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AIN’T NO MO’ Comes to Speakeasy Stage Company


by Stephi Wild - December 05, 2024

  SpeakEasy Stage Company and Front Porch Arts Collective will present the Boston premiere of Jordan E. Cooper’s Tony Award-nominated satire, AIN’T NO MO’ – a timely and provocative comedy about what it means to be Black in America....

Interview: Karen MacDonald Makes New Memories in SpeakEasy Stage Company's PRU PAYNE


by R. Scott Reedy - October 18, 2024

Actor Karen MacDonald has done everything from the classics to contemporary dramas, comedies, and musicals – including some 70 productions as a founding member of the American Repertory Theater – on greater Boston stages and beyond. Read our interview....

Dawn Meredith Simmons Joins Boston College's Theatre Department As Monan Professor in Theatre Arts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 11, 2024

Dawn Meredith Simmons, an Elliot Norton award-winner, has been appointed as the Monan Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston College for the 2024-25 academic year, enhancing the university's arts program....

Cast Announced For PRU PAYNE At SpeakEasy Stage


by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2024

From Oct. 18 – Nov. 16, 2024, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the East Coast Premiere of Pru Payne by Pulitzer Prize nominee and Newton, MA native Steven Drukman....

Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Serves Up Well-done LAUGHS IN SPANISH


by R. Scott Reedy - September 19, 2024

What did our critic think of LAUGHS IN SPANISH at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts? SpeakEasy Stage Company is opening its 34th season, the final for artistic director Paul Daigneault, with a fresh, lively, and funny production of “Laughs in Spanish” that has someth...

New Rock Opera Written and Produced by Gary Sohmers Set For Premiere This October


by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2024

Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera takes to the stage for the first time as the all-star cast sings the story of a battle against evil to save the planet October 10 + 11 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington....

Todd McNeel Joins SpeakEasy Stage as Marketing Manager


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 05, 2024

Todd McNeel Jr. has joined SpeakEasy Stage Company as Marketing Manager. Learn more!...

SpeakEasy Stage Company Founder & Artistic Director Paul Daigneault to Step Down in June 2025


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 06, 2024

After founding and then serving for more than three decades as its Artistic Director, Paul Daigneault will step down from his leadership role at SpeakEasy Stage Company on June 30, 2025....

THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS Comes to SpeakEasy Stage This Month


by Stephi Wild - June 05, 2024

SpeakEasy Stage Company, in partnership with Somerled Arts, will produce a developmental workshop of the new musical THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS by David H. Bell (book & lyrics) and Daniel Green (music & lyrics). ...

Heidi Blickenstaff, Alex Edelman, and More Receive Elliot Norton Awards; Full List


by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Awards were presented tonight in 37 categories including outstanding actors, directors, designers, choreographers, musicians, productions and 4 visiting productions by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) at the 41st Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony, held at the Huntington Theatre in Bo...

Past Shows

A Strange Loop
A Strange Loop
4/26 - 5/25/2024


A CO-PRODUCTION WITH FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE “A dazzling ride.  No measure of praise could be too much.” – The New York Times Winner! 2020 ...

Cost of Living
Cost of Living
3/8 - 3/30/2024


Winner! 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!   In this wry and quietly observed play, Polish-born playwright Martyna Majok interweaves the stories of four lonely souls to ...

A Case for the Existence of God


“Easily one of the best of the year”— The Wall Street Journal Winner!  Best Play – New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award!   Inside a cubicle ...

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive


“The likelihood that you will laugh until your face hurts is one of near certainty”– Entertainment Weekly Direct from Broadway!  It’s  The Women  meets  House ...

The Prom
The Prom
5/5 - 6/3/2023


Emma didnt want to be a newspaper headline or the face of a movement; she just wanted to take her girlfriend Alyssa to their high ...

Wild Goose Dreams
Wild Goose Dreams
3/24 - 4/22/2023


New England Premiere! In an age where technology offers easy connection, Nanhee and Minsung are alone in Seoul, South Korea. Nanhee is a North Korean ...

