2010-2011 Student Matinees
See the show. Meet the cast. Get a private tour.
by William Inge
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by Annie Baker |
by Lynn Nottage
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by Willy Russell |
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by Stephen Karam |
by William Shakespeare |
Directed by Nicholas Martin
B.U. Theatre — Mainstage
Grades 6-12
Audio-described & ASL-Interpreted
A snowstorm strands a bus outside of Kansas City, and its passengers — including a stubborn, lovestruck cowboy and the nightclub singer he hopes to marry — seek shelter and warmth at a roadside diner. The motley crew spends one night together, filled with bluster, heartache, and laughter, searching for love in this classic American comedy. Former Artistic Director Nicholas Martin returns to direct.
THEMES & ISSUES: forgiveness, loneliness, ambition.
by Annie Baker
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Thursday, November 4 at 10am
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Grades 8-12
When the four students in Marty’s creative drama class experiment with harmless theatre games, hearts are quietly torn apart and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. Set in the Shirley, Vermont community center, this beautifully crafted new comedy mixes antic sadness and hilarious detail, and became a runaway hit Off Broadway.
THEMES AND ISSUES: catharsis through acting, family, abuse
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Liesl Tommy
Friday, January 14 at 10am
B.U. Theatre — Mainstage
Grades 9-12
Audio-described & ASL-Interpreted
2009 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER! Savvy business woman Mama Nadi knows how to survive in the midst of the Congo civil war: don’t take sides. She sells beers and girls to any man who'll leave his gun at the door. The good-time atmosphere of the canteen and her sharp wits can’t always protect her and her girls from the atrocities afflicted on them, but their courage, humor, and hope live on in this gripping drama.
THEMES AND ISSUES: war and violence, sacrifice, oppression of women
by Willy Russell
Thursday, March 24 4 at 10am
B.U. Theatre — Mainstage
Rita, a young, brash hairdresser, wants more out of life. With a newly discovered passion for English literature, she enrolls in the local university and meets her tutor, Frank, a middle-aged poet and professor. Her fresh, unschooled reactions to the classics cause him to question his own understanding of his work and himself in this warm and witty tale of self-discovery by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers).
by Stephen Karam
Directed by Peter DuBois
Friday, April 8 at 10am
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
WORLD PREMIERE! Charles and Joseph are having one hell of a year. When a prank-gone-wrong in a the small town of Nazareth, PA leads to the death of their father, the two brothers struggle with their health, livelihoods, and sanity as a series of unfortunate events spiral into operatic miseries. In an age where most people look to faith, finances, or even modern medicine to solve any unpleasantries in life, Sons of the Prophet takes a brutally funny look at unresolved chronic pain and the many ways we cope with the overwhelming.
THEMES AND ISSUES: suffering, pain, faith, health insurance
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall
Thursday, May 26 at 10am (
Richard III)
Friday, June 10 at 10am (
Comedy of Errors)
B.U. Theatre — Mainstage
Grades 6-12
Experience Shakespeare as never before when the internationally acclaimed Propeller Theatre Company leaps from England onto a Boston stage for the first time. One set of actors presents two productions in ambitious alternating repertory:
In Richard III, director Edward Hall and his British cast bring a great villain to unsparing life. The company shows off their trademark mischievous wit in The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s most farcical comedy. A rigorous approach to classic text mixes with dynamic physicality and modern flair in the all-male Propeller productions, the theatrical event of the season.
THEMES AND ISSUES: unrestrained ambition, evil, self-acceptance (Richard III); persistence, loyalty, confidence (Comedy of Errors)