BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER

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

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 ...

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. ...

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

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 & ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Lauren Weedman....

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 ...

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 ...

Samuel Hunter; dir: Davis McCallum....

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

David Lindsay-Abaire Boise Contemporary Theater...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Eric Coble....

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....

Hansol Jung....

Martin McDonagh....

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....

“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 ...

Jeni Mahoney....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...