HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
BY PAULA VOGEL | DIRECTED BY WENDY OVERLY
A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this 20th anniversary production of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE directed by Wendy Overly (THE FLICK) comes in the shadow of the #MeToo movement, bringing audiences the incredibly moving story of a woman who learns the rules of the road, and life, from behind the wheel.
"A lovely, harrowing guide to the crippling persistence of one woman's memories." —NEW YORK TIMES
"A lovely, harrowing guide to the crippling persistence of one woman's memories." —NEW YORK TIMES
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CAST
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Tanya Anderson Martin
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Jim O'Brien*
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HYPE MAN: A BREAK-BEAT PLAY
BY IDRIS GOODWIN | DIRECTED BY DON MAYS
BY IDRIS GOODWIN | DIRECTED BY DON MAYS
Frontman Pinnacle and his hype man Verb have been making Hip-Hop together since they were kids. Now that they’ve got top-notch beatmaker Peep One in the mix, the group is finally on the verge of making it big—until the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager shakes the trio to its core, and forces them to navigate issues of friendship, race, and privilege. The latest from celebrated break beat poet and playwright Idris Goodwin, directed by Don Mays with Wilbury artist Phoenyx Williams in the titular role, HYPE MAN asks us: who has the responsibility to speak up in the face of social injustice?
"★★★★★... Hype Man is theater at its urgent, vital best." - DIGBOSTON
"★★★★★... Hype Man is theater at its urgent, vital best." - DIGBOSTON
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CAST
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Phoenyx Williams*
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Jeff Hodge
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Helena Tafuri
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FUTURITY
MUSIC BY CÉSAR ALVAREZ AND THE LISPS, LYRICS AND BOOK BY CÉSAR ALVAREZ
DIRECTED BY BRIEN LANG, MUSIC DIRECTION BY MILLY MASSEY
MUSIC BY CÉSAR ALVAREZ AND THE LISPS, LYRICS AND BOOK BY CÉSAR ALVAREZ
DIRECTED BY BRIEN LANG, MUSIC DIRECTION BY MILLY MASSEY
Two people try to imagine their way out of impossible circumstances in FUTURITY – an avant-Americana musical by indie band The Lisps. Julian is a Civil War soldier dreaming of a technological utopia. Ada is a mathematical genius thousands of miles away. Together, they’re going to invent a machine to end one of the darkest periods in our history. Directed by Brien Lang (CHURCH, MR BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY) and featuring an army of performers armed with everything from banjos to bandsaws, FUTURITY is a theatrical experience unlike anything else audiences have ever seen.
“Positively gasp-worthy. Those who like their theater messy and beautiful are liable to fall in love with FUTURITY.” – THEATERMANIA
“Positively gasp-worthy. Those who like their theater messy and beautiful are liable to fall in love with FUTURITY.” – THEATERMANIA
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Alexander Platt*
David Rabinow
Maggie Papa
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Meg Sullivan
Christine Treglia
Helena Tafuri
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Jason Quinn
Milly Massey
Ava Mascena
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THE BURN
BY PHILIP DAWKINS, PRESENTED IN CONVERSATION WITH MORE WEIGHT: A NEW WORK INSPIRED BY ARTHUR MILLER'S 'THE CRUCIBLE'
DIRECTED BY LOGAN SERABIAN
DIRECTED BY LOGAN SERABIAN
Written in response to the spread of McCarthyism, Arthur Miller's classic work The Crucible explores a paranoid witch hunt and its very real consequences; in conversation with this epic drama comes the New England premiere of Philip Dawkins's THE BURN, a modern telling of the way social media blurs the lines of truth and fiction and paves the way for new kinds of witch hunts in 2018. Mercedes is an outsider. Tara makes sure she knows it. When a high school production of The Crucible forces them together, tensions escalate into acts of bullying–both online and off. Originally commissioned by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater for their 2017/18 season and directed by Logan Serabian for The Wilbury Group, THE BURN is a thrilling new that play explores what happens to a teacher and his students when a classroom conflict turns into an online witch-hunt.
"Audiences familiar with Arthur Miller's The Crucible will marvel at how seamlessly playwright Philip Dawkins has both updated that script and paid homage to the classic...This is an important play that will move audiences of all ages, inspire conversation and won't soon be forgotten." -CHICAGO THEATER
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CAST
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Shannon Hartman
Brien Lang
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Sarah Leach
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Daraja Hinds
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CONSTELLATIONS
BY NICK PAYNE | DIRECTED BY AUBREY SNOWDEN
Roland (a bee keeper) and Marianne (a theoretical physicist) meet at a party. In that single moment, an unfathomable multitude of possibilities unfold. Their chance meeting might blossom into a meaningful relationship or a brief affair: it might lead to nothing at all. Each step along those possible paths in turn offers a new series of potential outcomes: a marriage can exist alongside a breakup and a tragic illness can exist on a parallel plane to a happily ever after. In this clever, eloquent and moving story, Roland and Marianne’s romance plays out over a myriad of possible lifetimes, capturing the extraordinary richness of being alive in the universe. Directed for The Wilbury Group by Aubrey Snowden (BETRAYAL), CONSTELLATIONS is the explosive new play about love and friendship taking audiences around the world by storm.
“A singular astonishment, at once eloquent and mysterious but which nonetheless articulates within its own idiosyncratic idiom something that touches an audience as real.” --NEW YORKER
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CAST
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Rachel Dulude*
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Josh Short*
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FUN HOME
BOOK BY LISA KRON, MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY ALISON BECHDEL
DIRECTED BY JOSH SHORT, MUSIC DIRECTION BY TOM CHACE, CHOREOGRAPHY BY ALI KENNER BRODSKY
DIRECTED BY JOSH SHORT, MUSIC DIRECTION BY TOM CHACE, CHOREOGRAPHY BY ALI KENNER BRODSKY
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Directed by Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short with musical direction by Tom Chace, FUN HOME is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
"FIVE STARS. Fun Home has enormous intelligence and sensitivity. It's not your ordinary Broadway musical, because it is extraordinary." - TIME OUT NEW YORK
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CAST
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Rachael Warren*
Shannon Hartman
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Jason Loete
Daraja Hinds
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Jennifer Mischley
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Additional productions from Studio W including a new adaptation A Servant of Two Masters by Brien Lang, new works by Darcie Dennigan and Matt Requintina, and the National New Play Network rolling premiere of Red Bike, written by OBIE Award winning playwright Caridad Svich and directed by Kate Bergstrom.
*Actor appears courtesy Actors Equity Association
Plays and dates are subject to change.
Plays and dates are subject to change.
