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MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE

50 East Merrimack Street
Lowell, MA 01852

The Porch on Windy Hill
The Porch on Windy Hill
4/3 - 4/21/2024


A bi-racial Korean classical violinist, Mira, and her music history grad-student boyfriend, Beck, escape months of Covid-isolation to the mountains of North Carolina. Their journey ...

Spiritus/Virgil's Dance
Spiritus/Virgil's Dance
5/8 - 5/26/2024


In this exploration of the realities of death through the eyes of a watchful and troubled individual, we meet Virgil -- a kid who used ...


RELATED STORIES

THE PORCH ON WINDY HILL Comes to Merrimack Rep in April


by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2024

Continuing its 45th season, Merrimack Repertory Theatre will bring The Porch on Windy Hill to the Liberty Hall stage. Learn more about the show here!...

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Reveals 'Summer Stage for Youth' Program


by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2024

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will continue its community partnership with Middlesex Community College (MCC) to bring the passion and drive of theatre to local young performers with the “Summer Stage for Youth” program. ...

CSC and the Coolidge to Present SHAKESPEARE REIMAGINED: A MIDWINTER'S TALE This Month


by Blair Ingenthron - February 11, 2024

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Coolidge Corner Theatre present Shakespeare Reimagined: A MIDWINTER’S TALE, a new production written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. This article provides details about the upcoming performance on Thursday, February 29 at 7 PM....

Alaudin Ullah's DISHWASHER DREAMS Opens In February At Merrimack Repertory Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2024

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will welcome Dishwasher Dreams, written and performed by Alaudin Ullah, and directed by Chay Yew....

Lyric Stage Boston to Present TROUBLE IN MIIND This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2023

A tale that was meant to be told over 60 years ago, Dawn M. Simmons brings to Lyric Stage Boston, Alice Childress's unflinching look at the standards of 1950's Broadway in Trouble in Mind.  ...

Merrimack Repertory Theatre to Present RED RIDING HOOD FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES in January


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 08, 2023

MRT opens Red Riding Hood for young audiences this January. Get ready for an exciting and interactive theatrical experience!...

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Celebrates The Holiday Season With The Return Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by A.A. Cristi - November 07, 2023

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” These famous words of Charles Dickens are at the heart of the Merrimack Repertory Theatre's (MRT) beloved retelling of the classic A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Courtney Sale....

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Opens Its Chau Playwriting Fellowship Applications For 2024


by A.A. Cristi - October 04, 2023

The Merrimack Repertory Theatre has announced that it is opening applications for its inaugural Mayor Sokhary Chau Playwriting Fellowship....

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Opens Its 2023-2024 Season With GASLIGHT


by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2023

MRT Gaslight opens its 2324 season with a thrilling production. Get ready for a captivating experience....

Berkshire Theatre Group Reveals Cast for the Upcoming Production of COPENHAGEN


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2023

Get all the latest updates on Berkshire Theatre Group's upcoming production of Copenhagen. Find out who has been cast in the lead roles and when and where you can catch this highly anticipated show. Don't miss this limited engagement - learn more now!...

Past Shows

Dishwasher Dreams
Dishwasher Dreams
2/28 - 3/17/2024


From Bangladesh to New York City, from graffiti crews to baseball games, courageous honesty to emotive humor, Dishwasher Dreams explores the complicated realities of dreams ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/29 - 12/24/2023


Back by popular demand! Experience Charles Dickens’ timeless story of redemption with new songs, scenes, and surprises. With a nod to Dickens’ time in Lowell ...

Gaslight
Gaslight
10/18 - 11/5/2023


A psychological thriller adapted by Steven Dietz based on the 1939 play by Patrick Hamilton which inspired the 1944 Ingrid Bergman film. Gaslight thrillingly delves ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak on It!
10/23 - 10/26/2020


The daughter of a sharecropper and the last of 20 siblings, Hamer did not enter the world of activism and politics until she was 44 ...


Allison Engel, Margaret Engel; dir: Michael Marotta....

Maytag Virgin
1/9 - 2/2/2020


Maytag Virgin follows Alabama school teacher Lizzy Nash and her new neighbor, Jack Key, over the year following the tragic death of Lizzy’s husband. The ...


Maytag Virgin follows Alabama school teacher Lizzy Nash and her new neighbor, Jack Key, over the year following the tragic death of Lizzy’s husband. The ...


In this delightful companion play to Miss Bennet, Gunderson and Melcon once again bring Austen’s beloved characters to the stage for a yuletide sequel to ...

Cambodian Rock Band
10/16 - 11/10/2019


This epic play/rock concert thrusts us into the life of a young woman trying to piece together her family history thirty years after her father ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
9/11 - 10/6/2019


by Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies ...

First Night
First Night
7/19 - 7/21/2019


New Years Eve, 1985. Danny Fleming, mid-thirties, is about to close up his video store for the evening when into the store pops a woman ...

Cry It Out
4/24 - 5/19/2019


THEATRE EN BLOC PROUDLY PRESENTS THE REGIONAL PREMIERE OF MOLLY SMITH METZLER'S CRY IT OUT, MAY 4 - 20, 2018 Cooped up on maternity leave ...

The Haunted Life
3/20 - 4/14/2019


The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre: adapt: Sean Daniels from Jack Kerouac; dir: Sean Daniels, christopher oscar pena....

The Heath
2/13 - 3/10/2019


The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre: Lauren Gunderson; dir: Sean Daniels....

Slow Food
1/9 - 2/3/2019


The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre: Wendy MacLeod; dir: Sean Daniels....


A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish ...

Murder for Two
10/17 - 11/11/2018


book: Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian; lyrics: Kellen Blair; music: Joe Kinosian ; dir: JC Clementz....

