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Summer, 1912. Two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie takes refuge with her friend Hertha Aryton, renowned mechanical engineer, after the outing of Marie’s scandalous affair with the married Paul Langevin. With humor and grace, this 90 minute play evokes their deep friendship, their struggles with double standards, the danger of discoveries, and their passion for science and family. The powerhouse casting of The Nora’s Lee Mikeska Gardner and Underground Railway’s Debra Wise will light up the stage like radioactive isotopes in this two-hander.
Produced by The Nora@Central Square Theater
A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production.
All tickets come with Digital Insurance! If you ever feel as if you would rather not attend The Half-Life of Marie Curie in person — for any reason — you can easily exchange your tickets into a specially recorded version of the play. Just call us at 617-576-9278 or email tickets@centralsquaretheater.org. OR, you can purchase tickets to the digital version of The Half-Life of Marie Curie now and you’ll receive your unique streaming link. The digital stream is available from November 28 to December 26, 2021.
Hiding in plain sight in the science labs, grappling over civilization’s greatest challenges are Young Nerds of Color. Some speak with the poetry of wise sages, others subvert the establishment with renegade ways, and, finally, there are rock stars whose ideas flow like jazz improvisation – all changing the world like a bolt of lightning illuminating the night sky. If knowledge is power, their powers make them superheroes. Playwright Melinda Lopez weaves together over 60 interviews with scientists from the most underrepresented backgrounds – with original music by Nona Hendryx – amplifying the rich harmonies, breaking down boundaries and showing us what is possible.
The Brit d’Arbeloff Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production
Produced by Underground Railway@Central Square Theater
All tickets come with Digital Insurance! If you ever feel as if you would rather not attend Young Nerds of Color in person — for any reason — you can easily exchange your tickets into a specially recorded version of the play. Just call us at 617-576-9278 or email tickets@centralsquaretheater.org. OR, you can purchase tickets to the digital version of Young Nerds of Color now and you’ll receive your unique streaming link when it becomes available. The digital stream is available from March 7 to April 3, 2022.
The Harlem Renaissance – Jazz arrives at The Cotton Club. Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and the Dandridge Sisters shape an artform alongside men such as – Thomas “Fats” Waller. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, six performers present Waller’s unforgettable music in co-production with The Front Porch Arts Collective (black odyssey boston, Queens Girl in the World) and Greater Boston Stage Company. Join us for an evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs that encapsulate the love, longing, and zest for life of the era.
Produced by The Nora@Central Square Theater, The Front Porch Arts Collective, and Greater Boston Stage Company
The First Pineapple and Other Folktales
Written & Performed by Micah Rosegrant
September 16 & 17 at 7:30PM Presented by Central Square Theater
Part oral history, part play, part concert, The First Pineapple and Other Folktales is the ritual of memory evoked when a queer filipinx poet appears on a stage somewhere in our settler-nation called America. As divides between performance and personhood collide, blur, and flood, we see the author at their most vulnerable, which may also be their most holy. Come witness, exorcise, and dream with author Micah Rosegrant in the hardest folktale they may never tell “right”.
Thurgood
By George Stevens, Jr.
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
Starring Joshua Wolf Coleman
September 18 to 20 at 7:30PM New Repertory Theatre presented by Central Square Theater
Joshua Wolf Coleman (Cloud 9, The Crucible, A Christmas Carol) stars as Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood spans Marshall’s impressive career as a lawyer, arguing such landmark cases as Brown v. Board of Education. During this turbulent election season, Thurgood is a moving tribute to Marshall’s enduring legacy.
Lee Mikeska Gardner & Debra Wise. Photo: Nile Scott Studios. Imagery Design: Nina Groom
Image Design by Joseph Quisol.
Saturday Night by Archibald Motley, Jr.
Micah Rosegrant. Photo by Nina Groom
Thurgood Marshall