Fairview
2/17 - 4/15/2023


At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this ...

Fairview
Fairview
2/17 - 3/18/2023


Grandmas birthday at the Frasier household has all the makings of your standard family comedy: drinking, squabbles, hijinks with the silverware; and thats before Tyrone ...

English
English
10/21 - 11/19/2022


English Only. Thats the mantra of Marjan, an English teacher in Karaj, Iran struggling to prepare her four students to take the Test of English ...

Heroes of the Fourth Turning


One week after the Charlottesville riots in 2017, four young conservatives gather in a Wyoming backyard to gossip and reminisce. Theyve assembled to honor Gina, ...

The Inheritance
4/30 - 6/19/2021


SpeakEasy Stage Company Matthew Lopez...

People, Places and Things
1/8 - 1/31/2021


SpeakEasy Stage Company Duncan Macmillan...


Broadway stars Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton) and De'lon Grant (Come from Away), who starred respectively in SpeakEasy's productions of Bat Boy and The Scottsboro Boys, will ...

The Children (Kirkwood)
2/28 - 3/28/2020


Lucy Kirkwood SpeakEasy Stage Company...

Pass Over
1/3 - 1/25/2020


Nancy & Edward Roberts Studio Theatre: Pass Over...

Admissions
10/25 - 11/30/2019


Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s ...

Choir Boy
9/13 - 10/12/2019


The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take ...

The View UpStairs
5/31 - 6/22/2019


BCA Plaza Theatre: book: Max Vernon; lyrics: Max Vernon; music: Max Vernon; dir: Paul Daigneault....


Jocelyn Bioh SpeakEasy Stage Company...

Once
3/1 - 3/30/2019


Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre: book: Enda Walsh; lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová; music: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová; dir: Paul Melone....

Small Mouth Sounds
1/4 - 2/2/2019


In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound ...

Fun Home
10/19 - 11/17/2018


Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The musical features music by Jeanine Tesori ...

Between Riverside and Crazy
9/14 - 10/13/2018


City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the Landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him ...

Allegiance
Allegiance
5/4 - 6/2/2018


East Coast Regional Premiere! Inspired by the true childhood experience of actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek"), ALLEGIANCE tells ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
3/2 - 3/31/2018


Boston-Area Premiere! Featuring Adrianne Krstansky. 1. Ice cream 2. Water fights 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV. These are ...

Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
1/12 - 2/10/2018


New England Premiere! Mistaken identities, courtly intrigue, and backstage bickering are all part of the fun in this raucous romantic comedy of errors, based on ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


Boston Regional Theatre Premiere! Based on the best-selling novel, and winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, ThE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN ...

Men on Boats
Men on Boats
9/8 - 10/7/2017


Boston Premiere! MEN ON BOATS is a rollicking adventure tale brought thrilingly to life by a gender-flipping cast of diverse performers who tell the story ...


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, one of the most romantic stories ever written, is now an irresistible, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Based on the ...

GRAND CONCOURSE
GRAND CONCOURSE
3/3 - 4/1/2017


GRAND CONCOURSE tells the story of Shelley, a Catholic nun and former high school basketball star, who now struggles to find meaning in her work ...

Grand Concourse
3/3 - 4/1/2017


Heidi Schreck; dir: Yasen Peyankov....

Hand To God
1/6 - 2/4/2017


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 Scottsboro Boys
10/21 - 11/26/2016


The Scottsboro Boys, a powerful musical with a tragic historical core, is the brainchild of a creative trio. David Thompson crafted the book, weaving the ...

The Scottsboro Boys
10/21 - 11/26/2016


The Scottsboro Boys, a powerful musical with a tragic historical core, is the brainchild of a creative trio. David Thompson crafted the book, weaving the ...

Significant Other
9/9 - 10/8/2016


Joshua Harmon; dir: Paul Diagneault....

