Obehi Janice, Jordan Ahnquist, and Vincent Ernest Siders. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.Obehi Janice, Jordan Ahnquist, and Vincent Ernest Siders. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.

Mr g

As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.”

Mr g creates time, space, matter, a few basic laws of physics. These give birth to stars, planets… but intelligent life? The Creator’s plans go awry when a mysterious rival questions the nature of free will. Together, we experience the birth and fate of Mr g’s favorite universe: ours. Adapted by Wesley Savick (who staged Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams and Car Talk: The Musical!!!), Mr g is “…witty, erudite, alive with Lightman’s playful genius.”-Junot Díaz (author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)

Catalyst Collaborative@MIT 10th Anniversary Production A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT 10th Anniversary Production

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Tod Randolph in CASSANDRA SPEAKS. Photo: Kevin Sprague.Tod Randolph in CASSANDRA SPEAKS. Photo: Kevin Sprague.

Cassandra Speaks

In June 1943, amidst last minute wedding-day preparations and jitters, Dorothy Thompson reflects on her triumphs and failures. Recognized in 1938 by Time magazine as the most influential woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt, Thompson was the first foreign correspondent expelled from Nazi Germany on direct orders from Hitler. Acclaimed Shakespeare & Company actress Tod Randolph portrays the groundbreaking journalistic icon in this passionate, funny, tell-all about one of the most charismatic women of the 20th century.

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Brundibar & But the Giraffe. Image by Sandra Cohen/Bird Graphics.Brundibar & But the Giraffe. Image by Sandra Cohen/Bird Graphics.

Brundibar & But the Giraffe!

To care for their ailing mother, two children must buy milk. Penniless, they sing in the marketplace to raise money. However, evil organ grinder Brundibar has other plans. A fairytale opera for the entire family, Brundibar celebrates the triumph of the helpless over tyranny and the transformative power of art. Originally performed by children at the Terezin concentration camp, Brundibar was adapted by Pulitzer Prize Winner Tony Kushner – adding his companion piece, But the Giraffe!

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Sila

On Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, eight characters – including a climatologist, an Inuit activist, and two polar bears – find their values challenged as they grapple with a rapidly changing environment and world. Winner of the Inaugural Woodward International Playwriting Prize, Sila blends Inuit myth with contemporary Arctic policy, three languages (English, French, and Inukitut), and spoken word poetry to illuminate competing interests shaping the future of the local Inuit population and of our planet.

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Stacy Fischer in INSIGNIFICANCE. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.Stacy Fischer in INSIGNIFICANCE. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.

Insignificance

It’s 1953. An actress who might be Marilyn Monroe knocks on the door of a dingy hotel room where a Professor – Albert Einstein? – is calculating the shape of the universe. Her husband, a baseball player, is jealous. And a zealous, sweaty Senator is looking for “Reds.” Terry Johnson (of The Nora’s Hysteria) conjures up a comedic fantasy questioning the moral and political dangers of fame and celebrity worship.

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