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THE LION Comes to Boise Contemporary Theater in December


by Stephi Wild - November 12, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater will present a genre-redefining musical, The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer beginning next month. Learn more about the show here!...

Three New Works Kick Off November in Boise Contemporary Theater’s Theater Lab


by Stephi Wild - October 23, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater will kick off November with three brand new plays back-to-back from our Theater Lab students: Rock and Roll, Don't Sail Off Without Me, and No Color Left to Dry written in Theater Lab...

Boise Contemporary Theater Launches 'Setting The Stage' Campaign


by Stephi Wild - October 11, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater has announced the launch of its 'Setting the Stage' campaign, a $2 million initiative set to establish Boise as a top destination for arts experiences in the country....

THE LION Comes to Boise Contemporary Theater


by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2024

The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer comes to Boise Contemporary Theater in December. Performances run December 4-21, 2024....

100th Production Opens Season At Boise Contemporary Theater Next Week


by Blair Ingenthron - September 28, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) will open their season next week with their 100th play, the critically-acclaimed What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, who earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States when she was just 15 years old....

Sun Valley Playwright's Residency Announces Fall 2024 Programming with The Argyros Performing Arts Center


by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2024

Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency announced its 2024 lineup, featuring Max Posner, Rajiv Joseph, Sarah DeLappe, Samuel D. Hunter, Billie McBride, and Jeremy Shamos in Wood River Valley this October....

BIPOC Playwrights Festival Brings Talent From Broadway and Beyond To Boise


by Blair Ingenthron - August 10, 2024

Actors, directors, and playwrights arrive next week for Boise Contemporary Theater's (BCT) Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival to be held August 21-25, 2024, at BCT....

$25,000 NEA Grant Helps Fund BIPOC Playwrights Festival Held at Boise Contemporary Theater for First Time


by Stephi Wild - July 31, 2024

Tickets now available for Boise Contemporary Theater’s (BCT) Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival August 21-25, 2024, to be held in their own theater at 854 Fulton Street in Boise for the first time in the festival’s history....

SILENT SKY Begins Performances At Boise Contemporary Theater Next Week


by A.A. Cristi - April 11, 2024

Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, a captivating true story of suffragettes and astronomy intertwined with humor and the beauty of life under the endless sky, runs Wednesday through Saturday for three weeks, April 17 - May 4, 2024, at Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT)....

Boise Contemporary Theater Calls For Submissions For BIPOC Playwrights Festival


by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, tentatively scheduled for August 15-24....

Past Shows

BCT's Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival


Playwrights of Color workshop five new works with directors and actors, then present staged readings and performance pieces for their first audience.

BIPOC Playwrights Festival
8/21 - 8/25/2024


The BIPOC Playwrights Festival returns to Boise Contemporary Theater from August 21 to August 25, 2024, showcasing new works from diverse playwrights. This year's event ...

Silent Sky
4/17


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage
CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage
2/14 - 2/17/2024


"mesmerizing... a whirling tour de force, both brazen and fragile," Jeanne Huff, BOISE WEEKLY

Clyde's
1/31


Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...

Middle of the World
Middle of the World
10/11 - 10/28/2023


"How far would you go for the ones you love?" Fast-paced dramedy spans two continents, and many Uber rides to bring political intrigue and laughter.

BREAK IT DOWN, written and performed by Herb Newsome


Held at the Morrison Center at 2PM & 7PM, Boise Contemporary Theater celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop with this one-man multimedia show telling ...

Wild Wild Jest & This Town of Perfect Flaws


Why is that cactus dressed like a clown? And what's with the basketball? Theater Lab students perform their own original works WILD WILD JEST & ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
3/8 - 3/25/2023


March 8 - 25, 2023, Run Time: Approximately 90 minutes with NO intermission “…a show that aims to open our eyes to the tiny moments when ...

Sweat
Sweat
1/25 - 2/11/2023


SWEAT by Lynn Nottage January 25 - February 11, 2023 Run Time: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission Filled with warm humor and ...

The Hollow In Between & Dead Ends


Where are we? How did we get here? How do we get out?? Is this a cult? Similar questions, but two very different stories. Find ...

The Show on the Roof
4/13 - 5/7/2022


Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...

Sweat
3/2 - 3/19/2022


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

The Persistent Guest
1/19 - 2/5/2022

Summer Reading Series
6/28 - 9/27/2021


It’s time to go outside and Play! Experience intriguing new plays straight off the page, and imagine the visual world without full sets, costumes or ...

Sweat
3/10 - 3/27/2021


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

The Show on the Roof
The Show on the Roof
4/15 - 5/9/2020


Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...

Every Brilliant Thing
3/4 - 3/21/2020


Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe Boise Contemporary Theater...

Slow Food
1/29 - 2/15/2020


The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre: Wendy MacLeod; dir: Sean Daniels....

