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Review: Upstream Theater's LIFE IS A DREAM at The Marcelle


by James Lindhorst - October 20, 2024

Upstream Theater’s production of LIFE IS A DREAM is an illustrious production of Calderón's complex work. It has a clear directorial vision, exceptional acting, and stunning technical design elements. It is a superior in its artistry, staging, and storytelling....

Review: LIFE IS A DREAM at Upstream Theater


by Steve Callahan - October 21, 2024

Dont miss this rare opportunity to see this gem of Spain's 'Golden Age of Drama' - Calderón's 'Life is a Dream'. ...

Review: WAITING FOR THE MARLBORO MAN at Upstream Theater


by Steve Callahan - April 15, 2024

The remarkable Upstream Theater is approaching its twentieth season.  This unfailingly excellent little company was founded by Philip Boehm as a vehicle for bringing to America plays from around the world—plays that, for the most part, make their very first American appearance at Upstream.  We so ne...

Review: DON'T WAIT FOR THE MARLBORO MAN at The Kranzberg Black Box Theatre


by James Lindhorst - April 13, 2024

Boehm’s translation and direction tells a melancholic tale about life, choices, relationships, and death. His trio of actors create stylized characters to challenge beliefs and self-morality. DON’T WAIT FOR THE MORLBORO MAN uses different conventions to tell a somber story that penetrates your consc...

Review: THE GOOD SHIP ST. LOUIS at Upstream Theater


by Steve Callahan - November 14, 2022

The world premiere of 'The Good Ship St. Louis' is beautiful, theatrical, stylish, poetic, rich. It's a gracefully told tale of doomed refugees....

Past Shows

Life is a Dream
Life is a Dream
10/18 - 11/3/2024


The first show in Upstream Theater's celebratory 20th Season, LIFE IS A DREAM is the professional premiere of a new translation by G.J. Racz of ...

Don't Wait for the Marlboro Man


The US Premiere written by OLIVIER GAROFALO presented by award-winning Upstream Theater directed by Philip Boehm and featuring a creative team of local professional artists.

Bitter Fruit
Bitter Fruit
10/13 - 10/29/2023


Upstream Theater invites you to the US premiere of BITTER FRUIT By Héctor Levy-Daniel (Argentina) Translated by Philip Boehm María doesn’t understand why her mother ...

The Agitators
9/27 - 10/13/2019


Mat Smart; dir: KenYatta Rogers....

SALT, ROOT AND ROE
4/26 - 5/12/2019


Black Box: Tim Price....

CHEF
9/28 - 10/14/2018


Sabrina Mahfouz; dir: Marianne de Pury. American Premiere...


Prime Evil is what South Africans call him: a paid white political assassin currently serving two life sentences for crimes committed in the name of ...

The Year of the Bicycle
1/26 - 2/12/2017


Joanna Evans; dir: Philip Boehm. Black Box:...

Suspended
12/6 - 12/23/2016


Upstream Theater presents the U.S. Premiere of Suspended by Israeli playwright Maya Arad Yasur and directed by Linda Kennedy, featuring Phillip Dixon and Reginal Pierre. ...

Suspended
12/6 - 12/23/2016


Upstream Theater presents the U.S. Premiere of Suspended by Israeli playwright Maya Arad Yasur and directed by Linda Kennedy, featuring Phillip Dixon and Reginal Pierre. ...

The Glass Menagerie
4/29 - 5/15/2016


Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and ...

Shining City
1/29 - 2/14/2016


Conor McPherson; dir: Toni Dorfman....

Bashir Lazhar
1/30 - 2/15/2015


Evelyne de la Cheneli...

Revenge is Sweet
4/5 - 4/21/2013


- Aleksandr Fredro; trans: Philip Boehm; dir: Philip Boehm....

Caf
1/11 - 1/27/2013


- dir: Ken Page....

TBA
2/17 - 3/4/2012


Imaginists Theatre Collective: -...

Blood Wedding
10/7 - 10/23/2011


In Tanya Ronder’s spare, yet strikingly beautiful modern translation Lorca’s Blood Wedding finds a refreshing new and compelling poetic world while retaining its sumptuous language ...

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