Between Riverside And Crazy

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene

SpeakEasy Stage Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

Sep 14 - Oct 13. 2018

Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Guirgis’ dark urban comedy explores the slippery nature of justice and the grit it takes to move on. In an effort to hang on to one of Manhattan’s last great rent-stabilized apartments, ex-cop Walter “Pops” Washington does battle with a dazzling array of outlandish characters, each one a celebration of the glorious contradictions that make up human nature.

Vicuna

By Jon Robin Baitz

Presented by Zeitgeist Stage Company

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

Sep 14 - Oct 6, 2018

As the election spins out of control, the tailor and his apprentice are forced to examine their roles as confidants and image-makers for the candidate…and whether the right suit has the power to clinch the presidency. The New England premiere of this hot-off-the-presses satire from Jon Robin Baitz (Other Desert Cities, The Substance of Fire) offers a unique opportunity for a play to participate in our nation’s political discourse as it unfolds.

The Niceties

by Eleanor Burgess

Directed by Kimberly Senior

Presented by Huntington Theatre Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

8/31/18 - 10/6/18

In this explosive story, a black student and a white professor – both brilliant, both liberal – meet to discuss a paper about slavery's role in the American Revolution. A polite conversation becomes a powder keg of race, history, and privilege, and neither woman will ever be the same. An entertaining and provocative nail-biter, written by Boston native Eleanor Burgess and directed by Broadway veteran Kimberly Senior (Disgraced), that everyone will be talking about.

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

by Alexis Scheer

directed by Rebecca Bradshaw

Presented by Off the Grid Theatre Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

8/17/18 - 9/1/18

In this rebellious and cheeky play, a gang of girls engage in normal teenage things: falling in love, experimenting with drugs, worshipping Pablo Escobar...okay, maybe not so normal. Suspended high above reality in a treehouse, the girls try to resurrect the spirit of Pablo. But are they just messing with each other, or could they actually be messing with a higher spirit? The Improper Bostonian named Alexis Scheer "Rising Theater Star" in the 2018 Boston's Best Issue.

[Miss]

by W.L. Newkirk

Presented by Hardly Working Productions

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

Aug. 24 - Sept. 8, 2018

Based on true events, [Miss] tells the explosive story of Dr. Frances Kelsey's epic battle with the William S. Merrell Company over the introduction of thalidomide into the United States.

A Good Death

Presented by Also Known As Theatre

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

08/16/18 - 09/02/18

Puppet Showplace Theater presents Meet Fred by Hijinx Theatre of Wales

Presented by Puppet Showplace Theater

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

09/27/2018 - 09/30/2018

Meet Fred is a grown-up puppetry performance by one of the world's leading inclusive theater companies about a lovable puppet with an authentic British accent whose life begins to spiral out of control.