We’re doing a Virtual Replay of the Act Up & Vote! Festival!
Join us online for five days of performances and panels surrounding the topics of voting and civic engagement.
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For the first time, Central Square Theater and Youth Underground present the Act Up & Vote! Festival – five days of performances, panels & community workshops surrounding the topics of voting and civic engagement.
Every two years about 7 million Americans turn 18 and are eligible to vote. Despite their newfound eligibility, these voters participate at a much lower rate than the rest of the population. Why? Does their vote matter? Does your vote matter?
Hear the voices of these voters in our community as they speak up on civic engagement and how to make the world a better place for future generations. For the past two years, Central Square Theater’s youth ensemble, Youth Underground, has interviewed members of our community who grapple with the challenges and promises of increasing civic participation. Together with playwright Betsy Bard, and director Vincent Ernest Siders, in the spirit of activism and social change, Youth Underground brings you Act Up & Vote!
Presented by the YU Ambassadors
October 7-11, 2020 at Starlight Square Stage
Watch our LIVE panels from the Act Up & Vote! Festival here:
Victorian repression clashes with liberal expression. Cloud 9 follows a British family from colonial Africa to contemporary London. Unexpected trysts. Gender swaps. Role reversals. Power plays. A provocative, exuberant, time-shifting comedy that is both a parody and spoof of the ever-changing world of sexual politics. Caryl Churchill, lauded with “creating a new theatrical language,” was recently recognized by The Guardian as “now sharing with Tom Stoppard the title of Britain’s most significant living dramatist.”
Artistic Director of The Nora and Director of Cloud 9, Lee Mikeska Gardner, sits down to discuss this “complex puzzle of a play”. Watch the full interview here:
1692. Salem, Massachusetts. Mass hysteria has consumed the town after Reverend Samuel Parris’ daughter and other girls have been discovered dancing naked in the woods with whispers of witchcraft running wild. Bedlam Artistic Director Eric Tucker helms Arthur Miller’s American classic that asks the question “in a culture in which power resides in the hands of men – who do you believe?”
Interested in bringing your school to see The Crucible? Reserve your tickets for our student matinees today.
Produced by The Nora Theatre Company in association with Bedlam.
Immerse yourself in the swirling spectacle of London’s yesteryear and present day as we propel you through Ebenezer Scrooge’s famous journey. See this tale like never before–resurrected by intimate storytelling, hilarious puppetry, lively music, and jovial dancing! This theater-in-the-round adaptation of Dickens’ 1843 classic showcases vibrant performers and
heartfelt holiday cheer, guaranteed to leave you feeling transformed by Central Square Theater magic.
Interested in bringing your school to see A Christmas Carol? Reserve your tickets for our student matinees today.
A Christmas Carol is not part of any subscription package. However subscribers may purchase no-fee add-on tickets at a special discounted rate.
A Christmas Carolis The Margret and H.A. Rey Curious George Family Production.
Produced by Underground Railway Theater & The Nora Theatre Company.
Two women – one privileged and the other from the streets – strive to navigate an unfair society that punishes them for every mistake. (Bad) Becky isn’t afraid to break the rules while (Good) Amelia fears even to bend them. Kate Hamill’s (Sense & Sensibility) adaptation of Thackary’s Vanity Fair explores how flexible our morals become when our luck turns against us. “A gift to actors and a goody bag for its audience.” —NY Times.
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