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SEASON 11

 

UPCOMING MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS:


GRIMM

A World Premiere by Lydia R. Diamond, Marcus Gardley, Melinda Lopez, Kirsten Greenidge, John Kuntz, John ADEkoje and Gregory Maguire!

July 16, 2010—August 14, 2010

Calderwood Pavilion – Roberts Theater

The most exciting theatrical event of the season!

The most exciting theatrical event of the season! GRIMM is a brand-new collection of short plays by Boston’s most celebrated playwrights inspired by their favorite Grimm’s fairytales. Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to carry you away toward dreamland? Look somewhere else. These stories, originally by the Brothers Grimm, have been remixed, re-imagined and given a fresh Boston twist! Featuring new work by Melinda Lopez (SONIA FLEW), Lydia R. Diamond (STICK FLY, VOYEURS DE VENUS), Kirsten Greenidge (THE LUCK OF THE IRISH), Marcus Gardley (DANCE OF THE HOLY GHOSTS), John Kuntz (SALT GIRL), John ADEkoje (6 ROUNDS/6 LESSONS) and Gregory Maguire (WICKED)!

Delicious, seductive and surprising. You do not want to miss this sensational world-premiere!

 

 

Closed November 21, 2009

THE OVERWHELMING

A New England premiere by JT Rogers

October 30, 2009—November 21, 2009

Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

“Stop the presses! There's finally a play in town that makes thinking a pleasure again.”- Variety “a visceral piece of must-see theater…”
-Chicago Tribune

"the best new play I have seen this year and one of the most entertaining "
-Daily Telegraph

Company One presents the Boston premiere of THE OVERWHELMING, an exotic thriller from award-winning playwright J.T. Rogers (Madagascar, White People). Seizing the opportunity to do research for his new book, Jack Exley uproots his family and moves to Rwanda in early 1994. As Jack, his wife and his teenage son encounter foreign culture and eye opening politics, they each find their own brand of trouble. Realizing that in this place no one is exactly what they seem, his family begins to unearth unexpected truths about this tiny, troubled nation... and about themselves.

A gripping story of a country on the brink of genocide.

 
 

Closed February 6, 2010

THE GOOD NEGRO

A New England Premiere by Tracey Scott Wilson

January 15, 2010—February 6, 2010

Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

"This THUNDEROUS new play is STUNNING." -Variety "Vibrant, FIRST-RATE…"
-The New York Times

"ONE OF THE BEST new plays I’ve seen in years."
-NY1

 

Before there was change, there was Birmingham. When Claudette Sullivan is beaten and arrested for taking her little girl into the "white only" restroom at a department store, she finds herself at the heart of the 1960's American Civil Rights Movement. Tensions build in the increasingly hostile South as a trio of emerging black leaders attempts to conquer their individual demons amid death threats from the Ku Klux Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Though the details and characters may be fictionalized, these personal stories are inspired by political upheavals and the historical record, revealing the human frailties behind the historic headlines.

THE GOOD NEGRO rips through the pages of history to uncover the human story at the heart of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.

 

THE EMANCIPATION OF MANDY AND MIZ ELLIE

A World Premiere by Lois Roach

April 30, 2010—May 22, 2010

Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

 

World Premiere by Emmy Award-winning playwright!


Company One is proud to continue its commitment to producing new work with this world premiere by local playwright, director and company member Lois Roach. An examination of life before and after the Emancipation Proclamation, THE EMANCIPATION OF MANDY AND MIZ ELLIE brings together two souls whose fates are determined by the purchase of one for the other. A touching and relevant journey about a complicated heartfelt friendship featuring live percussion and Boston’s own OrigiNation dance troupe!

Don’t miss this visceral production inspired by progress and hope!

 

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