Tammy Lisa / Misery to Meaning
11/20 - 12/7/2019


Lauren Weedman....

The Wolves
10/16 - 11/9/2019


Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. An all girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big ...

Rabbit/Moon
4/17 - 5/4/2019


Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark; dir: Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark....


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

Clarkston
2/13 - 3/9/2019


Samuel Hunter; dir: Davis McCallum....

Lewiston
2/6 - 3/9/2019


Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Eric Ting....

Ripcord
2/25


David Lindsay-Abaire Boise Contemporary Theater...

With Love and a Major Organ
12/5 - 12/22/2018


CHICAGO-Strawdog Theatre Company, Artistic Director Hank Boland and Hugen Hall Artistic Director Anderson Lawfer are proud to announce the first production in its 2015–2016 Hugen ...


Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, Independent, Daily Mail Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production embarks ...

House of Tomorrow
2/21 - 3/10/2018


Cat Crowley; dir: Dwayne Blackaller. Boise Contemporary Theater:...

Good Bitch Goes Down
1/10 - 1/20/2018


Adam Enright; dir: Tracy Sunderland. Boise Contemporary Theater:...

Hand to God
10/18 - 11/4/2017


After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...

The Clean House
4/19 - 5/6/2017


Sarah Ruhl; dir: Drew Barr....


CHICAGO – Teatro Vista, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater, presents the world premiere of ...

Hedwig & The Angry Inch
10/5 - 10/22/2016


book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

Hedwig & The Angry Inch
10/5 - 10/22/2016


book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

A New Comedy
4/13 - 5/7/2016


Eric Coble....

Constellations
2/10 - 3/5/2016


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

Lauren Weedman
1/5 - 1/16/2016


Lauren Weedman....

No More Sad Things
11/24 - 12/19/2015


Hansol Jung....

A Skull in Connemara
10/7 - 10/31/2015


Martin McDonagh....

Super Secret Site Specific Something


A dynamic leap into site-specific performance, S5 invites audiences to a unique theatrical adventure somewhere in Boise. Immerse yourself in stories that move through a ...


Tracy Sunderland; dir: Tracy Sunderland....

The Fisherman And His Soul
The Fisherman And His Soul
4/1 - 4/25/2015


“Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water.” So begins the 1891 fairy tale by Oscar ...

FATA MORGANA
1/28 - 2/21/2015


Jeni Mahoney....

The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley
4/2 - 4/26/2014


Their last collaboration, A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE, reached the biggest audience in BCT history with a story that spanned sixteen time zones. In the spring ...

Warren (Or) Those People
Warren (Or) Those People
1/29 - 2/22/2014


The new year will bring new plays to BCT, beginning with the World Premiere of a poignant comedy set in Warren, Michigan. It's there you'll ...

THIS WONDERFUL LIFE
11/26 - 12/21/2013


Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...

RED
10/9 - 11/2/2013


Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant—and the growing competitive presence of a new generation of artists—Rothko takes on his greatest career challenge yet: ...

Graphic Depictions
4/3 - 4/27/2013


- Eric Coble; dir: Dwayne Blackaller....

A Nighttime Survival Guide
1/30 - 3/2/2013


Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...

A Nighttime Survival Guide
1/30 - 3/2/2013


Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...

Damascus
11/28 - 12/22/2012


Master storyteller Andrew Weems (NAMASTE MAN) returns with an adventure of self discovery. DAMASCUS is an irreverent tale of a dubious hero, who embarks on ...

Questions My Mother Can't Answer


The 11|12 Season will be capped off by the second add-on production. New York Innovative Theatre Award-winning writer/performer Andrea Caban is back with her sold-out ...

Off The Record
Off The Record
4/4 - 4/28/2012


The hit of the 2011 5X5 Reading Series makes it’s way to full production in 2012. The playwright, Lynn Allison, is known primarily for her ...

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
1/25 - 2/18/2012

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries
1/18 - 1/25/2012


We meet eight-year-olds Kayleen and Doug in the nurse’s office of their elementary school. She has a stomachache and a penchant for “bad thoughts”, he ...

Commissioned World Premiere (No Title Yet)


Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter is on quite a roll. His play A BRIGHT NEW BOISE, which premiered in New York last fall, has been ...

Shipwrecked!
Shipwrecked!
10/5 - 10/29/2011


The adventurous Louis de Rougemont invites you to hear his amazing tale of bravery, survival and celebrity that left nineteenth-century England spellbound. Dare to be ...

Re/Fraction
Re/Fraction
9/7 - 9/10/2011


We are trying something new this year at BCT. In addition to the usual four full productions in our season we have expanded your opportunities ...

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Wicked in Boise Wicked
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Hamilton (Philip Company) in Boise Hamilton (Philip Company)
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