2024-2025 Season
2024 – 2025 Season
Leopoldstadt
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Carey Perloff
Produced in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company
September 12 – October 13, 2024
The Huntington Theatre
The latest masterpiece and most personal play from Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt is a stirring and epic story of love, family, and enduring bravery. In Vienna, the heart of European culture at the rise of the 20th century, two brothers have conflicting visions of prosperity – both for their family and the Jewish people – a tension that will echo through the generations that follow.
Nassim
Written and Performed by Nassim Soleimanpour
Directed by Omar Elerian
Featuring a different, local VIP every performance
October 4 – October 27, 2024
The Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour comes an audacious new theatrical experiment. Each night a different VIP performs, while the script waits unseen in a sealed box… Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, Nassim is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us. Nassim is toured globally and is translated and performed in the native language of each country.
Sojourners
Ufot Family Cycle, Origin Story, Play 1
Written by Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
October 31 – December 1, 2024
The Huntington Theatre
In Sojourners, marriage, migration, and the pursuit of education collide with surprising humor when a young and brilliant Nigerian couple arrives in Houston in 1978, looking to earn their degrees and bring insights back to their home country. But when Abasiama discovers that her husband has been seduced by Motown records and American culture, she begins a surprising friendship with a local woman named Moxie. Director Dawn M. Simmons helms the lively and nuanced Sojourners at the historic Huntington Theatre following her acclaimed production of K-I-S-S-I-N-G at the Calderwood Pavilion.
The Huntington Selects: Mindplay
Created by Vinny DePonto
Written by Vinny DePonto and Josh Koenigsberg
Directed by Andrew Neisler
November 13 – December 1, 2024
The Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Following sold-out, critically acclaimed extended runs at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, and Arena Stage in Washington D.C, Mindplay comes to The Huntington. Mindplay invites audiences to an unforgettable experience infused with intrigue and mystery. Theatre maker and mentalist Vinny DePonto guides participants on a jaw-dropping, interactive journey as he reads minds while revealing his own. Hailed as a “warmly inviting… gem of a performance” by BroadwayWorld, Mindplay masterfully blurs the line between illusion and reality and investigates the surprising nature of memory.
The Grove
Ufot Family Cycle, Play 2
Written by Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Awoye Timpo
February 7 – March 9, 2025
The Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Playwright Mfoniso Udofia tells the story of a family homecoming, asking how we draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of family are stretched to the limit. Abasiama’s eldest daughter Adiaha believes that becoming a writer can make her family proud, but at her graduation party, she has to choose whether to fulfill her parents’ desires or stay true to her own dreams. Director Awoye Timpo (The Bluest Eye at The Huntington) reunites with longtime collaborator Udofia for this story of a young woman coming into herself, with the rich heart of a family drama against the thrilling theatrical backdrop of a Greek chorus of ancestors.
The Triumph of Love
Written by Marivaux
Translated by Stephen Wadsworth
Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco
March 7 – April 6, 2025
The Huntington Theatre
Love takes center stage in this uproarious classic French comedy by 18th century playwright Pierre Carlet de Marivaux. A clever princess is smitten at first sight – but to win her prince, she must woo him in disguise. Mistaken identities, hilarious complications and deeply felt desire collide head on with Rationalist Philosophy – and surprising romantic entanglements ensue! Artistic Director Loretta Greco stages Stephen Wadsworth’s magnificent adaptation which inspired a passion for Marivaux in America anew.
runboyrun
Ufot Family Cycle, Play 3
Written by Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Produced as an audio play adaptation available on all major podcast platforms by: Next Chapter Podcasts in partnership with GBH
March 13, 2025 @ Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall
March 14, 2025 @ The Huntington Theatre
The third play in The Ufot Family Cycle. What happens when a civil war ends politically – but continues inside the body? When does trauma become tradition? Every day, Disciple and Abasiama relive the same day over and over from the Biafran War. The survival of their 30-year marriage depends on building new vocabularies and daring, once again, to live moment by moment. The runboyrun podcast will be available to stream on all major podcast platforms at in mid-June.
Don’t Eat the Mangos
Written by Ricardo Pérez González
Directed by David Mendizábal
March 26 – April 27, 2025
The Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Playwright Ricardo Pérez González’s wickedly funny tragedy Don’t Eat the Mangos portrays life on his home island of Puerto Rico with compassion and humor through the saga of three sisters living just outside San Juan. As a hurricane approaches the beautiful island, secrets and ugly truths are revealed that cause the sisters to wrestle with how to stay true to their familia and homeland – and seek a satisfying revenge. Obie Award winner David Mendizábal returns from the acclaimed world premiere production to direct.
The Light in the Piazza
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Based on the Novel by Elizabeth Spencer
Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco
May 9 – June 15, 2025
The Huntington Theatre
A lush and soaring romance unfolds as Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (Prayer for the French Republic) creates a brand-new production of Adam Guettel’s sweeping Tony Award-winning score and Craig Lucas’ profound book in this must-see story of a mother, a daughter, and the many meanings of love. Florence, summer 1953. Protective American mother Margaret Johnson brings her daughter Clara abroad for a glimpse of Italy’s romantic history. But when a real-life attraction sparks between Clara and a local boy, Margaret must ask: can she reconcile her own hopes with her daughter’s future?