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Nov. 14 & Nov. 15 at 12:30am
The Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion · South End
On a rainy night in the Ardenne forest, a burial opens a handwritten notebook that pulls searching characters into a dizzying quest across continents. Audiences attend the multi-Molière Award-winning French play at the Wimberly Theatre, performed in French with English captions.
December 21 at 7:30pm +15
Emerson Colonial Theatre · Downtown • Prices start at $57.33
Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this eighty-minute one-act play by Cole Escola, which arrives at the Emerson Colonial Theatre to examine the forgotten life and dreams of Mary Todd Lincoln.
January 29 at 7:30pm +20
The Maso Studio At the Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Two near-strangers, one inherited house, and all the things left unsaid. Samuel D. Hunter's spare, quietly funny play finds an aunt and nephew sorting through belongings and grief on the edge of an Idaho town.
March 20 at 11am +11
The Maso Studio At the Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore • $35-$85
Two kids build an ark from a blanket fort and a spray bottle, and suddenly the whole world fits inside a theater. A tender, visually inventive play about holding onto what matters when everything feels uncertain.
Apr. 9 & Apr. 10 at 8pm
ICA Boston · South Boston Waterfront
A young woman in a near-future United States confronts a past she was told was forgettable, as choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili and director Peter Born stage the second installment of a speculative trilogy exploring a precolonial family ensnared in the transatlantic slave trade.
Every day from Mar. 20 to Apr. 3
Calderwood Pavilion / The Huntington Calderwood · South End
Two kids turn a blanket fort into Noah's Ark, complete with spray-bottle rain. This world premiere from Adam Theater builds a whole world from cameras, toys, and found objects, exploring how children weather life's storms.
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Wed, Nov 11 · 10:15 AM
Old South Meeting House · Downtown
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Berklee Performance Center · Back Bay
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Calderwood Pavilion · South End
$10–$60
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:30 PM
Charles Playhouse Theater 2 · Downtown
$55 - $70
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:30 PM
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Tue, Nov 24 · 7:00 PM
The Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Fri, Nov 27 · 2:00 PM
Charles Playhouse Theater 2 · Downtown
Fri, Nov 27 · 7:30 PM
Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Wed, Dec 2 · 7:00 PM
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
$1
Wed, Dec 2 · 7:00 PM
BCA Black Box Theatre · South End
Tickets start at $1
Fri, Dec 11 · 7:00 PM
BCA Black Box Theatre · South End
Sat, Dec 19 · 3:30 PM
BCA Plaza Theatre · South End
Tue, Jan 12 · 7:30 PM
The Wilbur · Downtown
Sat, Jan 30 · 10:00 AM
Boch Center Wang Theatre · Downtown
Thu, Feb 11 · 7:30 PM
Emerson Colonial Theatre · Downtown
Wed, Feb 17 · 7:00 PM
TD Garden · West End
Fri, Mar 19 · 8:00 PM
Somerville Theatre · Davis Square
W Boston · Downtown
The Wimberly Theatre · South End
The Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
The Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
The Roberts Studio Theatre · South End
The Rockwell · Davis Square
Central Square Theater · Cambridgeport
The Wimberly Theatre · South End
The Maso Studio At the Huntington Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre · Fenway–Kenmore
Charles Playhouse · Downtown
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre · South End
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