Beau Jest Moving Theater
Lifeboat Drill & Come and Go
Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont Street
September 18 – September 20 2025Three short plays about the end of life by Tennessee Williams and Samuel Beckett are placed in a poignant and humorous conversation with each other.
A live audio theater presentation of an unpublished Tennessee Williams short story is followed by a marionette rendition of Beckett’s Come And Go performed by guest artist Libby Marcus and the rarely performed William’s play Lifeboat Drill is performed by Beau Jest founders Davis Robinson and Lisa Tucker. Beau Jest was last seen at the Calderwood with their acclaimed adaptation of Samurai 7.0. Their 2022 production Screwball! was cited by BIll Marx in the Artsfuse as “pretty much a delight from start to finish.” Don’t miss this rare chance to see and hear two of the greatest playwright’s of the 20th century ruminate on how it may all end, told through the imaginative theatermaking eyes of Beau Jest…
Playwright: Tennessee Williams and Samuel Beckett
Director: Davis Robinson
Three short plays about the end of life by Tennessee Williams and Samuel Beckett are placed in a poignant and humorous conversation with each other.
A live audio theater presentation of an unpublished Tennessee Williams short story is followed by a marionette rendition of Beckett’s Come And Go performed by guest artist Libby Marcus and the rarely performed William’s play Lifeboat Drill is performed by Beau Jest founders Davis Robinson and Lisa Tucker. Beau Jest was last seen at the Calderwood with their acclaimed adaptation of Samurai 7.0. Their 2022 production Screwball! was cited by BIll Marx in the Artsfuse as “pretty much a delight from start to finish.” Don’t miss this rare chance to see and hear two of the greatest playwright’s of the 20th century ruminate on how it may all end, told through the imaginative theatermaking eyes of Beau Jest…
Playwright: Tennessee Williams and Samuel Beckett
Director: Davis Robinson
Duration
55 minutes with NO intermission
SUITABLE AGE
14+
Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St
The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.
Directions and parking for the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
