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2020-2021 PRESS RELEASES
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April 15, 2021
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(BOSTON, MA) – The Huntington announces the return to live, in-person performances following an incomparable year-and-a-half of stages left dark because of the global pandemic. The 7-play season will begin on August 27, 2021 and take place primarily at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA in the South End while The Huntington Theatre undergoes a transformational renovation; one production will take place at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre.
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March 25, 2021
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company today announced the start of major construction of The Huntington Theatre, its historic home on Huntington Avenue, beginning an 18-month construction period that will restore, renovate, and modernize the 95-year-old Boston landmark.
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January 14, 2021
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(BOSTON) – In a first-ever virtual contest, Norwell High School senior Rose Hansen was named the 2021 Poetry Out Loud Massachusetts State Champion on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Hansen was also previously the 2019 Poetry Out Loud Massachusetts State Champion and a top-9 National Finalist.
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January 14, 2021
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(BOSTON) – The Huntington Theatre Company in partnership with GBH presents the audio version of the comedy Tiger Style! by Mike Lew and directed by Tony Award nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God on Broadway).
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November 10, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces it has joined producer Hunter Arnold and a consortium of theatres across the US to present a special filmed version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this holiday season, featuring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays. Tickets are available on the Huntington’s website (huntingtontheatre.org), and the film will be available for streaming from November 28 through January 3.
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November 5, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces a partnership with human resources and training consultancy, The Wellspring Group. Wellspring, which specializes in helping organizations achieve anti-racism goals, will guide the Huntington’s anti-racism and equity work with human resource consultation and a comprehensive, year-long training program.
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September 16, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces the launch of seven additional titles to its series of short audio plays entitled Dream Boston. Four plays were announced in July, and the next seven will be released over subsequent weeks this fall. They are available on the Huntington’s website, as well as on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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September 3, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces that its Huntington@Homeschool program will continue throughout the 2020-2021 season. Created by the Huntington’s Education Department, Huntington@Homeschool is a program of online courses designed to engage with students of all ages in creative expression in a digital environment on a wide variety of topics about and related to theatre. Courses and panel discussion topics range from play and script analysis, performance techniques, poetry, directing, public speaking workshops, theatrical design, career pathways, and more.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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July 2, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces the launch of a new series of short audio plays entitled Dream Boston. Two of the plays in the series are available on the Huntington’s website now, and others will be released over subsequent weeks.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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July 9, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces the election of 4 new board members, and the promotion of two Huntington Advisors to Trustee level. The election took place during the Huntington’s year-end meeting of the Board of Trustees and Advisors on June 8, 2020.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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June 17, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company celebrated its first ever virtual gala fundraiser, Spotlight on Trailblazers, on Monday, June 15, 2020, streaming on the Huntington’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The event will be reprised in a highlights version broadcast on Boston’s WCVB-TV Channel 5 on Saturday, June 20 at 7:30pm.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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April 3, 2020
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BOSTON – With live theatrical performances closed due to the coronavirus, public media outlet WGBH has collaborated with Huntington Theatre Company and ArtsEmerson to bring live theater to the living room. WGBH will present a special broadcast of Mala, a poignant drama written and performed by local playwright and performer Melinda Lopez. This award-winning play will air on WGBH 2 and YouTube TV on Thursday, April 9 at 9 p.m.
WGBH PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST OF MALA A ONE-WOMAN PLAY BY MELINDA LOPEZ Collaboration with ArtsEmerson and Huntington Theatre Company airs on WGBH 2 on Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. |
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April 1, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company has announced that the world premiere family comedy, Our Daughters, Like Pillars has been rescheduled to be a part of the 2020-2021 Huntington season. Obie Award-winning playwright and Boston native Kirsten Greenidge (Luck of the Irish, Milk Like Sugar at the Huntington) will rejoin forces with director Kimberly Senior (Sweat and The Niceties at the Huntington; Disgraced on Broadway) to tell the funny and moving story of one whirlwind weekend in the life of a contemporary black American family. Our Daughters, Like Pillars was originally slated to have its official opening today (April 1), after a series of preview performances beginning March 20, 2020 but was halted in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19 just a week shy of its first performance. Our Daughters, Like Pillars will now begin performances at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA (527 Tremont Street, Boston) on Friday, May 21, 2021 and will run through Sunday, June 20, 2021. The production will replace the previously announced Hurricane Diane which will be produced during a future season.
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February 25, 2020
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(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso announce the lineup of their 2020-2021 season of destination theatre that features an incredible range of compelling stories -culturally and artistically diverse - unified by the Huntington’s commitment to vital, fresh and inclusive entertainment. From stories deeply rooted in Boston’s history to star-studded classics to the “best and most important new play” (The New York Times) of the latest Broadway season, the next chapter in Huntington history is perhaps, the most exciting yet.