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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/29 - 12/22/2024


A joyous South Shore tradition returns – our signature production of Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol . Three spirits visit the miserly Scrooge on Christmas ...

Diary of a Tap Dancer
Diary of a Tap Dancer
12/12 - 1/4/2025


Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel and longtime collaborator director Torya Beard ( Chasing Magic ,  Funny Girl ) return to A.R.T. this holiday ...

A View From the Bridge
A View From the Bridge
1/17 - 1/26/2025


A View From The Bridge  is the story about longshoreman Eddie Carbone, his wife Beatrice, and his seventeen-year-old niece, Catherine. Beatrice invites her two illegal ...

INTO THE BREECHES!
INTO THE BREECHES!
1/9 - 1/26/2025


INTO THE BREECHES!.. a laugh out loud love letter to theater.         The Barnstable Comedy Club, located at 3171 Main Street in Barnstable, ...

The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn


The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn by Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens Directed by Nikta Sabouri Figs fall from the ...

The Grove
The Grove
2/7 - 3/9/2025


In The Grove, playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when ...

The Recursion of a Moth
The Recursion of a Moth
2/27 - 3/9/2025


The Recursion of a Moth by Brandon Zang Directed by Katie Brook Icarus and Mikey time travel. Icarus and Mikey fall out of love. Icarus ...

The Odyssey
The Odyssey
2/9 - 3/16/2025


Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill ( Sense & Sensibility ,  Vanity Fair ,  Dracula ) turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s  Odyssey  in this ...

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
3/7 - 4/6/2025


Love takes center stage in this uproarious classic French comedy by 18th century playwright Pierre Carlet de Marivaux. A clever princess is smitten at first ...

Don't Eat the Mangos
Don't Eat the Mangos
3/26 - 4/27/2025


Winner! 2021 Will Glickman Award for Best Play  Playwright Ricardo Pérez González’s wickedly funny tragedy  Don’t Eat the Mangos  portrays life on his home island ...



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by R. Scott Reedy - December 13, 2024

Theater UnCorked has opened its sixth season with a sharp, searing production of “The Lion in Winter” that lays out a powerful story of a royal family struggling both with succession planning and with each other. It may be an unconventional offering given this season’s predictable plethora of holida...

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by R. Scott Reedy - December 09, 2024

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by R. Scott Reedy - November 15, 2024

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by Marc Savitt - November 05, 2024

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by R. Scott Reedy - November 05, 2024

More than 112 years after RMS Titanic – then the largest ocean liner afloat – struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, the public’s fascination with its tragic story remains unabated....

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