In the beloved comic Chinese novel a monk travels from China to India in search of spiritual enlightenment and Buddhist scriptures. Mary Zimmerman’s (Candide, Metamorphosis) adaptation delivers whimsy, delight, and a combination of comedy, adventure, and satire mixed with a mystical dreamscape filled with lyrical beauty. For everyone who enjoyed our holiday staple, Arabian Nights, Journey to the West promises to be a comic adventure for all ages celebrating the vitality of human perseverance.

Journey to the West is not part of any subscription package but may be purchased at a special Subscriber add-on rate before single tickets go on sale.

The Margret and H. A. Rey Curious George Family Production.

Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room Pop-Up will be selling hot & tasty dumplings in the lobby during the intermission of the 7pm show on Thursday, December 29, and the 2pm and 7pm shows on Friday, December 30.

In Central Harlem during a mysteriously warm winter, the Hindu God Ganesh presides over the destinies of five people on paths of self-discovery and transformation as their disparate lives intersect. An urban romantic comedy humming with vibrancy and possibility of change and transcendence – 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.

In the not too distant future in the time of artificial intelligence, 85-year-old Marjorie, a woman whose memory is fading, is kept company by a handsome, younger version of her husband Walter, programmed to talk with her about her past. What would we choose to remember – or forget – about our life, if given the chance? Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist Marjorie Prime explores the mystery of human memory and the, perhaps unlimited, promises of technology.

A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production.

One play, two completely different ways, with the same five actors.

Bedlam returns to Central Square Theater after last season’s Saint Joan, specializing in classical revivals that are both radically innovative and winningly playful. This year they bring their successful Twelfth Night playing in rep with… itself.

Two different versions of the same play, both of them staged by the same director, Eric Tucker, and performed by the same five-person cast, whose members share between them all 12 parts!

What’s the difference between Twelfth Night and What You Will?
“Twelfth Night, performed in street clothes, is a drunken debauch that strips away much of the laughter… radically innovative and winningly playful.” – The Wall Street Journal.

Subscribers may select either Twelfth Night or What You Will as one production in their subscription package. Both productions are available to be purchased through subscription benefit add-on tickets.