Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston University

Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston University
949 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, 02215
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Current Productions

We have no current productions for this theater right now.

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Past Productions

Play

Low Flying Aircraft and One or Two Other Bodies in Motion

Boston

Closed: March 4, 2000

Comedy

We’ve Got Nothing But Love For You, Baby

Boston

Closed: February 27, 2000

Drama

Stop Kiss

Boston

Closed: March 26, 2000

Radio Face

Boston

Closed: April 23, 2000

Boston Theater Marathon

Boston

Closed: April 16, 2000

Comedy

Order of Things, The

Boston

Closed: May 13, 2000

A Month of Sundays

Boston

Closed: May 9, 2000

Scenes From A Bordello

Boston

Closed: May 16, 2000

My Life in Smithereens

Boston

Closed: May 28, 2000

Fitness America

Boston

Closed: May 23, 2000

Play

The Three of Cups

Boston

Closed: September 24, 2000

Comedy

Gonzo Night School

Boston

Closed: January 21, 2001

Chopping/Traveling Naked

Boston

Closed: March 4, 2001

Naming the Days

Boston

Closed: March 18, 2001

Women on Top Theater Festival

Boston

Closed: March 18, 2001

Comedy

The Mrs. Potato Head Show: A Celebration of Irish-American Woman Being

Boston

Closed: March 17, 2001

Play

The Arkansas Tornado

Boston

Closed: March 12, 2001

Mexico City/Sailing Down the Amazon

Boston

Closed: March 11, 2001

A Night of Quickies, An Evening of Short Plays by 4 Women Playwrights

Boston

Closed: March 18, 2001

Homeward Bound

Boston

Closed: February 28, 2001

Anam Cara: Two Women Fall Into the Ancient Tale of Gilgamesh

Boston

Closed: March 7, 2001

Feeding Beatrice Greenidge

Boston

Closed: March 13, 2001

Comedy

Wives

Boston

Closed: March 31, 2001

Play

Crave

Boston

Closed: May 13, 2001

Play

Wives of the Dead

Boston

Closed: February 23, 2002

Play

The Unexpected Man

Boston

Closed: May 19, 2002

Play

Bug

Boston

Closed: June 23, 2002

Comedy

Jump Rope

Boston

Closed: August 20, 2002

Play

The Vienna Project

Boston

Closed: October 17, 2002

Smelling A Rat

Boston

Closed: November 10, 2002

Play

The Blowin’ of Baile Gall

Boston

Closed: December 22, 2002

Boston Theater Marathon

Boston

Closed: April 13, 2003

Comedy

Volcanologist Veronika Vavimetsu

Boston

Closed: May 18, 2003

Personal Demons: 6 Off-Kilter Shorts

Boston

Closed: June 14, 2003

Play

What We Know About Singapore

Boston

Closed: December 27, 2003

Comedy

Full Gallop

Boston

Closed: February 1, 2004

Play

Conspiracy of Memory

Boston

Closed: February 22, 2004

Boston Theater Marathon VI

Boston

Closed: April 18, 2004

Play

Kimberly Akimbo

Boston

Closed: May 16, 2004

BTW Unbound 2004: A Festival of New Plays

Boston

Closed: May 23, 2004

Comedy

Invasion of Pleasure Valley

Boston

Closed: July 31, 2004

Get Out of Your Head and Into the Fun! An Improv/Physical Workshop

Boston

Closed: July 25, 2004

KING ME

Boston

Closed: July 31, 2004

Play

Riding the Wave.com

Boston

Closed: August 7, 2004

Drama

Antigone

Boston

Closed: October 3, 2004

Play

Jasper Lake

Boston

Closed: October 17, 2004

Comedy

Matter Familias

Boston

Closed: December 19, 2004

Dressed up! Wigged Out!

