30th Anniversary Season Announced!

Pictured: Ramona Lisa Alexander in Derek Walcott’s Ti-Jean & His Brothers

Photo by A.R. Sinclair Photography

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre continues its 30^th Anniversary season by presenting, in collaboration with Suffolk University, Robert Brustein’s Mortal Terror at the newly re-opened Modern Theatre at Suffolk University. National Medal of Arts winner Robert Brustein brings the spirit of William Shakespeare back to the stage in his imaginative story of political upheaval set during the ignition of the Gunpowder Plot. Featuring Stafford Clark-Price as William Shakespeare, together with Ken Cheeseman, Michael Hammond, Jeremiah Kissel, John Kuntz, Georgia Lyman, Christopher James Webb and directed by Daniela Varon.

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The second and third new works celebrated in Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s 30^th Anniversary season feature two recent graduates of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s MFA Playwriting Program.

In a suspenseful showdown between the old and new guard, The Farm by Walt McGough examines a profession where no one can be trusted. Directed by Elliot Norton Award-winner David R. Gammons and featuring Nael Nacer and Lindsey McWorter, “the farm” is the last place you want to get caught off guard.

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A gritty ghost story set within the racial tensions of 1940s Mississippi, The River Was Whiskey by William C. Fancher is directed by James A. Petosa and features original music by the playwright. This Southern Gothic pulses with past revenge and present retribution.

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Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s 30^th Anniversary season ends with Joyce Van Dyke’s riveting story of the Armenian genocide in Deported: A Dream Play. Memories and dreams interweave in this tale of enduring friendship incorporating music and dance. Directed by Judy Braha and featuring Bobbie Steinbach, Deported… celebrates the playwright’s own family history and that of many Armenian families forever changed.

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September 15 – October 2

Mortal Terror

by Robert Brustein

produced in collaboration with Suffolk University

at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University

525 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or click here.

$40/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

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September 29 – October 23

The Farm

by Walt McGough

at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

949 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or click here.

$30/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

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October 27 – November 20

The River was Whiskey

by William C. Fancher

at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

949 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or click here.

$30/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

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March 8 – April 1

Deported: A Dream Play

by Joyce Van Dyke

at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University

525 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or click here.

$40/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)