The 37th Annual Elliot Norton Awards

Presented by The Boston Theater Critics Association

Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre

5/20/19

The Boston Theater Critics Association bestows the annual Elliot Norton Awards to honor the achievements of the Boston theater community.

The Return

by Hanna Eady & Edward Mast

Directed by Guy Ben-Aharon

Presented by Israeli Stage

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

4/26/19 - 5/19/19

A daring encounter between a Palestinian man and a Jewish Israeli woman from his past opens up deep, unhealed wounds for two people, two peoples, and the ground they stand on.

Indecent

by Paula Vogel

Directed by Rebecca Taichman

Presented by Huntington Theatre Company

Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre

4/26/19 - 5/25/19

Inspired by the true story of the controversial Broadway play God of Vengeance and the passionate artists who risked their lives to perform it, this riveting and richly theatrical backstage drama is a fierce indictment of censorship and a celebration of art and love.

Trigger Warning

by Jacques Lamarre

Directed by David J. Miller

Presented by Zeitgeist Stage Company

South End / BCA Plaza Theaters

4/12/19 - 5/4/19

Trigger Warning will look at how a mass school shooting impacts one family - that of the shooter.

Caroline, or Change

by Tony Kushner

Composer: Jeanine Tesori

Presented by Moonbox Productions

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

4/20/19 - 5/11/19

Caroline thinks she knows who she is, but then she's forced to care for someone else's child and to face a movement that threatens to upend her whole world. What can she do if the only way to remain herself is to change? Join Moonbox for this vibrant, wrenching and joyful musical journey that asks not just how we define and care for ourselves, but how we define and care for one another.

Vietgone

by Qui Nquyen

Presented by Company One Theatre

South End / BCA Plaza Theaters

4/26/19 - 5/25/19

Qui’s parents always told him they fell in love at first sight—but really, it was just a hook up. After the fall of Saigon. In a refugee camp. In Arkansas. A kinda-true love story with a hip-hop heart, Vietgone is a hilarious ride from Marvel Studios writer Qui Nguyen, who mixes music and memory to pin down his own origin story.

against hard air

Choreography by Heather Stewart

Music Composed by dull

Part of the Boston Dancemakers Residency. Presented by Boston Center for the Arts and Boston Dance Alliance

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

5/2/19 - 5/10/19

Reaching moments of trance through duration and repetition, against hard air brings you into an immersive world of sound and movement that examines the ways in which we fall short, and the lengths we will go in order to reach self-gratification