On THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, tickets to select performances of Vengeance is the Lord's, Ruined, Educating Rita, Son of the Prophet, Richard III, and The Comedy of Errors are 50% OFF! and HANDLING FEE-FREE! Don't miss your chance to see early performances at fantastic one-day-only prices! Tickets are available online from 9am to midnight, and by phone or in person at the B.U. Theatre Box Office, 264 Huntington Avenue, and the Calderwood Pavilion Box Office, 527 Tremont Street, from 12pm to 7pm.
VENGEANCE IS THE LORD'S
by Bob Glaudini
Directed by Peter DuBois
When crime is the family business, you always bring work home. The Horvath family forgives their trespassers — all but one. A mother's call for mercy clashes with a father's need for retribution when their daughter's murderer comes up for parole. Sharp jokes, tough love, and foul-mouthed conversations drive this searing and darkly funny new drama, which unfolds at holiday dinners from Thanksgiving to Easter. A modern American family asks a classic moral question: what can we do when "justice" is not enough?
"Few playwrights are better at conveying the day-to-day rhythms of the lives of deeply flawed characters. And it couldn't feel more authentic." — New York Post
“This will be the third play of Bob Glaudini’s I have directed, and I love returning to his work. He writes with a muscular spare lyricism and creates deep, meaty roles for actors. This play is propelled by magnetic characters, and takes place at the holidays where the quirkiest dynamics of everyone's family come out at full tilt. Bob imbues this darkly comic domestic drama with a soul-stirring poignancy.” — Peter DuBois
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Thursday, December 9 at 7:30pm
- Friday, December 10 at 8pm
- Saturday, December 11 at 2pm
- Sunday, December 12 at 2pm
RUINED
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Liesl Tommy
A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse and Berkeley Repertory Theatre
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.
“Sincere, passionate, and courageous, Ruined is a remarkable theatrical accomplishment.” — Chicago Tribune
“The first time I saw Ruined, I was simply unable to hold back tears. Lynn Nottage has created an astonishing, enduring piece of writing that should be seen by everyone. The play is unflinching, emotionally cathartic, and absolutely revelatory.” — Peter DuBois
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Friday, January 7 at 8pm
- Saturday, January 8 at 2pm
- Saturday, January 8 at 8pm
- Sunday, January 9 at 7pm
- Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30pm
EDUCATING RITA
by Willy Russell
Directed by Maria Aitken
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).
“A truly great play! Willy Russell is a writer of genuine nobility of spirit, with a rare gift for empathy, observation, and sheer humanity.” — London Telegraph
“Re-discovering Educating Rita was a delight. I found the play as intelligent, surprising, and funny as ever — its warmth and sense of self-discovery radiates. In a city celebrated for its centers of learning, I expect the play to pop with particular meaning.” — Peter DuBois
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Friday, March 11 at 8pm
- Saturday, March 12 at 8pm
- Sunday, March 13 at 7pm
- Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, March 17 at 7:30pm
SONS OF THE PROPHET
by Stephen Karam
Directed by Peter DuBois
Commissioned and produced by special arrangement with Roundabout Theatre Company
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.
"Stephen Karam comes through as a writer whose voice is clear, and laugh-out-loud funny." — NY Daily News
“The depth of feeling in Stephen Karam's writing is ravishing. His play is fresh, bracing, and alive. He takes the mess of our lives and turns it into phenomenal comedy.” — Peter DuBois
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Sunday, April 3 at 7pm
- Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, April 7 at 7:30pm
- Friday, April 8 at 8pm
- Sunday, April 17 at 7pm
- Sunday, April 24 at 2pm
RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall
Presented in association with Boston University's School of Theatre
Experience Shakespeare as never before when the internationally acclaimed Propeller Theatre Company leaps from England onto a Boston stage for the first time. In Richard III, director Edward Hall and his British cast bring a great villain to unsparing life. 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.
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, May 22 at 2pm
- Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, May 28 at 8pm
- Sunday, May 29 at 2pm
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall
Presented in association with Boston University's School of Theatre
Experience Shakespeare as never before when the internationally acclaimed Propeller Theatre Company leaps from England onto a Boston stage for the first time. The company shows off their trademark mischievous wit in The Comedy of Errors. 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.
AVAILABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Thursday, May 19 at 7:30pm
- Friday, May 20 at 8pm
- Thursday, May 26 at 7:30pm
- Friday, May 27 at 8pm
- Saturday, May 28 at 2pm
Tickets subject to availaibility. All artists, prices, dates, and repertoire are subject to change.