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February 1, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note from Co-Artistic Director P. Carl on ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’

  Part of our core mission is to create long arcs of relationships with artists and theatre companies. In the case of our current production, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,...

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January 23, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Arthur Miller meets The Beauty Queen by Rob Orchard

  Twenty years ago I was in New York on theatre related business and unexpectedly had to stay over an extra day – which meant a free night. I had...

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January 11, 2017 | Theatre,

Time Has Stopped: The Work of Béla Pintér & Company by Tamás Jászay

  What are the signature characteristics of work by Béla Pintér? Wide-reaching appeal, rich Hungarian values, tastelessness, authentic folklore, rampant kitsch, rituals and boisterous exhilaration—in the hands of Béla Pintér...

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January 11, 2017 | Theatre,

Our Secrets: Synopsis

  Our Secrets takes us back to 1980s Budapest, during the days of Communist rule in Hungary. The characters are members of the Hungarian folk-music scene that emerged in the...

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January 9, 2017 | Theatre,

Exploring the Hungarian dance house movement of Our Secrets

1980. Soviet-era Hungary. In a dance hall, a musician confesses his private sexual desire for his seven-year-old step-daughter. And his government is taping his every word. Under threat of being...

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November 21, 2016 | Theatre,

Saying Goodbye to Mala

After 21 performances, Mala has ended its run at in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box. It has been an incredible experience to see Melinda Lopez and the creative team bring this powerful...

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November 21, 2016 | Theatre,

Interview with Justin Springer: Entrepreneur, Outside the Box Agency

If you work in the arts in Boston, you know Justin Springer. He is what one might call a great connector, his work centered on inspiring activist movements through nontraditional...

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November 10, 2016 | Theatre,

The World As We Want It To Be

“You know Katherine, theatre is a lot like politics.” I have spent a large portion of my life hearing this phrase from my father, a former politician. Every time he...

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