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A.R.T. Announces Steering Committee for 'Creating Equal,' New Collective of Artists, Organizers, and Facilitators
March 16, 2021American Repertory Theater has announced today the Steering Committee members of Creating Equal. Committee members include Janice Amaya (they/them); Erin Genia (she/her); Elizabeth James-Perry (she/her); Timothy Patrick McCarthy (he/him); Brisa Areli Muñoz (she/her); Brenna Nicely (she/they); Alessandra Panares (she/her); Moe Pope (he/him) & more.
38th Annual Elliot Norton Award Nominations Announced - MOBY-DICK, Billy Porter's THE PURISTS, and More!
April 16, 2020Two dozen nominations of outstanding actors, directors, designers and ensembles were announced today by The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) for the 38th Annual Elliot Norton Awards.
BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY: Light Privilege
May 08, 2019SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere of the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award-winner for Outstanding Play (tie), Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MAN GIRLS PLAY, directed by Summer L. Williams. A Ghanaian-American playwright, Bioh sets the play in 1986 at a top boarding school in Ghana. The action centers on self-anointed queen bee Paulina (Ireon Roach) who aspires to win the Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant in order to represent her country in the coveted Miss Global Universe Pageant. When Headmistress Francis (Crystin Gilmore) introduces Ericka (Victoria Byrd), a new student from Ohio, just before the audition, Paulina is unexpectedly faced with a formidable challenger, not just for the competition, but also for the attentions and loyalty of her crew.
SpeakEasy Stage Company Presents the New England Premiere of SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
April 03, 2019From May 3 - 25, 2019, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the New England Premiere of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY by Jocelyn Bioh.
SpeakEasy Stage Company Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
SpeakEasy Stage Company is at 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.
SpeakEasy Stage is a non-profit theatre company located in the South End of Boston. Led by award-winning Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault, we produce 28 weeks of new plays and musicals each season at the Nancy and Ed Roberts Studio Theater in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Since our founding in 1992, we’ve produced vital, timely and entertaining productions that have helped make Boston’s South End into an artistic and cultural destination. We work with hundreds of locally-based artists, actors, directors, and technicians each year, and train early career artists through its fellowship and emerging artists programs, supporting them as they develop their potential. SpeakEasy Stage has distinguished itself as Boston’s premiere theater, consistently winning acclaim for presenting top-quality productions of contemporary, cutting-edge plays and musicals. For three decades, our shows have sparked conversations that continue long after audiences leave the theater – challenging, connecting, and inspiring the community.
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Robert Frost: This Verse Business
Roberts Studio Theatre at Calderwood Pavilion (4/23 - 4/28)
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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People and The American Songbook
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (4/27 - 4/28) | |
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The Stands
Firehouse Center for the Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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A Strange Loop
SpeakEasy Stage Company (4/26 - 5/25) | |
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Twelfth Night, A musical Adaptation by Shaina Taub
Arlington Friends of the Drama (5/3 - 5/19) | |
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Dog Man: The Musical
Emerson Colonial Theatre (4/27 - 4/28) | |
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A Christmas Carol
The Company Theatre (11/29 - 12/22) | |
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Zucchero
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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