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BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER

854 Fulton St
Boise, ID 83702
208.331.9224


About the Theatre

Founded in 1997, Boise Contemporary Theater is the only nonprofit professional theater within 300 miles dedicated to producing challenging new work. Our mission is to inspire our community to examine our perspectives and better understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us by creating thought-provoking stories of the human experience. BCT is a recipient of the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, two-time recipient of the National Theater Company Award from the American Theater Wing, and the 2022–23 City of Boise Cultural Ambassador. Currently in its 24th Season, BCT has presented over 90 Mainstage productions, including over 23 world premieres such as Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn (which continued to Broadway). Our Mainstage season of five productions brings more than 12,000 visitors to BCT. Another 3,000-plus visitors enjoy our season-long reading series and summer reading series, both dedicated to bold new works, as well as a children’s reading series. Our annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, launched in 2021, furthers our commitment to presenting diverse new voices. BCT’s education program, A.C.T. at BCT, strives to reach a broad audience representative of our community. We serve over 2,000 students through onsite and outreach Theater Lab programs in which students conceive, write, produce and perform in their own original productions. We continue expanding our outreach programs to include more underserved schools with high populations of low-income, at-risk, and refugee students. BCT’s intimate black box space seats 231 guests. We own and perform in a historic building in the BODO District of downtown Boise, the hub of Boise’s cultural community. BCT hosts or collaborates with myriad local arts organizations, including The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Idaho, Idaho Botanical Garden, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Treefort Music Fest.
Silent Sky
4/17


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. ...


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Boise Contemporary Theater Calls For Submissions For BIPOC Playwrights Festival


by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, tentatively scheduled for August 15-24....

Boise Contemporary Theater to Receive $25,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater has announced that it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support BCT's 4th Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival. ...

CLYDE'S Comes to Boise Contemporary Theater in January


by Stephi Wild - December 18, 2023

Clyde's by Lynn Nottage comes to Boise Contemporary Theatre in January. Performances will run January 31 - February 17, 2024....

Support West Coast Regional Theaters on Giving Tuesday


by Joshua Wright - November 28, 2023

In the vibrant spirit of generosity that defines Giving Tuesday, BroadwayWorld is proud to shine a spotlight on the remarkable campaigns launched by theaters across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Check out campaigns from the West Coast....

Boise Contemporary Theater Costume Designer is Broadway-Bound


by A.A. Cristi - November 16, 2023

Boise Contemporary Theater Costume Designer, Darrin Pufall Purdy, is set to make his Broadway debut in February 2024. Get all the details in the attached press release....

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY First Broadway Play By Native American Woman Comes To Boise Contemporary Theater


by A.A. Cristi - November 07, 2023

The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse is the first Broadway play by a Native American woman, coming to Boise Contemporary Theater. Don't miss this brave satire!...

Seven Devils New Play Foundry Welcomes New Leadership Team: Paula Marchiel, Mallory Metoxen, And Adrian Centeno


by A.A. Cristi - August 21, 2023

The Board of Seven Devils New Play Foundry will welcome the Artistic Leadership Team of Paula Marchiel, Mallory Metoxen, and Adrian Centeno, who will take the reins of the company's mission to develop and present new work that embraces the diversity of the American experience following the departure...

Tickets Now Available For Boise Contemporary Theater's Third Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival


by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2023

Tickets are now available for Boise Contemporary Theater’s (BCT) Third Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival August 21-25, 2023, through Ticketmaster....

Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Director Jeni Mahoney Announces Departure


by A.A. Cristi - April 21, 2023

Jeni Mahoney, long-time Producing Artistic Director and Founder of the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, will step down from her leadership position following the upcoming 2023 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (in McCall, Idaho June 5 - 17, 2023). ...

Emily Mahon Hired As Boise Contemporary Theater's New Managing Director


by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2023

As Boise continues to experience unprecedented growth, BCT is expanding to serve the needs of a larger and more diverse community. Especially in a rapidly changing city like Boise, BCT wants to impress upon businesses, donors, and audiences how important it can be for Boise to be part of a national ...

Past Shows

CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage
CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage
2/14 - 2/17/2024


"mesmerizing... a whirling tour de force, both brazen and fragile," Jeanne Huff, BOISE WEEKLY

Clyde's
1/31


Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...

Middle of the World
Middle of the World
10/11 - 10/28/2023


"How far would you go for the ones you love?" Fast-paced dramedy spans two continents, and many Uber rides to bring political intrigue and laughter.

BREAK IT DOWN, written and performed by Herb Newsome


Held at the Morrison Center at 2PM & 7PM, Boise Contemporary Theater celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop with this one-man multimedia show telling ...

Wild Wild Jest & This Town of Perfect Flaws


Why is that cactus dressed like a clown? And what's with the basketball? Theater Lab students perform their own original works WILD WILD JEST & ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
3/8 - 3/25/2023


March 8 - 25, 2023, Run Time: Approximately 90 minutes with NO intermission “…a show that aims to open our eyes to the tiny moments when ...

Sweat
Sweat
1/25 - 2/11/2023


SWEAT by Lynn Nottage January 25 - February 11, 2023 Run Time: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission Filled with warm humor and ...

The Hollow In Between & Dead Ends


Where are we? How did we get here? How do we get out?? Is this a cult? Similar questions, but two very different stories. Find ...

