Puppet Showplace Theater presents Meet Fred by Hijinx Theatre of Wales

Presented by Puppet Showplace Theater

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

September 27, 2018 - September 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.

We Did It For You

Written and Directed by Thea Iberall

Presented by The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

9/23/18

Dr. Thea Iberall’s play is a tour through the journey that women have undergone to get rights in the U.S. Through historical characters this poignant and entertaining musical tells the stories of ordinary yet strong women who stood up against slavery and fought for suffrage, education, equality and peace.

Puppet Showplace Theater presents Meet Fred by Hijinx Theatre of Wales

Presented by Puppet Showplace Theater

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

September 27, 2018 - September 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.

The Niceties

by Eleanor Burgess

Directed by Kimberly Senior

Presented by Huntington Theatre Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

August 31, 2018 - October 6, 2018

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 power, 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.

Sherlock's Last Case

by Charles Marowitz

Directed by Maria Aitken

Presented by Huntington Theatre Company

Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre

September 28, 2018 - October 28, 2018

Take a trip to Baker Street with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his trusted sidekick Dr. Watson, to solve the seemingly perfect crime. When a threat is made against Holmes' life by the son of his longtime nemesis, Moriarty, not everything is as it appears. The game’s afoot with equal parts hilarity and intrigue in the long-overdue Boston premiere of this murderously funny comedy-thriller, directed by Huntington favorite Maria Aitken (Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Bedroom Farce).

Vicuna

By Jon Robin Baitz

Presented by Zeitgeist Stage Company

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

September 14, 2018 - October 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.

Between Riverside And Crazy

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene

SpeakEasy Stage Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

September 14, 2018 - October 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.