Join us on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 10am for Central Square Theater‘s first Baby-Friendly Performance.

Bring your baby to enjoy Precious Little in an environment adapted especially for them, and meet other local parents and carers.

The lights will be raised throughout the show so that you can walk about if you need to; the volume will be lowered so the little ones aren’t startled; you will be able to come and go during the show as required; changing facilities and stroller parking will be provided; the actors will be aware that there may be extra noise coming from the audience!

And, of course, our concessions stand will be open for snacks and much-needed caffeine. Baby snacks will be provided by the wonderful Happy Family, and we will have fantastic giveaways and promotions from Happy Family, Babyganics and Groovy Baby Music.

Use promotional code BABY to get $20 tickets for this performance 

We will be collecting any unused diapers and unopened packs of wipes for Diaper Circle, a local charity that provides diapers to social service agencies working with low income families to distribute as needed.

Precious Little is 80 minutes long with no interval. Although this performance is aimed at babies who are not yet walking, you can bring older children as well if you think they will last through the show!

Please Note: This was the staged reading of the play. Please follow this link for the April/May 2018 world premiere.

The Women Who Mapped the Stars

by Joyce Van Dyke

directed by Jessica Ernst

stage managed by Naomi Ibasitas

Starring: 

Mina: Becca Lewis

Antonia: Bridgette Hayes

Henrietta: Sarah Oakes Muirhead*

Annie: Christine Hamel*

Cecilia: Caroline Lawton*

Stage Directions read by Lee Mikeska Gardner*

*Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

The untold story of the women who shone a new light on the universe.

Treat yourself to a sneak peek of a collaboration between the Nora Theatre Company and Poet’s Theatre, directed by Poet Theatre‘s Artistic Associate Jessica Ernst.  The Women Who Mapped The Stars will be part of our 2017-18 Season.

Late 1800s, Harvard College Observatory. “Computers” – women employed for half a man’s salary to analyze astronomic data — show us that the universe is larger than we ever dreamed. The thrilling story of five women who changed the way astronomers saw the universe – from scientist to scientist and generation to generation. The Women Who Mapped the Stars, a world premiere by Joyce Van Dyke, is the untold story of brave women in science who paved the way for previously impossible advances in astronomy.

This rehearsed reading is part of the Nora Theatre Company‘s That’s What She Said: A Feminine Perspective series.

After Orlando: an international theater action

(A Rehearsed Reading)
directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
featuring: Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Paul Melendy, Belem De Armero Lopez, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Sanaa Kazi, John Austin Winthrop, Adam Kassim, Danielle Kellermann, Olivia D’Ambrosio, & James Rotondo

This is a free event, but you can reserve a ticket at the link below.

Join us in the Studio  for a rehearsed reading of 17 short plays written in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub.

Missing Bolts Productions (Blair Baker & Zac Kline, artistic directors) and NoPassport Theatre Alliance and Press (OBIE-winner Caridad Svich, founder) have curated a collection of new plays from noted international playwrights in response the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, June 12, 2016. The plays are being presented across the US and abroad with collaborating venues in Los Angeles, Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, and more.

Kline and Baker note: “As theatremakers, we have the ability to bring together many singular unique voices toward a common goal. We feel it is necessary to give artists a place to respond to the tragedy in Orlando and the current state of the world. We have invited some of the most admired theatre artists worldwide to participate; to share our grief, our anger, our hope and our desire to combat the violence we are now living with on a daily basis.” Svich remarks: “Making some healing art, some fiery art, some work that just says we can rise up from and through collective mourning.”

PROGRAM:

1) AFTER by Caridad Svich
Maurice Parent

2) DANCE ON… by Ian Rowlands
Paul Melendy (A) & Belem De Armero Lopez (B)

3) AT THE STORE WITH MY DAUGHTER by Rohina Milk
Lee Mikeska Gardner (Noor) & Sanaa Kazi (Sara) & John Austin Winthrop (Man)

4) NOT by Chiori Miyagawa
Sanaa Kazi(Anchor) & Paul Melendy (Senator)

5) These wings are meant to fly by Zac Kline
Adam Kassim

6) BEFORE. BEFORE. AFTER. by Lisa Schlesinger
Danielle Kellermann (Monique) & Olivia D’Ambrosio (Valentina)

7) ORLANDO by Elaine Romero
Belem De Armero Lopez & ensemble

8) ORLANDO by Migdalia Cruz
Belem De Armero Lopez (Lola) & Maurice Parent (Lolo)

9) DANCE AGAIN by Emilio Rodriguez
Maurice Parent (Javier) & Paul Melendy (Miguel) & James Rotondo (Alejandro)

10) WE ARE MOLECULES by J. Julian Christopher
John Austin Winthrop (Left Brain) & Adam Kassim (Right Brain) & James Rotondo (Angel)

11) HERE by Ryan Oliveira
James Rotondo (Genn); Lee Mikeska Gardner (Lorena); Maurice Parent (Luciano)

12) SAUCE by Sung Rno
Danielle Kellermann (Gina); John Austin Winthrop (George)

13) BABY SISTER by Jacqueline Goldfinger
Olivia D’Ambrosio

14) TODAY IS A GOOD DAY by Katie Pearl
Ensemble

15) THE GUN COLLECTOR by Nathan Alan Davis
Lee Mikeska Gardner

16) I HEAR GUNSHOTS//OIGO DISPAROS by Brian James Polak
Maurice Parent, Danielle Kellermann, Belem De Armero Lopez, Adam Kassim

17) MAYBE S/he by Deborah Asiimwe
Ensemble

Read more about the project here:

http://nopassport.org/after-orlandotheatre-action

http://howlround.com/after-orlando-an-international-theatre-action

http://www.americantheatre.org/2016/10/18/after-orlando-playwrights-step-into-the-breach/

Presented in conjunction with Missing Bolts Productions and NoPassport Press and theatre alliance.

This rehearsed reading is part of the Nora Theatre Company‘s That’s What She Said: A Feminine Perspective series.