Native Gardens
9/12 - 10/7/2018


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

Little Orphan Danny
3/21 - 4/15/2018


Sean Daniels, Dan Finnerty; book: Dan Finnerty; lyrics: Dan Finnerty; music: Dan Finnerty; dir: Sean Daniels. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre:...


Andy Bayiates, Aaron Mu?oz; dir: Nathan Keepers. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre:...

KNYUM
1/10 - 2/1/2018


Vichet Chum; dir: KJ Sanchez. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre:...

Silent Sky
10/18 - 11/12/2017


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

The Royale
The Royale
9/16 - 10/8/2017

The Royale
9/13 - 10/8/2017


Marco Ramirez; dir: Megan Sandberg-Zakian....

My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend
4/26 - 5/21/2017


book: Christian Duhamel; lyrics: Edward Bell, Christian Duhamel; music: Edward Bell; dir: Sean Daniels. World Premiere...

Chill
3/22 - 4/16/2017


Eleanor Burgess; dir: Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre:...

Women in Jeopardy!
2/15 - 3/12/2017


Thelma and Louise meets The First Wives Club in this fun and flirtatious new comedy by Rochester-born playwright Wendy MacLeod. Divorcees Mary and Jo are ...


Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; dir: Sean Daniels. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre:...

Going to See the Kid
11/30 - 12/24/2016


Steven Drukman; dir: Alexander Greenfield. World Premiere...

Going to See the Kid
11/30 - 12/24/2016


Steven Drukman; dir: Alexander Greenfield. World Premiere...

Abigail/1702
10/12 - 11/6/2016


Whatever happened to Abigail Williams? It's 1702, a decade after The Crucible's infamous seductress danced with the devil in Salem. Now, the devil returns for ...

Abigail/1702
10/12 - 11/6/2016


Whatever happened to Abigail Williams? It's 1702, a decade after The Crucible's infamous seductress danced with the devil in Salem. Now, the devil returns for ...

45 Plays for 45 Presidents
9/7 - 10/2/2016


Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Chloë Johnston, Karen Weinberg; dir: Sean Daniels....

45 Plays for 45 Presidents
9/7 - 10/2/2016


Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Chloë Johnston, Karen Weinberg; dir: Sean Daniels....

Home of the Brave
4/20 - 5/15/2016


Lila Rose Kaplan; dir: Sean Daniels....


Idris Goodwin; dir: Wendy Goldberg....

Tinker to Evers to Chance
2/10 - 3/6/2016


Play ball! Lauren makes a rare trip home to Chicago to take her ailing mother to the biggest Cubs game of the year, Game 6 ...

The White Chip
1/6 - 1/31/2016


Sean Daniels; dir: Sheryl Kaller....


This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast – complete with jazzy radio jingles, hilarious commercials, and a ...

I and You
10/7 - 11/1/2015


On the night before a class assignment is due, Caroline and Anthony plumb the mysteries of a Whitman poem…unaware that a deeper mystery has brought ...

The Lion
8/26 - 9/20/2015


Benjamin Scheuer; book: Benjamin Scheuer; lyrics: Benjamin Scheuer; music: Benjamin Scheuer; dir: Sean Daniels....

The Outgoing Tide
4/23 - 5/17/2015


World Premiere! In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an unorthodox plan to secure his family's future but meets with resistance from ...

Out of the City
3/19 - 4/12/2015


Leslie Ayvazian; dir: Christian Parker....

Oceanside
2/12 - 3/8/2015


Nick Gandiello; dir: Melia Bensussen....

The Best Brothers
1/8 - 2/1/2015


Hamilton and Kyle have lost their mother to a comically gruesome accident at the Gay Pride Parade. As they come to grips with their mother’s ...


They've skewered history, the Bible and the world's most celebrated playwright. Now, the Reduced Shakespeare Company debuts its latest world premiere here in Cincinnati. This ...

Talley's Folly
3/20 - 4/13/2014


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talleys Folly is a lyrical romance that follows the unlikely courtship of young Sally Talley and her much ...


Nancy L Donahue Theatre: Angelo Parra; music: Miche Braden (arranger); dir: Joe Brancato....

Equally Divided
1/9 - 2/2/2014


Nancy L Donahue Theatre: Ronald Harwood; dir: Charles Towers....

Stella and Lou
11/28 - 12/22/2013


Nancy L Donahue Theatre: Bruce Graham; dir: Charles Towers....

Mrs. Mannerly
10/24 - 11/17/2013


REGIONAL PREMIERE. This irreverent, yet poignant comedy is inspired by the hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, wherein playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the ...

God of Carnage
9/19 - 10/13/2013


A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are ...

Glengarry Glen Ross
4/25 - 5/19/2013


- David Mamet; dir: Charles Towers....

Proof
3/21 - 4/14/2013


- David Auburn....

RED
2/14 - 3/10/2013


- John Logan; dir: Charles Towers....

Shakespeare's Will
1/10 - 2/3/2013


- Vern Thiessen; music: Marc Desmoreaux; dir: Miles Potter....

Ghost-Writer
4/19 - 5/13/2012


Something mysterious is happening. In the West Coast premiere of an intimate spine-tingler from award-winning playwright Michael Hollinger (Opus), acclaimed novelist Franklin Woolsey has died. ...

Mrs. Whitney
3/15 - 4/8/2012

Daddy Long Legs
2/9 - 3/4/2012

Voice of the Turtle
1/5 - 1/29/2012


Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor; dir: Randall T. Stevens....

This Verse Business
10/20 - 11/13/2011


By A.M. Dolan Directed by Gus Kaikkonen Featuring Gordon Clapp February 6-16 The perfect marriage between a treasured American poet and a beloved actor, Emmy-winner ...

The Persian Quarter
9/15 - 10/9/2011

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