Yasmeen, a Muslim-American teenager in the Bronx, meets with her teacher Dr. Royston, a mysterious scientist forced to teach high school biology. If she salvages her perfect score, she can claim her independence: pursue her passion for science while honoring her cultural traditions. An unlikely, inspired partnership is created, investigating adolescent romantic love. Clashes arise out of their conflicts over religion, science, and mentorship as both teacher’s and student’s lives are transformed forever.

A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production

Paradise was recognized by StageSource’s “Standing O” for promoting gender parity in theater. Click here to learn more and find other shows that celebrate gender parity.

 

Holding only an outdated guidebook of Kabul, an eccentric and agoraphobic British housewife proclaims her unconsummated passion for the world. She grapples with the rich and turbulent history of Afghanistan, muses about living in the Middle East, confides to us her desire to divorce herself from the complacency of her safe life in London. Premiering shortly after 9/11, Tony Kushner’s prescience was praised, as was Homebody’s warm invocation of hope in an increasingly chilling, negative world.

Homebody is not part of any subscription package but may be purchased at a special Subscriber add-on rate.

Central Square Theater Gala

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA

Honoring

Brit d’Arbeloff, announcing The d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production Series

and

Martin Blatt for dedication and service as Central Square Theater Board Chair 2008-2017

5:30PM REGISTRATION & COCKTAILS

6:00PM GALLERY CELEBRATION with Delectables, Performances, Awards, & Auction

7:30PM GALLERY DINNER: (Director Level and Sponsor Tickets Only)

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Attend as an Individual

Director Ticket – $250
Ticket for one to Gallery Dinner and Gallery Celebration

Leading Role – $125
Ticket for one to Gallery Celebration

Sponsor a Ticket for a CST artist – $125

 

Attend as a Sponsor

All Sponsors receive Dinner Tickets and benefits!

Producer – $2500 (6 tickets)

Luminary- $5000  (12 tickets)

Benefactor $10,000 (18 tickets + exclusive perks)

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Brit d’Arbeloff
Pioneer Engineer and Advocate for Women and the Arts, and announcing The d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production Series

Martin Blatt
Honoring his dedication and service as Central Square Theater Board Chair, 2008-2017

The Margret and H.A. Rey Curiosity Award
Recognizing a young dreamer of innovation and creativity

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Host Committee

 

Season Sponsor
Wayne Patenaude, President & CEO of Cambridge Savings Bank

Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Sponsor
Philip Khoury, Chair, Advisory Committee, Ford International Professor of History, Associate Provost, MIT

Central Square Theater Board of Directors
Betsy Bard
Dr. Martin Blatt
Downing Cless
Alison Coleman
Subrata Das
Mary Dill
Lee Mikeska Gardner
Amanda Goodwin
Betsy Groban
Noreen Hurley
Jim Kaufman
Breton Leone-Quick
Linda Lipkin
Rakel Meir
Jane Minasian
Carolyn Mugar
C. Brandon Ogbunu, Ph.D.
Laura Roberts
Simar Singh
Melanie Wallace
Debra Wise

 

  

 

 

 

 

Tonight, it’s Midvale High School’s class of 1954’s 50th reunion. Tom and Bettina – returning for the first time – are looking for second chances. As the evening revs up to the highly anticipated dance contest, they flash back to formative moments – but are those memories real? Emmy winning actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) and our own Debra Wise, star in Alan Brody’s (Operation Epsilon) romantic comedy about how we remember, how we choose and how we never stop looking for love.

Two actors. Six characters. Four different courses of action. What will happen next? Master of form Alan Ayckbourn’s (Absurd Person Singular) Intimate Exchanges follows marriages and love affairs in a London suburb. Meet Celia Teasdale, the wife of the drunken headmaster of the local school. And then, there’s Sylvie Bell, Celia’s part-time help, to whom there is more than meets the eye – is she a modern day Eliza Doolittle?

In the opening scene, Celia steps into her backyard and eyes a pack of cigarettes. Her choice leads to one of four possibilities. On alternating performances, you can follow either Celia or Sylvie in their path throughout the play. At intermission, place your vote on how you want the play to end. And, if you don’t like the result, you’ve nobody to blame but yourself!

Bonus: On Saturdays see both paths in the matinee and the evening!

Do you want to purchase tickets to a “Celia” night or a “Sylvie” night? Look at this schedule!