UPDATE: This production has been cancelled due to recent advances with the COVID-19 Outbreak. We are now offering a video stream option for this production

Pipeline Video Teaser

Important information about streaming:

Once you purchase access to the video online using our sliding “pay-what-you-can”, model, you will receive an e-mail containing all the necessary information needed to access the stream. If the e-mail does not come through, please check your Promotions folder or your Spam folder.

We will be using Vimeo to host the video. To stream the video using Vimeo, you will be able to use a web browser, many smartphones and tablets, and TV streaming devices. We will provide instructions and resources for you and are happy to help as much as we can to answer questions.

The video will be available for viewing through Sunday, April 12, 2020.

We hope you will enjoy this video, and know that your purchase of this pre-recorded video stream event will help sustain Central Square Theater artists and staff while we are dark.  Art is our Activism and our production of Pipeline exemplifies this mission.

Stream purchase prices:

$10: Friend 

$20: Artist 

$50: Activist 

$100: Leader 

$200: Angel

Any payment over $20 will be a tax deductible contribution directly to the Art is Our Activism- Sustain through COVID-19 Campaign.

More questions? Call our Patron Services team 617.576.9278 x1. They are eager to help you!

About Pipeline:

Nya, an inner-city public school teacher, strives to give her only son Omari the opportunities her own students will never have. When he is threatened with expulsion from his upstate, private school, she must confront his rage and her own parenting choices. A lyrical play by Dominique Morisseau praised by the NY Times for “piercing eloquence” about “family struggling to outrun social prophecy.”

Produced by The Nora Theatre Company & WAM Theatre

Interested in bringing your school to see Pipeline? Reserve your tickets for our student matinees today.

Articles & Resources

A Note from the Artistic Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner
The Nora Artistic Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner, reflects on collaboration and art as a form of activism.

From the Playwright: Dominique Morisseau’s Rules of Engagement
Playwright Dominique Morisseau outlines her rules and suggestions for appropriately participating in her work.

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks: A Deeper Look
Scholar James D. Sullivan delves into the comparison between two different published versions of the famous poem, as discussed in the play.

Videos

UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to recent advances with the COVID-19 Outbreak. Please see “Important Update About Our 2020 Gala” for more information.

CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER GALA 

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Central Square Theater

An evening celebration of Luminaries and innovators!

5:00pm Registration & Reception
6:15pm Performances, Awards, & Auction
7:45pm Dinner & Dancing at La Fabrica (optional ticket)

Honoring

Legacy Award Recipient
ERIC TUCKER
Artistic Director, Bedlam

 

and

The Margret and H.A. Rey Curious George Curiosity Award Recipient
NATALIE KULDELL, PhD
Founder and Executive Director, BioBuilder
Educational Affiliate, MIT Department of Biological Engineering

With Special Guest Emcee
MAURICE EMMANUEL PARENT
Executive Director, The Front Porch Arts Collective

 

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[table width=”100%”]Attend as an Individual
Ingenue, $200, Includes Gala Reception and Program
Leading Role, $275, Includes Gala Reception Program and Dinner & Dancing at La Fabrica
Cameo, $200, Sponsor a CST Artist to Attend the Gala
[/table] [table width=”100%”]Attend as an Sponsor
Includes Gala Tickets and Exclusive Benefits
Director, $2500, Includes 4 Gala & Dinner Tickets
Producer, $5000, Includes 6 Gala & Dinner Tickets
Benefactor, $10000, Includes 10 Gala & Dinner Tickets
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Gala Sponsorship Benefits

Director – $2,500
Includes 4 Gala & Dinner Tickets; Reserved Premium Seating at Gala Program & Dinner; Quarter Ad in Gala Program;  Quarter Page Ad in Production Program for remaining productions of the 2019-20 Season; Logo on Event website, emails, and social media; Four Peak Tickets to Central Square Theater show of your choice in the Central Square Theater 2020-21 Season

Producer – $5,000
Includes 6 Gala & Dinner Tickets; Reserved Premium Seating at Gala Program & Dinner; Half Page Ad in Gala Program;  Half Page Ad in Production Program for remaining productions of the 2018-19 Season; Four Peak Tickets to Central Square Theater show of choice in 2019-20 Season; Logo on Event website, emails, and social media; Social Media Spotlight (1);  Two Subscriptions to Central Square Theater 2020-21 Season

Benefactor – $10,000
Includes 10 Gala & Dinner Tickets; Reserved Premium Seating at Gala Program & Dinner; Full Page Ad in Gala Program;  Full Page Ad in Production Program for remaining productions of the 2018-19 Season; Logo on Event website, emails, and social media; Social Media Spotlight (2); Four Subscriptions to Central Square Theater 2020-21 Season

Host Committee

Central Square Theater Board of Directors

Sallie Adams
Betsy Bard
Mary Dill
Allison Coleman
Subrata Das
Lee Mikeska Gardner
Betsy Groban
Jane Minasian
Carolyn Mugar
Arlo Perez
Laura Roberts
Simar Singh
Jeffrey Song
Melanie Wallace
Debra Wise

 

Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT Sponsor

Philip Khoury, Chair, Advisory Committee
Ford International Professor of History, Associate Provost, MIT

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Thank you to our Sponsors:

Gala Reception Sponsor – Viale
Gala Dinner Sponsor – La Fabrica

 

 

Complimentary Parking for Gala Guests available at  University Garage@MIT. Just park there before the Gala and then when you check in ask for a  Parking Voucher and your parking is free!

18th century, Europe. Doctor Victor Frankenstein’s creation – the Creature – childlike in his innocence, is cast out into society by his horror-struck creator. As he learns to survive and master the highest of human skills, he searches for his creator to make a deal. 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.

A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production.

Content warning: Graphic content. Sexual violence.

Articles and Resources

Lee Mikeska Gardner & Debra Wise Introduce Frankenstein

Director David R. Gammons on Frankenstein

“Birth of a Genre” by Hilary Rappaport & Jacob Malin

“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – The Arts and Popular Culture” by Hilary Rappaport

“History and Science in Mary Shelley’s World” by Hilary Rappaport

“Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, A Personal History” by Hilary Rappaport