Our 2024-25 Season
Our dynamic season of new plays features four productions presented in two repertory festivals: a Fall Rep and a Spring Rep. Full details are below. To purchase tickets, click here!
HOW TO NOT SAVE THE WORLD WITH MR. BEZOS
BY MAGGIE KEARNAn
November 7 - 24 on the Snodgrass Stage
Directed by Taylor Stark
The fall of capitalism is about to get very messy.
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A throne of red Solo cups, a pile of teeth, the ghost of Pete Seeger, and a little something for dinner. It’s a parallel present, and it’s illegal to be a billionaire. Jeffrey Bezos has agreed to give an interview in exchange for information on the federal case against him. But there’s something off about journalist Cherry Beaumont, a crowd is forming outside, and the onstage Fact Checker has a few important clarifications to make. The fall of capitalism is about to get very messy.
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Cherry Beaumont: Becca A. Lewis
Jeffrey Bezos: Mark W. Soucy
Fact Checker: Robbie Rodriguez
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Director: Taylor Stark
Scenic Designer: Maggie Shivers
Lighting Designer: Zachary Connell
Sound Designer: Anna Drummond
Costume Designer: Chloe Moore
Production Stage Manager: Jess Brennan
Intimacy and Violence Choreographer: Jess Scout Malone
Special Effects: Lynn Wilcott
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Tickets for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos and Soft Star:
Fall Rep Pass (both plays)—$50
Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$10
Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only).
Pay-What-You-Want Previews for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos on Thursday, November 7 (7 pm) and Friday, November 8 (8 pm)
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Pay-What-You-Want Previews for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos on Thursday, Nov. 7 (7 p.m.) and Friday, Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Masks-Required Performance—Saturday, Nov. 16 (2 p.m.)
Fall Rep Festival Opening Reception—Saturday, Nov. 16, following the 8 p.m. performance of Soft Star)
Post-Show Conversation: “Can Money Save The World?” with Professor David Lagakos, Boston University Professor of Economics—Monday, November 18 at 8:30 p.m. (following the 7 p.m. performance of How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos)
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Content transparency: graphic violence, vomit and blood effects, as well as disrobement and discussion of drug use. For further details, which will include plot information and spoilers, click here.
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(L-R) Mark W. Soucy, Becca A. Lewis, Robbie Rodriguez
(L-R) Mark W. Soucy, Becca A. Lewis
(L-R) Mark W. Soucy, Robbie Rodriguez, Becca A. Lewis
Robbie Rodriguez
Becca A. Lewis
(L-R) Becca A. Lewis, Mark W. Soucy
Photos: Benjamin Rose Photography
soft star
BY tina esper
November 14 - 24 on the Snodgrass Stage
Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
What happens when the only plan you’ve ever made begins to unravel?
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Jane and Belle are best friends. Their husbands are best friends. Someday, their children will be best friends. And of course, they don’t have any secrets from each other. What could possibly go wrong? A play about what happens when the only plan you’ve ever made starts to unravel.
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Jane: Annika Bolton
Belle: Mairéad O'Neill
Dick: Jesse Kodama
Mitch: Kamran Bina
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Director: Bridget Kathleen O'Leary
Scenic Designer: Maggie Shivers
Lighting Designer: Zachary Connell
Sound Designer: Kai Bolman
Costume Designer: E. Rosser
Production Stage Manager: Pat-rice Rooney
Intimacy & Violence Choreographer: Jess Scout Malone
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Tickets for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos and Soft Star:
Fall Rep Pass (both plays)—$50
Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$10
Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only).
Pay-What-You-Want Previews for Soft Star on Thursday, November 14 (7 pm) and Friday, November 15 (8 pm)
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Pay-What-You-Want Previews for Soft Star on Thursday, Nov. 14 (7 p.m.) and Friday, Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Fall Rep Festival Opening Reception—Saturday, Nov. 16, following the 8 p.m. performance of Soft Star)
Post-Show Conversation: “Fallen Birds, Lost Babies, and the Complexities of Female Friendship” with Carrie J. Preston (Professor of English and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Associate Director, Center on Forced Displacement), Jena DiMaggio (PhD student in English), and Kelsey Quinn (PhD student in English)—Sunday, Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m. (following the 2 p.m. performance of Soft Star)
Masks-Required Performance—Saturday, Nov. 23 (2 p.m.)
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Content transparency: infertility and difficulty conceiving, miscarriage (discussion of and depiction of). For further details, which will include plot information and spoilers, click here.
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(L-R) Jesse Kodama, Annika Bolton
Annika Bolton
(L-R) Annika Bolton, Kamran Bina
(L-R) Annika Bolton, Mairéad O’Neill
(L-R) Kamran Bina, Mairéad O’Neill, Annika Bolton, Jesse Kodama
(L-R) Mairéad O’Neill, Annika Bolton
(L-R) Annika Bolton, Mairéad O’Neill
(L-R) Jesse Kodama, Annika Bolton
(L-R) Kamran Bina, Annika Bolton
Jesse Kodama
(L-R) Mairéad O’Neill, Annika Bolton
(L-R) Kamran Bina, Mairéad O’Neill
Photos: Amelia Cordischi
THE fig tree, and the phoenix, and the desire to be reborn
by isabelle fereshteh sanatdar stevens
February 20 - March 9 on the Snodgrass Stage
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
“I like being alive with you…”
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Figs fall from the Tree. Whispers of a Revolution crowd the shadows. Southwest of Mashhad, ten-year-olds Mandana and Javeed hurtle towards each other for the very first time – except somehow it doesn’t feel like the first time. There's no explaining it, and not much time to think about it, as the world begins to crumble around them. A play about old worlds, this world, and how we make new worlds.
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To be announced!
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Director: Nikta Sabouri
Scenic Designer: Cleo Brooks
Lighting Designer: Grant Powicki
Sound Designer: Arshan Gailus
Costume Designer: TBA
Production Stage Manager: Jenna Worden
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Tickets for A Fig Tree, and a Phoenix, and a Desire to be Reborn and The Recursion of a Moth:
Fall Rep Pass (both plays)—$50
Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$10
Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only).
Pay-What-You-Want Previews for A Fig Tree, and a Phoenix, and a Desire to be Reborn on Thursday, February 20 (7 pm) and Friday, February 21 (8 pm)
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To be announced!
the recursion of a moth
by brandon zang
February 27 - March 9 on the Snodgrass Stage
Directed by Katie Brook
Time is a rubber band -- you can only stretch it so far before it snaps.
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Icarus and Mikey time travel. Icarus and Mikey fall out of love. Icarus and Mikey meet each other for the first time in a college bar. Somewhere else, sometime else, Chrys buys a yellow house. The rules are: you can travel to any timeline as long as you don’t change anything. But of course, there’s always someone who thinks the rules don’t apply to them.
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To be announced!
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Director: Katie Brook
Scenic Designer: Cleo Brooks
Lighting Designer: Grant Powicki
Sound Designer: TBA
Costume Designer: Taylor Needlman
Production Stage Manager: Fanni Horvath
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Tickets for A Fig Tree, and a Phoenix, and a Desire to be Reborn and The Recursion of a Moth:
Fall Rep Pass (both plays)—$50
Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$10
Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only).
Pay-What-You-Want Previews for The Recursion of a Moth on Thursday, February 27 (7 pm) and Friday, February 28 (8 pm)
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To be announced!