Category Archives: New England

Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Sets 2016 Summer Season

Works by Mike Lew, Aurin Squire, and Zakiyyah Alexander and Imani Uzuri will be in development at the center’s conferences this summer.

The season will feature works about lumberjacks, pick-pocketing, and the culinary arts.

The season will include world premieres from Steven Drukman, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Eleanor Burgess, and Charissa Bertels.

The Rhode Island theatre will mount a Dave Malloy musical, plus works by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Deborah Salem-Smith.

The season will feature works by Mike Lew, Ayad Ahktar, and David Lindsay-Abaire.

The season’s shows explore faith, family, and finding purpose.

The lineup will feature work by August Wilson, Sarah Ruhl, Amy Herzog, and more.

The season will feature work by Brecht, Richard Nelson, William Gibson, Lydia R. Diamond, and George Stevens, Jr.

The Boston theatre’s season will feature three plays and four musicals, one of which will be announced at a later date.

The versatile actor makes his playwriting debut with a romantic comedy in which he plays—who else?—the devil.