Boston

Closed: January 17, 2005

Play

103 Within the Veil

Boston

Closed: February 5, 2005

Comedy

Blinders

Boston

Closed: April 17, 2005

Drama

My Heart & My Flesh

Boston

Closed: May 14, 2005

Play

Shouting Theatre in a Crowded Fire

Boston

Closed: June 5, 2005

Playwrights’ Platform 33rd Annual Festival of New Plays

Boston

Closed: June 18, 2005

Play

Untitled Play

Boston

Closed: July 20, 2005

Summer Simmer

Boston

Closed: July 20, 2005

Comedy

Summer Creature Double Feature

Boston

Closed: July 30, 2005

My Yolanda Love

Boston

Closed: August 16, 2005

Drama

The Educated

Boston

Closed: September 25, 2005

Comedy

The Red Lion

Boston

Closed: October 23, 2005

Play

Permanent Whole Life

Boston

Closed: November 20, 2005

Play

Red Elm

Boston

Closed: December 18, 2005

Comedy

Dial M for Xmas, or Homicide for the Holidays

Boston

Closed: December 23, 2005

Drama

Flowers of Red

Boston

Closed: January 22, 2006

Play

They Named Us Mary

Boston

Closed: February 12, 2006

Drama

Set in Sand

Boston

Closed: February 25, 2006

Play

How I Got That Story

Boston

Closed: March 19, 2006

My Yolanda Love

Boston

Closed: March 12, 2006

Play

The Maternal Instinct

Boston

Closed: April 16, 2006

Play

The Man Who

Boston

Closed: May 7, 2006

Musical

34th Annual Festival of New Plays

Boston

Closed: June 17, 2006

Play

My Yolanda Love

Boston

Closed: July 22, 2006

Drama

Queens

Boston

Closed: August 2, 2006

Family Beef

Boston

Closed: August 13, 2006

Comedy

First Blush

Boston

Closed: October 22, 2006

Play

Screen Play

Boston

Closed: November 19, 2006

Family Beef: Lovers Edition

Boston

Closed: December 13, 2006

Sailing Down the Amazon / Haiku

Boston

Closed: January 21, 2007

Play

States of Grace

Boston

Closed: February 10, 2007

Drama

Home

Boston

Closed: February 19, 2007

Play

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek

Boston

Closed: March 3, 2007

Play

Theresa at Home

Boston

Closed: April 7, 2007

Play

Buried Child

Boston

Closed: May 6, 2007

Comedy

Action Jesus

Boston

Closed: May 27, 2007

Comedy

35th Annual Summer Festival of New Works

Boston

Closed: June 16, 2007

lost & found: the anniversary series

London

Closed: July 21, 2007

Family Beef: Truth Serum Edition

London

Closed: August 11, 2007

Free Cookie and Theatre Feastival

London

Closed: August 24, 2007

Play

The Secret Love Life of Ophelia

Boston

Closed: September 30, 2007

Play

The Devil’s Teacup

Boston

Closed: October 28, 2007

Play

John Shea’s Comp

Boston

Closed: November 18, 2007

Drama

Panoply

Boston

Closed: December 8, 2007

Riding the Wave.com

Boston

Closed: January 20, 2008

Comedy

Little Red Hen

Boston

Closed: February 3, 2008

Play

Love-Lies-Bleeding

Boston

Closed: February 23, 2008

Play

Gary

Boston

Closed: March 16, 2008

Comedy

The Yeats Game

Boston

Closed: March 30, 2008

Wives

Boston

Closed: April 6, 2008

Play

A Journey to Kreisau

Boston

Closed: April 13, 2008

Shut Up! Slow Down! I Can Handle This!

Boston

Closed: May 24, 2008

Playwrights’ Platform Summer Festival

Boston

Closed: June 21, 2008

Play

Kerouac’s Last Call

Boston

Closed: July 26, 2008

Play

The Boys of Winter

Boston

Closed: September 21, 2008

Play

Miss Margaret LaRue in Milwaukee

Boston

Closed: October 26, 2008

Play

The Oil Thief

Boston

Closed: November 23, 2008

Play

Bella Muerte

Boston

Closed: December 13, 2008

Cabaret

First Night

Boston

Closed: December 21, 2008

Play

Articulation

Boston

Closed: January 24, 2009

Comedy

The Superheroine Monologues: A Parody of Super Proportions

Boston

Closed: April 26, 2009

Learn to Be Latina

Boston

Closed: June 5, 2011

Boston Theater Marathon

Boston

Closed: May 22, 2011

Drama

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boston

Closed: August 20, 2011

Play

The Farm

Boston

Closed: October 23, 2011

Play

The Farm

Boston

Closed: October 23, 2011

Play

The River Was Whiskey

Boston

Closed: November 20, 2011

Play

Saint John the Divine in Iowa

Boston

Closed: March 18, 2012

Drama

…It’s Love Thang

Boston

Closed: September 16, 2012

Play

The Company We Keep

Boston

Closed: October 21, 2012

Comedy

Legally Dead

Boston

Closed: February 24, 2013

Play

Thinking of You

Boston

Closed: April 20, 2013

Play

Possessions

Boston

Closed: June 29, 2013

Musical

Nicky Park Memorial Park

Boston

Closed: July 7, 2013

Drama

Burning

Boston

Closed: October 20, 2013

Dance

Dancing Wilde

Boston

Closed: June 28, 2014

Drama

Human Contact: Short Sci-Fi Plays

Boston

Closed: July 19, 2014

Comedy

You Look Like A Roz

Boston

Closed: September 2, 2015

Play

Miss Penitentiary

Boston

Closed: October 17, 2015

Drama

The Man From Willow’s Brook

Boston

Closed: November 21, 2015

Play

Back the NIght

Boston

Closed: February 28, 2016

Performance Art

Theatre Nohgaku – Noh Playwriting Workshop

Boston

Closed: March 28, 2016

Play

Ultimate Things

Boston

Closed: July 9, 2016

Play

Memorial

Boston

Closed: October 23, 2016

Play

Faithless

Boston

Closed: December 18, 2016

Play

The Atheist

Boston

Closed: February 5, 2017

Play

The Honey Trap

Boston

Closed: February 26, 2017

Play

Franklin

Boston

Closed: April 2, 2017

Play

Every Piece of Me

Boston

Closed: April 30, 2017

Play

The Book Club Play

Boston

Closed: October 13, 2019

Drama

The Smuggler

Boston

Closed: November 24, 2019

Comedy

Deal Me Out

Boston

Closed: March 1, 2020

Play

Incels and Other Myths

Boston

Closed: December 12, 2021

Play

Rx Machina

Boston

Closed: February 27, 2022

Play

Beasts

Boston

Closed: April 17, 2022

Play

Eat Your Young

Boston

Closed: October 16, 2022

Drama

Hauntings I Have Lived Through

Boston

Closed: November 19, 2023