Central Square Theater

2019-20 Season

The 2019-20 Season is one of collaboration – Bedlam is back, along with The Front Porch Arts Collective, and we’re excited to introduce you to our new friends, WAM Theatre from Western Massachusetts.

We will begin the season close to home – Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and conclude it steeped in the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance. In between, you’ll travel through time and to London and back. Over the course of the five plays, you’ll meet some of the most famous (and infamous) characters from history and literature. Bad ideas will flow from notorious individuals while unsung heroes will have bold visions for the future and work towards a better world.

We’re going to have fun! Join us!

Subscribe today and save up to 67% off single ticket prices! We have had full houses this year and subscribers were able to secure the best seats, before, tickets went on sale. We have peak, off-peak, and student packages on sale. You can even snag a ticket for under $25 with First Thursday and First Look packages.

• The Crucible

  September 12 - October 20, 2019

  In a culture in which power resides in the hands of men – who do you believe?

  Director

  • • Eric Tucker Director

  Writer

  • • Arthur Miller Playwright

• A Christmas Carol (2019)

  November 29 - December 29, 2019

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

  Director

  • • Debra Wise director

  Writer

  • • Charles Dickens novelist

• Vanity Fair, An (Im-)morality Play

  January 23 - February 23, 2020

  “A gift to actors and a goody bag for its audience.” —NY Times.

  Director

  • • David R. Gammons Director

  Writer

  • • Kate Hamill Playwright
  • • William Makepeace Thackeray Novelist

• Pipeline

  March 5 - 29, 2020

  Praised by the NY Times for “piercing eloquence” about “family struggling to outrun social prophecy.”

  Director

  • • Dawn M. Simmons Director

  Writer

  • • Dominique Morisseau Playwright

• Ada and the Engine

  April 9 - May 10, 2020

  “A story that is inspiring and absorbing and heartbreaking.” – Cincinnati Enquirer

  Director

  • • Debra Wise

  Writer

  • • Lauren Gunderson playwright

• Ain’t Misbehavin’

  May 28 - June 28, 2020

  An evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs.

  Director

  • • Maurice Emmanuel Parent Director

  Writer

  • • Richard Maltby Jr. Conceiver
  • • Murray Horwitz Conceiver
  • • Luther Henderson Musical Adaptations, Orchestrations & Arrangements