Central Square Theater

2016-17 Season

This season travel with people who will not settle.

From Harlem to Flower Fruit Mountain and back to a Bronx high school biology lab, our heroes fight for the courage to live the lives they imagine are possible. Refusing to merely accept the cards they have been dealt, they expand their lives – and our notions of memory, technology, and time.

Join us.

• Marjorie Prime

  September 8 - October 9, 2016

  Life. Death. Rewriting the in-between.

  Director

  • • M. Bevin O’Gara director

  Writer

  • • Jordan Harrison playwright

• When January Feels Like Summer

  October 20 - November 13, 2016

  The New York Times praises Cori Thomas’s play for creating “a strong desire to spend more time in the characters’ company” after leaving the theater.

  Director

  • • Benny Sato Ambush director

  Writer

  • • Cori Thomas playwright

• Journey to the West

  November 25 - December 31 2016

  Journey to the West promises to be a comic adventure for all ages celebrating the vitality of human perseverance.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* director

  Writer

  • • Mary Zimmerman adaptation
  • • Anthony C. Yu translation

• Matchless & The Happy Prince

  November 25 - December 31 2016

  Enchanting for all ages, come discover magic and beauty in the most unexpected places.

  Director

  • • Debra Wise* director

  Writer

  • • Gregory Maguire author, Matchless
  • • Oscar Wilde author, The Happy Prince

• Intimate Exchanges

  January 12 - February 12, 2017

  Two actors. Six characters. Four different courses of action. What will happen next?

  Director

  • • Olivia D’Ambrosio director

  Writer

  • • Alan Ayckbourn playwright

• Precious Little

  March 2 - 26, 2017

  A research linguist, Brodie, receives genetic testing results: her unborn child may never be able to learn a language. Her girlfriend’s unsympathetic; her genetic counselor’s a rookie; her own uncompromising intellect betrays her. Her search for guidance takes her to unexpected places. Three actresses play multiple roles – including a gorilla – in Madeleine George’s […]

  Director

  • • Melia Bensussen director

  Writer

  • • Madeleine George playwright

• Paradise

  April 6 - May 7, 2017

  A Muslim-American teenager meets with her teacher, a mysterious scientist forced to teach high school biology, creating an unlikely, inspired partnership investigating adolescent romantic love. Clashes arise out of their conflicts over religion, science, and mentorship as both lives are transformed forever.

  Director

  • • Shana Gozansky director

  Writer

  • • Laura Maria Censabella playwright

• Homebody

  April 20 - May 7, 2017

  Underground Railway Theater Artistic Director Debra Wise stars in Tony Kushner’s warm invocation of hope in an increasingly chilling, negative world.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* director

  Writer

  • • Tony Kushner playwright

• The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion

  June 1 - July 2, 2017

  Emmy winning actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) stars in Alan Brody’s (Operation Epsilon) romantic comedy about how we remember, how we choose and how we never stop looking for love.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* director

  Writer

  • • Alan Brody playwright