Significant Other
9/9 - 10/8/2016


Joshua Harmon; dir: Paul Diagneault....

Dogfight
5/7 - 6/4/2016


book: Peter Duchan; lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; music: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; dir: Paul Daigneault....

Bootycandy
3/12 - 4/9/2016


Robert O’Hara; dir: Summer L. Williams....

Violet
1/9 - 2/6/2016


Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and then on to a ...

Casa Valentina
10/24 - 11/28/2015


Harvey Fierstein....

appropriate
9/12 - 10/10/2015


Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to settle the accounts of the newly-dead patriarch. As his three ...

Mothers and Sons
5/8 - 6/6/2015


Terrence McNally; dir: Paul Daigneault....

Big Fish
3/13 - 4/11/2015


Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman ...

A Future Perfect
1/9 - 2/7/2015


Ken Urban; dir: M. Bevin O'Gara....

Necessary Monsters
12/5 - 1/3/2015


John Kuntz; dir: David R. Gammons....

Far From Heaven
Far From Heaven
9/12 - 10/12/2014


Cathy Whitaker seems to be the picture-perfect wife and mother in 1957 suburban Connecticut. But roiling beneath the surface, secret longings and forbidden desires cause ...

CARRIE the musical
CARRIE the musical
5/9 - 6/8/2014


Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's ...

The Whale
3/7 - 4/5/2014


Roberts Studio Theatre: Samuel D. Hunter; dir: David R. Gammons....

The Color Purple
1/10 - 2/8/2014


Virginia Wimberly Theatre: book: Marsha Norman; lyrics: Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis; music: Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis; dir: Paul Daigneault....


Roberts Studio Theatre: adapt: Nicky Silver from Kurt Vonnegut; dir: Cliff Fannin Baker....

Tribes
Tribes
9/13 - 10/12/2013


Nina Raine; dir: M. Bevin O'Gara....

In the Heights
5/10 - 6/8/2013


Roberts Studio Theatre: - book: Quiara Alegr...

In the Heights
In the Heights
4/19 - 6/2/2013


In the Heights IN THE HEIGHTS tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York?s Washington Heights neighborhood ? a place where the ...

Clybourne Park
3/1 - 3/30/2013


Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...

Other Desert Cities
1/11 - 2/7/2013


Wimberly Theatre: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Scott Edmiston....

XANADU
5/6 - 6/11/2012


Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in ...

Xanadu
Xanadu
5/11 - 6/9/2012


Based on the cult film of the same name, this riotous new musical follows the efforts of a magical Greek muse named Kira who descends ...

Next to Normal
3/9 - 4/7/2012

NEXT TO NORMAL
1/13 - 2/12/2012


The most talked about new show on Broadway is strongNext to Normal/strong - the acclaimed, groundbreaking musical "that pushes Broadway in new directions" (emRolling Stone/em). ...

Red
Red
1/6 - 2/4/2012


Winner of six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, Red is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability. After he lands the biggest ...

The Divine Sister
The Divine Sister
10/21 - 11/19/2011


The Divine Sister is an inspired homage to every Hollywood film ever made about nuns. Written by Charles Busch, the comic genius behind such classics ...

Next Fall
Next Fall
9/16 - 10/15/2011


A 2010 Tony nominee for Best Play, Next Fall takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. Luke, a devout Christian, ...

Xanadu
5/11 - 6/9/2011

Videos


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Come From Away (Non-Equity) in Boston Come From Away (Non-Equity)
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (4/11 - 4/13)
Don't Eat the Mangos in Boston Don't Eat the Mangos
Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA (3/26 - 4/27)
Clue in Boston Clue
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (4/4 - 4/6)
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Boston SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Emerson Colonial Theatre (12/3 - 12/29)
The RESET in Boston The RESET
Huntington Theatre (1/25 - 1/25)
VIDEOS
Dear Evan Hansen in Boston Dear Evan Hansen
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (1/10 - 1/12)
Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity) in Boston Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity)
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (1/10 - 1/12)
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