Season Three: 2026-2027
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen Book by Hunter Bell
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! With nothing to lose, they decide to try to create something new with the help of their friends Susan, Heidi, and Larry on the eighty-eights. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another roadblock - what should they write about? They decide to follow the old adage “write what you know,” and set off on a unique adventure: writing a musical about writing a musical. As the deadline looms, insecurities creep in and jealousies flare. Will the team succeed with their musical? Could it even win a Tony?!
In this intelligent, playful, lovable musical, the audience is treated to an inside look at the tough work of being a creative artist. [title of show] is, above all, a love letter to musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration.
DIRECTOR: Lisa Tierney | MUSIC DIRECTOR: Robert Draper
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 28th - September 13th, 2026
LOCATION: Chelsea Theatre Works
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Based on the Poem by Joseph Moncure March
A steamy prohibition tale, steamrolling and roaring its way across the stage, Andrew Lippa's Wild Party was an Off-Broadway gem that garnered an array of industry accolades, including Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards. Based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most exciting, pulse-racing scores ever written.
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Lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw the party-to-end-all-parties in their Manhattan apartment. After the colorful arrival of a slew of guests living life on the edge, Queenie's wandering eyes land on a striking man named Black. As the decadence is reaching a climax, so is Burrs' jealousy, which erupts and sends him into a violent rage. Gun in hand and inhibitions abandoned, Burrs turns on Queenie and Black. The gun gets fired, but who's been shot?
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Andrew Lippa's Wild Party is a favorite of universities and theatre companies that like to push the envelope. Creative potential leaps from its pages. If staged in an intimate space, the audience might feel as if they're party guests, themselves!
DIRECTOR: Katie Swimm | MUSIC DIRECTOR: Jeff Kimball
PERFORMANCE DATES: February 19th - March 8th, 2027
LOCATION: Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts
Landlocked beyond the walls of her fjord home where her husband Dr. Wangel offers the security of family and responsibility, Ellida is persistently drawn to the sea from where a past love returns-promising the ecstasy of the unknown. Will she remain and suffocate or find freedom across the sea?
DIRECTOR: Katie Swimm
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 9th-April 18th, 2027
LOCATION: The Mosesian Center for the Arts
By Henrik Ibsen