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Past Performances..

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These are the plays we produced last year. For a complete list see our historical schedule.


Rembrandt's
Rembrandt's Gift
Playwright: Tina Howe
Polly, a photographer, and her actor husband, Waler, who has become a hoarder live in a Manhattan loft filled with towers of kingly robes and pantaloons blocking out the windows and creating a fie hazard. The landlord wants to evict them, but Walter assures Polly that, "Something will come up." Then, suddenly a man bearing gifts does appear. The great Dutch painter Rembrandt in the flesh.

Laughter
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Playwright: Neil Simon
A "screamingly funny" play set in 1953 recreates the mayhem, neuroses, nonstop gags and constant one-upmanship of a team of brilliant, funny, social misfits as they writ the Max Prince Show, a weekly variety program. Based on Simon's years of writing for Sid Caesar. CBS-TV called it Simon's "flat-out funniest play in years."

The
The Last Days of Mickey & Jean
Playwright: Richard Dresser
Mickey, a paranoid, fugitive ex-mobster from Southie is on the lam with his no-longer young girlfriend, Jean, is forced into early retirement in Europe. With his Red Sox cap never out of reach, he is out of place and away from the one thing he truly loves, his work. He wants back in the business. Jean wants a normal life. The dysfunctional couple runs into one hilarious situation after another, learning shocking secrets along the way. A funny perspective on unconventional love, unconditional loyalty and life after retirement.

Night
Night and Her Stars
Playwright: Richard Greenberg
A probing study of greed, and power exploring America's need for a hero; the transformation of the new medium of television and the corrupting influence of fame. Based on the 1950's Quiz Show scandals, this multi-media presentation will include video and slides.