McGann’s ‘The Honey Trap’ at Solas Nua
The world premiere of playwright alum Leo McGann’s The Honey Trap opens Nov. 2 at Washington, D.C.’s Solas Nua, a multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to contemporary Irish arts. Set in Leo’s hometown of Belfast, the play explores The Troubles through the lens of an American oral history project. The Honey Trap was Leo’s thesis play, […]
Zang’s ‘Ah Wing…’ Voaden Prize winner
Second-year MFA playwright Brandon Zang’s play Ah Wing and the Automaton Eagle is the First Place Winner of the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University’s 2023 Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition. This honor includes a $10,000 cash award, along with a three-day workshop of the script, culminating in a staged reading of […]
Pipes’ ‘Bite Me’ at WP
Congratulations to MFA Playwriting alum Eliana Pipes, whose play Bite Me—now in its world premiere at NYC’s WP Theatre—marks her Off-Broadway debut. Readers may remember Eliana’s thesis play LORENA: a Tabloid Epic, which played at BPT in October 2021. Bite Me runs through October 22.
Maan’s ‘MustaQueen’
MFA Playwriting alum Fatima A. Maan’s (Jado Jehad) one-act play, MustaQueen, is being performed at the 2nd South Asian-American Theater Festival Sept. 17. Congratulations!
Zacarías’ ‘Shane’ at the Guthrie
Congratulations to Karen Zacarías, whose new stage adaptation of the classic novel Shane plays at the Guthrie Theater through Aug. 27. Listen to Karen talk about this project—a co-commission and co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park—here.
Noone’s ‘The Smuggler’ at MV Playhouse
The Irish Repertory Theatre production of playwright alum and Adjunct Assistant Professor Ronán Noone’s The Smuggler (produced by BPT in 2019) has its first performance tonight (and runs through June 3), at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse. Congratulations, Ronán!
Zacarías’s ‘Destiny of Desire’ at The Old Globe
Playwright alum Karen Zacarías’s Destiny of Desire has its first performance tonight at The Old Globe in San Diego. The production runs through June 25. Congratulations, Karen!
Voices of BTM XXV: Kate Snodgrass
Tell us a little about your play. The play is about three brothers in New Hampshire on July 4th while they’re waiting for their father to return from a hunting trip (an illegal one, by the way—although that’s not germane to the story). Their mother is downstairs weeping into the jello salad, and the play […]
Voices of BTM XXV: Isabelle Sanatdar Stevens
Tell us a little about your play. A 22-year old Iranian-American named Mahsa writes a song—a war song, a song of grief, an attempt at making sense of the senseless. Is it enough? What made you want to tell this story? On September 16th, 2022, Mahsa Amini “mysteriously” died in a hospital after being taken […]
KCACTF recognizes BU playwrights for outstanding work
BU MFA Playwrights and alums were among the honorees at last weekend’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Rx Machina by Caity Shea Violette (produced in BPT’s 2021-22 season) was named co-recipient of The National Student Playwriting Award. Cayenne Douglass’ Atlantic City Seagulls and Beasts (produced in BPT’s 2021-22 season) were cited as honorable mentions […]