversations about new plays, BPT Talks, to be held this fall via the videoconferencing tool Zoom.

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