2018-19 Season

This season marks the 10th Anniversary of Central Square Theater, home to The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater.

Ten years of epic stories told intimately.

But, it’s really many more years: This coming season is The Nora’s 30th Anniversary and URT’s 40th Anniversary.

Old friends, iconic stories, and new collaborators. Visionary stories by some of the most trailblazing voices of the past two hundred years. We look at these stories in the here and now – through fresh, new eyes as we take a leap into the future.

A leap of faith. A leap of possibility. One towards compassion, inclusion, and community – shining a bright light on the future.

Take the leap with us!

• Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze

  September 12 - 23, 2018

  Truth Values speaks to the challenges women face in math and science at a time when, finally, people are listening.

  Director

  Writer

  • • Gioia De Cari playwright & performer

• Frankenstein

  October 4 – November 4, 2018

  Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale that created the science fiction genre, Frankenstein brings urgent concerns about scientific responsibility and the nature of good and evil.

  Director

  • • David R. Gammons director

  Writer

  • • Mary Shelley novelist
  • • Nick Dear playwright

• A Christmas Carol (2018)

  November 23 – December 30, 2018

  All the trappings – sights, sounds, and scents – of a Victorian Christmas fill the theater with magic.

  Director

  • • Debra Wise* director

  Writer

  • • Charles Dickens novelist

• Bedlam’s Pygmalion

  January 31 – March 3, 2019

  Immerse yourself in this gritty, fresh interpretation of George Bernard Shaw’s classic, exploring the negotiation of power through sexual politics.

  Director

  • • Eric Tucker 1 director

  Writer

  • • George Bernard Shaw playwright

• Photograph 51

  March 14 – April 14, 2019

  London, 1952.British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin’s discovery leads to the Nobel Prize – not for her, but for three men: Francis Crick, James Dewey Watson, and Maurice Wilkins.

  Director

  • • Rebecca Bradshaw director

  Writer

  • • Anna Ziegler playwright

• black odyssey boston

  April 25 - May 19, 2019

  A mash up of Greek mythology and African-American oral history for a visionary new take on Homer’s classic tale

  Director

  • • Benny Sato Ambush director

  Writer

  • • Marcus Gardley playwright

• Cloud 9

  June 6 – 30, 2019

  A provocative, exuberant, time-shifting comedy that is both a parody and spoof of the ever-changing world of sexual politics.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* director

  Writer

  • • Caryl Churchill playwright