First Stages

BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE PRESENTS:

FIRST STAGES
Annual staged readings of plays by this year's graduating playwrights:

Click on each playwright to learn more:

Daniel Blask
Glenn Clifton
Gregory Fletcher
Lisa Hall
John Kuntz

Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30, April 5 through May 11

Monday/Tuesday, April 5 & 6, at 7:30 PM
Jasper Lake
by John Kuntz
Directed by Doug Mercer
Jasper Lake--a lovely community on the water, perfect, secluded, quiet.
But it's what's under the water that is murky...and dangerous.
Deb and Jerry and their son Caleb hold a get-to-know-you party for the
neighbors, and nothing is the same again--especially for Jennifer,
the once-innocent daughter of Mitchell and Nora.
Lyrical, mysterious, theatrical, and shocking.

Monday/Tuesday, April 19 & 20, at 7:30 PM
Citizens of the Evening
by Glenn Clifton
Directed by Jon Lipsky
Fired from his job for insufficient social skills, Chris finds himself addicted
to action movies--that is, until the Humming starts. It seems to be everywhere,
and "speaks" to Chris. In search of the source, our hero is taken in by like-minded
politicos who hear the Humming, too, and read it as a sign. But of what,
is the question, and what are these high-minded Machiavellians planning?
A black comedy about terrorism--the psychological kind.

Monday/Tuesday, April 26 & 27, at 7:30 PM
Breathe and Repeat
by Lisa Hall
Directed by Eve Muson
Paul, an artist and academician, is surrounded by strong women--
his second wife, his daughter, his mother-in-law, even the ghost of his first wife.
But when Paul finds himself attracted to one of his male students,
this perfect world begins to collapse under the weight of secrets and
lies--present and past. A look at the repercussions of betrayal.

Monday/Tuesday, May 3 & 4, at 7:30 PM
Cow-Tipping and Other Signs of Stress
by Gregory Fletcher
Directed by Lenny Leibowitz
After years of beating his head against the wall of Theatre, talented but undiscovered
playwright Christopher Post demands a sign and finally gets it in the form of
star playwright Ward Eddington's newest play! But before he gets nailed for plagiarism,
Christopher is sneaking, stealing, hiding, and his wife catches him kissing another man!
It's a play within a play within a play...A dramedy laced with farce and cows.

Monday/Tuesday, May 10 & 11, at 7:30 PM
The Other Ice
by Dan Blask
Directed by Clay Hopper
Mean Gus is gone, disappeared, dead, or maybe just hiding out. But no matter--
it's been three months, and the funeral must forge ahead even though
Father Walsky is lost in a snow drift, sister Janice just wants a drink, and
matriarch Gertrude needs cash in a hurry. Only niece Donna and Gus's brother
Marquette care to find a body--any body, dead or alive.
A quirky comedy about family and ice and what's under it.