Happy retirement, Marc
The end of June and the end of an era: Today marks Marc Olivere’s last day with BPT as Technical Director. “Thank you” seems such a puny phrase after 23 years of amazing work. We love you so much Marc, and we’ll miss you!
BTM XIX is a wrap!
Whether you watched a play, acted in a play, wrote a play, directed a play, moved set pieces for a play, sponsored a play, volunteered in the Green Room, worked front of house—whatever you did (and there are a million more jobs than these, trust me)—Boston Theater Marathon XIX couldn’t have happened without you! Thank […]
Voices of BTM XIX: Beirut Balutis
Tell us a little bit about your play. This play is heavily influenced by a 19th century English nursery rhyme—Solomon Grundy. Grundy lives and dies his entire life within one week. The rhyme was originally designed to help educators teach children the days of week but there is romance to the overlying ominous existential commentary […]
BTM XIX: The Warm-Up Laps
Join us this Saturday, May 13, for the Warm-Up Laps—readings of full-length plays—presented in collaboration with the Boston Center for the Arts and its resident theatres in the BCA’s Deane Rehearsal Hall. The readings are FREE and open to the public! 12 p.m. Stir Frying Mahjong by Christina Chan Sponsored by Company One Theatre 2 […]
Voices of BTM XIX: Charlotte Meehan
Tell us a little bit about your play. I am writing a series of This is Marriage plays: snapshots of married life in middle age where family, health, and mortality issues are addressed head-on, irreverently, and with great love. Every scene wants to elicit a simultaneous laugh-out-loud and cry-your-head-off experience of identification for anyone who’s […]
Voices of BTM XIX: Samuela Nematchoua
Tell us a little bit about your play. Two Face is about Mo, a college student, who is being recorded by Jonathan, a journalist, about the events which led her to be innocently arrested and tortured.
Voices of BTM XIX: Brent Askari
Tell us a little bit about your play. Protecting The Innocent concerns two parents, Laura and Derrick, trying to prepare “Santa’s visit” the night before Christmas. They’re terrified that their daughter will come down and discover the truth about Santa Claus—and Derrick is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to prevent that discovery.
Voices of BTM XIX: Jeni Mahoney
Tell us a little bit about your play. Well, the title of the play is Diversity and Inclusion: (A Report for Mrs. Abernathy’s 5th Grade Class), which is actually a pretty accurate description of the play—or at least of what the characters (the students presenting the report) hope the play will be. The question is: […]
BTM XIX Schedule of Plays
Here is the running order, hour by hour, of plays in next Sunday’s (May 14) Boston Theater Marathon XIX. Make a day of it, bring your Mom, drop by for a few hours—whatever strikes your fancy. Your all-day pass ($25 in advance; $35 the day of the event) allows you to come and go as […]
Plays and playwrights of BTM XIX
Here is the official list of playwrights and plays selected for Boston Theater Marathon XIX on Sunday, May 14—mark your calendar! Protecting the Innocent by Brent Askari A Normal Story by Beirut Balutis Emily Again by Mina Bloom & Leland Frankel Spark by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich Swimming to Shore by Josh Brassard Just One of Those […]