The Show on the Roof
4/13 - 5/7/2022


Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...

Sweat
3/2 - 3/19/2022


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

The Persistent Guest
1/19 - 2/5/2022

Summer Reading Series
6/28 - 9/27/2021


It’s time to go outside and Play! Experience intriguing new plays straight off the page, and imagine the visual world without full sets, costumes or ...

Sweat
3/10 - 3/27/2021


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

The Show on the Roof
The Show on the Roof
4/15 - 5/9/2020


Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...

Every Brilliant Thing
3/4 - 3/21/2020


Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe Boise Contemporary Theater...

Slow Food
1/29 - 2/15/2020


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

Tammy Lisa / Misery to Meaning
11/20 - 12/7/2019


Lauren Weedman....

The Wolves
10/16 - 11/9/2019


Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. An all girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big ...

Rabbit/Moon
4/17 - 5/4/2019


Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark; dir: Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark....


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 ...

Clarkston
2/13 - 3/9/2019


Samuel Hunter; dir: Davis McCallum....

Lewiston
2/6 - 3/9/2019


Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Eric Ting....

Ripcord
2/25


David Lindsay-Abaire Boise Contemporary Theater...

With Love and a Major Organ
12/5 - 12/22/2018


CHICAGO-Strawdog Theatre Company, Artistic Director Hank Boland and Hugen Hall Artistic Director Anderson Lawfer are proud to announce the first production in its 2015–2016 Hugen ...


Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, Independent, Daily Mail Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production embarks ...

House of Tomorrow
2/21 - 3/10/2018


Cat Crowley; dir: Dwayne Blackaller. Boise Contemporary Theater:...

Good Bitch Goes Down
1/10 - 1/20/2018


Adam Enright; dir: Tracy Sunderland. Boise Contemporary Theater:...

Hand to God
10/18 - 11/4/2017


After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...

The Clean House
4/19 - 5/6/2017


Sarah Ruhl; dir: Drew Barr....


CHICAGO – Teatro Vista, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater, presents the world premiere of ...

Hedwig & The Angry Inch
10/5 - 10/22/2016


book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

Hedwig & The Angry Inch
10/5 - 10/22/2016


book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

A New Comedy
4/13 - 5/7/2016


Eric Coble....

Constellations
2/10 - 3/5/2016


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

Lauren Weedman
1/5 - 1/16/2016


Lauren Weedman....

No More Sad Things
11/24 - 12/19/2015


Hansol Jung....

A Skull in Connemara
10/7 - 10/31/2015


Martin McDonagh....

Super Secret Site Specific Something


A dynamic leap into site-specific performance, S5 invites audiences to a unique theatrical adventure somewhere in Boise. Immerse yourself in stories that move through a ...


Tracy Sunderland; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

The Fisherman And His Soul
The Fisherman And His Soul
4/1 - 4/25/2015


“Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water.” So begins the 1891 fairy tale by Oscar ...

FATA MORGANA
1/28 - 2/21/2015


Jeni Mahoney....

The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley
4/2 - 4/26/2014


Their last collaboration, A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE, reached the biggest audience in BCT history with a story that spanned sixteen time zones. In the spring ...

Warren (Or) Those People
Warren (Or) Those People
1/29 - 2/22/2014


The new year will bring new plays to BCT, beginning with the World Premiere of a poignant comedy set in Warren, Michigan. It's there you'll ...

THIS WONDERFUL LIFE
11/26 - 12/21/2013


Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...

RED
10/9 - 11/2/2013


Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant—and the growing competitive presence of a new generation of artists—Rothko takes on his greatest career challenge yet: ...

Graphic Depictions
4/3 - 4/27/2013


- Eric Coble; dir: Dwayne Blackaller....

A Nighttime Survival Guide
1/30 - 3/2/2013


Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...

A Nighttime Survival Guide
1/30 - 3/2/2013


Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...

Damascus
11/28 - 12/22/2012


Master storyteller Andrew Weems (NAMASTE MAN) returns with an adventure of self discovery. DAMASCUS is an irreverent tale of a dubious hero, who embarks on ...

Questions My Mother Can't Answer


The 11|12 Season will be capped off by the second add-on production. New York Innovative Theatre Award-winning writer/performer Andrea Caban is back with her sold-out ...

Off The Record
Off The Record
4/4 - 4/28/2012


The hit of the 2011 5X5 Reading Series makes it’s way to full production in 2012. The playwright, Lynn Allison, is known primarily for her ...

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
1/25 - 2/18/2012

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries
1/18 - 1/25/2012


We meet eight-year-olds Kayleen and Doug in the nurse’s office of their elementary school. She has a stomachache and a penchant for “bad thoughts”, he ...

Commissioned World Premiere (No Title Yet)


Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter is on quite a roll. His play A BRIGHT NEW BOISE, which premiered in New York last fall, has been ...

Shipwrecked!
Shipwrecked!
10/5 - 10/29/2011


The adventurous Louis de Rougemont invites you to hear his amazing tale of bravery, survival and celebrity that left nineteenth-century England spellbound. Dare to be ...

Re/Fraction
Re/Fraction
9/7 - 9/10/2011


We are trying something new this year at BCT. In addition to the usual four full productions in our season we have expanded your opportunities ...

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