From ‘Rhinoceros’ adaptor/director Wesley Savick
I wish Rhinoceros would go away. I wish Ionesco’s brilliant metaphor for the dark, collective human impulse it describes was finally irrelevant. Oh how I wish there was no longer a need to perform this magnificent play! I have a long personal history with Rhinoceros. The first time I directed it was during the twitchy […]
The. Rhinos. Are. Coming.
Check out this amazing video from Aria Serangy and our buddies at Suffolk University—and check out our co-production of Rhinoceros too! Tickets
Meet Brandon: Michael Underhill on his role in ‘Back the Night’
What is your role in ‘Back the Night’? I play Brandon, who is Em’s boyfriend and serves as a leader within his fraternity, Alpha Delta. What have you learned while creating this role/these roles? While having never served in a fraternity, it was a unique opportunity to do some research on ins and outs of […]
Meet Candy: Abby Goldfarb on her role in ‘Exposed’
What is your role in ‘Exposed’? Candy. The ex-showgirl wife of Seymour Sackeroff. What have you learned while creating this role? Oh, so much. I have learned more about trusting myself, my process, and respect for others I am fortunate enough to work with. How did you approach and play your character? Have there been […]
Playwright Robert Brustein on ‘Exposed’
About two years ago, while putting the finishing touches on my eleventh play, The King of Second Avenue, I found myself sharing an increasing state of dejection about our arts and our society. Greed and corruption had replaced the original ideals of the American democracy, a small fraction of the population was expropriating large amounts […]
‘Exposed’ poster art
Exposed by Robert Brustein—a BU New Play Initiative Production, co-produced with the Boston Center for American Performance—opens next week. The multi-talented Tim Spears (an MFA Director who was also in the cast of Uncle Jack last season) designed the poster to show evangelical conservatism, “the Right, the Left, the NRA, AIPAC, and greed in all […]
Celebrating Derek Walcott: Adam Kirsch
This month we are celebrating our friend and founder, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. We held a private event here at BPT featuring a number of Derek’s colleagues, friends, and former students who honored him by telling stories and reading his (and their own) work. The invited audience was treated to selections from his work including […]
Celebrating Derek Walcott: Laurence Breiner
This month we are celebrating our friend and founder, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. We held a private event here at BPT featuring a number of Derek’s colleagues, friends, and former students who honored him by telling stories and reading his (and their own) work. The invited audience was treated to selections from his work including […]
Celebrating Derek Walcott: Russell Lees
This month we are celebrating our friend and founder, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. We held a private event here at BPT featuring a number of Derek’s colleagues, friends, and former students who honored him by telling stories and reading his (and their own) work. The invited audience was treated to selections from his work including […]
Celebrating Derek Walcott: Anita Patterson
This month we are celebrating our friend and founder, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. We held a private event here at BPT featuring a number of Derek’s colleagues, friends, and former students who honored him by telling stories and reading his (and their own) work. The invited audience was treated to selections from his work including […]