Boston Playwrights' Sets 2011/2012 Season, Begins With MORTAL TERROR

Boston Playwrights' Theatre continues its 30th Anniversary season by presenting, in collaboration with Suffolk University, Robert Brustein's Mortal Terror at the newly re-opened Modern Theatre at Suffolk University. National Medal of Arts winner Robert Brustein brings the spirit of William Shakespeare back to the stage in his imaginative story of political upheaval set during the ignition of the Gunpowder Plot. Featuring Stafford Clark-Price as William Shakespeare, together with Ken Cheeseman, Michael Hammond, Jeremiah Kissel, John Kuntz, Georgia Lyman, Christopher James Webb and directed by Daniela Varon.

The second and third new works celebrated in Boston Playwrights' Theatre's 30th Anniversary season feature two recent graduates of Boston Playwrights' Theatre's MFA Playwriting Program.

In a suspenseful showdown between the old and new guard, The Farm by Walt McGough examines a profession where no one can be trusted. Directed by Elliot Norton Award-winner David R. Gammons and featuring Nael Nacer and Lindsey McWorter, "The Farm" is the last place you want to get caught off guard.

A gritty ghost story set within the racial tensions of 1940s Mississippi, The River Was Whiskey by William C. Fancher is? directed by James A. Petosa and features original music by the playwright. This Southern Gothic pulses with past revenge and present retribution.

Boston Playwrights' Theatre's 30th Anniversary season ends with Joyce Van Dyke's riveting story of the Armenian genocide in Deported: A Dream Play. Memories and dreams interweave in this tale of enduring friendship incorporating music and dance. Directed by Judy Braha and featuring Bobbie Steinbach, Deported... celebrates the playwright's own family history and that of many Armenian families forever changed.

September 15 - October 2
Mortal Terror
by Robert Brustein
produced in collaboration with Suffolk University
at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
525 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org
$40/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

September 29 - October 23
The Farm
by Walt McGough
at Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org
$30/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

October 27 - November 20
The River was Whiskey
by William C. Fancher
at Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org
$30/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

March 8 - April 1
Deported: A Dream Play
by Joyce Van Dyke
at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
525 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org
$40/General Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)

Playwrights' Pass Subscriptions available at bostonplaywrights.org or call 617.353.5443

Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Founded in 1981 at Boston University by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre dedicated to new works. At the core of our five programs is the Playwriting MFA offered as part of Boston University's prestigious Creative Writing Program. Our award-winning alumni have been produced in Regional and New York houses as well as in London's West End, and our alumni productions have garnered many regional and Boston awards, including regular IRNE and Elliot Norton Awards for "Best New Script."

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