Contemporary Theater Company Produces NATIVE GARDENS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2021
The show centers on two couples living next door to each other. Things are generally friendly between the neighbors before the Del Valles discover while putting in a new fence that their property line is actually two feet over – right in the middle of Frank Butley's prize-winning garden.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Brings Holiday Spirit to Contemporary Theater Company
by Robert Barossi - Dec 8, 2019
At its most fundamental, theater is a group of people coming together to tell a story in front of an audience. In its earliest days, that's all it was, basic and pure, without any need for today's technological lights and sounds (not that there's anything wrong with those). Contemporary Theater Company's production of A Christmas Carol similarly keeps it simple, bringing a group of players to the stage to let them work together to tell the audience a timeless yet still magical story.
The Contemporary Theater Company to Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2019
Bah humbug! Even the most hard-hearted will find it difficult to keep a smile off their face when the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, comes to the Contemporary Theater Company stage in Wakefield December 5th - 22th. This is the theater's second year producing A Christmas Carol, and director Maggie Cady is excited to explore a traditional telling with a few surprises along the way.
BWW Review: GYPSY at Contemporary Theater Company
by John McDaid - Apr 26, 2019
There are few musicals with as prominent a place in the American theatrical canon as 'Gypsy'*. It's a big musical, meant for a proscenium stage, and while the Contemporary has mounted a creditable production, their attempt to fit it into a smaller theatre has not been entirely successful.
Contemporary Theater Company Stages THE FATHER
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 14, 2018
This fall, the Contemporary Theater Company presents a touching and remarkable play, The Father, about an older man's world being turned upside down as dementia creeps in. It plays on the Contemporary Theater Company's riverfront performance patio September 14 through October 5.