Upcoming Shows & Performances
4 upcoming shows and performances from Boston Playwrights' Theatre, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All plays in Greater Boston →
Thu Nov 5 – Sun Nov 22
Orthodox Jewish schoolgirls find a banned copy of The Merchant of Venice in a forgotten library and fasten on Jessica, the daughter who runs away. Shaina, most taken of all, has a crush on a Christian boy from her driver's-ed class, and the line between the play and her life begins to blur.
Thu Nov 12 – Sun Nov 22
Orthodox Jewish schoolgirls meeting in a forgotten library find a banned copy of The Merchant of Venice and fix on Jessica, Shylock's runaway daughter. Shaina, the most discontented of them, wants the world outside her community and begins to read her own restlessness into the part. A new play in Boston Playwrights' 2026-27 season.
Thu Feb 18 – Sun Mar 7
On 4 July 2027 in Roswell, New Mexico, Lauryn — government operative, veteran, nearly an astronaut — has spent a decade trying to bring aliens back. With a marginalised physicist, Dr. Hart, she finds a human medium whose body can hold what arrives. A new play in Boston Playwrights' 2026-27 season.
Thu Feb 25 – Sun Mar 7
Rebecca turns up unannounced at her twin sister Ruth's house, a visit that has nothing at all to do with Ruth having just come home from hospital after a suicide attempt. Ruth is living with an eccentric stranger she met on the psychiatric ward. A new play in Boston Playwrights' 2026-27 season.
